Active Gloucestershire

Analysis

Active Gloucestershire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in October 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07344552). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Active Gloucestershire reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.3m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.3m to £1.2m (-3.6%), an average of -0.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Active Gloucestershire sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Windsor & Maidenhead Youth and Community Counselling Service (£1.2m), Cornerstone Evangelical Church (£1.2m) and Woman's Trust (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and investments 3.4%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 1.4%. Reserves of £763k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.