The Bar Gym

Analysis

The Bar Gym is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worthing. It was registered in January 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, 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 buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending January 2026, The Bar Gym reported income of £123k and spending of £124k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income grew from £64k to £123k (+91%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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 Bar Gym sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Colden Common Community Association (£123k), The Haberden Trust (£123k) and The Cocks and Hens Lawn Tennis Club (£123k).

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.