# BRITISH GYMNASTICS FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1157747
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** July 7, 2014
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1157747


## Contact

- **Address:** British Gymnastics, Lilleshall National Sports Centre, Lilleshall, Newport
- **Postcode:** TF10 9AT
- **Phone:** 08451297129
- **Email:** theteam@britishgymnasticsfoundation.org
- **Website:** http://britishgymnasticsfoundation.org/



## Activities

**Objects:** The objects of the Charity are for the public benefit:2.1 to promote community participation in health recreation by providing facilities for participating in gymnastics and other sports ("facilities" means land, buildings, equipment and organising sporting events);2.2 to provide and assist in providing facilities for sport, recreation or other leisure time occupation of such persons who have need for such facilities by reason of their youth, age, poverty or social or economic circumstance or for disabled people and the public at large in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving their conditions of life;2.3 to advance the education of children and young people; and2.4 to advance any other purpose that is charitable in accordance with the laws of England and Wales in association with sport.

**Activities:** Current activities include: gymnastics exercise programme which is both dementia-friendly and age-friendly; hardship grants programme; sports leadership programme for parents interested in a career in sport and living in a deprived area, combined with a pre-school gymnastics course for their children; Gym Challenge in special school; gym day for Chernobyl children.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Disability, Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £365823 | £406052 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £293339 | £377855 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £372698 | £444501 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £311766 | £422295 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £392031 | £336666 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Alexander Colin Laybourne** (Chair) — appointed July 16, 2021
- Andrew Kenneth Dodd — appointed March 3, 2026
- Anthony Burns Langenegger — appointed Jan. 5, 2026
- Chisara Nwabara — appointed July 16, 2021
- Daniel Thomas Booth — appointed Sept. 28, 2023
- Esther Jane Ashman — appointed March 1, 2023
- Gary Tolometti — appointed June 28, 2022
- Jessica Cook — appointed July 16, 2021
- Louise Fawcett — appointed April 9, 2018
- Sarah Boissel-Marshall — appointed Dec. 9, 2025