The Wire Gymnastics Club

Analysis

The Wire Gymnastics Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warrington. It was registered in September 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08049065). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Wire Gymnastics Club reported income of £606k and spending of £580k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £220k to £606k (+176%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Wire Gymnastics Club sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Longlevens (Gloucester) Community Association (£601k), Play Wales/Chwarae Cymru (£607k) and St Thomas' Children's Centre (£600k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 76% and donations and legacies 19%. Charitable activities took 5.9% of spending and raising funds 6.6%. Reserves of £162k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.