The Good Gym

Analysis

The Good Gym is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in March 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06995775). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Good Gym reported income of £676k and spending of £805k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £1.3m to £676k (-49%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Good Gym sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Novo Jibon (£676k), The Lawson Trust CIO (£676k) and The Walton Centre Charity (£676k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 99% and charitable activities 1.2%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £289k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 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.