Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 2
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

LEATHERHEAD AND DORKING GYMNASTIC CLUB 

Providing the children of Leatherhead and Dorking and surrounding District with gymnasticstuition at affordable prices, with no charge to needy cases.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£923£893£30£0£1,164£1,16415.6444
31/03/22£933£785£149£0£1,469£1,13417.3354
31/03/21£559£648£-89£0£1,320£1,32024.4366
31/03/20£971£889£81£0£1,409£1,34518.1360
31/03/19£952£917£35£0£1,328£1,32817.4416
31/03/18£915£880£35£0£1,292£1,29217.6410
31/03/17£914£873£42£0£1,257£1,25717.3260
31/03/16£817£785£32£0£1,216£1,21618.6260
31/03/15£854£758£96£0£1,184£1,18418.740
31/03/14*£631£519£112£0£1,088£1,05124.340
31/03/13£568£465£103£0£977£97725.2150
31/03/12*£439£389£50£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£352£319£34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£347£377£-30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£486£312£174£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£333£254£79£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£306£256£50£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£287£249£38£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£253£230£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£215£210£5£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 22%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 15.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 3.6
Asset Split ?
Established: 42 years

01372377718

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Sports activities
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Surrey,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 44 employees
  • 4 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - Gymnasium Extension
£70,000 24/03/2023
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Gymnasium Extension. This project is a Gymnastics project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a ....more
Sport England - Gymnasium Extension
£75,000 21/10/2019
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Gymnasium Extension. This project is a Gymnastics project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a ....more
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Gymnastics facility for disabilities (including Sensory room), general and elite gymnasts (Team Gym) and equipment.
£150,000 26/04/2019
towards the creation of a new gymnasium, sensory room and larger reception area at Leatherhead & Dorking Gymnastics Club, providing bespoke facilities for children with a disability and ....more
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Additional gym equipment at Leatherhead & Dorking Gymnastics Club
£31,000 27/03/2014
Additional gym equipment at Leatherhead & Dorking Gymnastics Club

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/05/1982, number: 284928
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR14: 166 days late, AR12: 178 days late, AR11: 544 days late, AR09: 4 days late, AR08: 54 days late, AR07: 420 days late, AR06: 55 days late, AR04: 2 days late,
Main office

The Gymnasium
Guildford Road
Leatherhead
Surrey
KT22 9BL

Objectives

TO ORGANISE OR PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE ORGANISATION AND PROVISION OF A FACILITY WHICH WILL ENABLE AND ENCOURAGE PUPILS OF SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES TO UNDERTAKE GYMNASTICS TO ASSIST IN ENSURING THAT DUE ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH PUPILS AS WELL AS TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND OCCUPATION OF THEIR MINDS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LEATHERHEAD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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