Southport Gymnastics Club

Analysis

Southport Gymnastics Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southport. It was registered in September 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Southport Gymnastics Club reported income of £609k and spending of £523k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £228k to £609k (+167%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Southport 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 Play Wales/Chwarae Cymru (£607k), City of Coventry Swimming Club (£611k) and The Wire Gymnastics Club (£606k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 86%, donations and legacies 3.1% and investments 1.4%. Charitable activities took 82% of spending and raising funds 3.0%. Reserves of £87k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.