INTENSE ABC CIC · 16194295 · asset-locked
For funders & partners
Who we are, what we deliver today, and the community ambition we are raising for — written so a grants officer, councillor or sponsor can brief a panel in five minutes. No invented member counts: ask us for the live impact pack.
Legal entity
Intense Boxing is a community amateur boxing club in Honicknowle, Plymouth, run by INTENSE ABC CIC (company number 16194295). We are a not-for-profit Community Interest Company limited by guarantee with a compulsory asset lock: assets and surpluses can only be used for community benefit.
What we deliver today
- Boxing classes for children from age 6 and adults, Monday to Friday
- £5 pay-as-you-go sessions (no contracts); first session free; cash or card
- Free Advanced Kids competitive squad (ages 10–17) on the England Boxing pathway
- 10 coached sessions / 11.5 hours every week; 7 of 10 sessions for under-18s
- England Boxing-qualified coaches; all coaches fully DBS checked; child welfare officer attends sessions
Outcomes we work toward
- Confidence, discipline and fitness for local young people and adults
- Mental health and wellbeing through structured sport
- Youth diversion into positive activity via local partnerships
- An accessible pathway from first session to England Boxing competition — and, for some, elite amateur and professional sport
Why partners fund us
Clear legal form. Youth-majority timetable. Low cost barriers. A world-class facility that paid professionals use to improve with their own coaches — while local beginners train in the same gym on the club timetable. JEM Scaffolding has been our principal sponsor for many years; Lewis Scaffolding Services, JAM Nationwide Auto Recoveries and James & Sons Building Services are secondary partners; TK Building supports at a smaller tier.
Evidence of community mission
Founded in 2011 and covered by Plymouth Live. We have a track record of opening the doors wider when the city needs it, including free women's confidence and self-defence classes in 2021.
Computed participation facts
- Founded 2011
- 10 coached sessions and 11.5 hours of coaching every week
- 7 of 10 weekly sessions for under-18s
- £5 recreational sessions; competitive squad free
For the latest active-member counts, under-18s per week, bouts and medals, please request our impact pack — we keep those figures live rather than publishing stale numbers on this page.
How we fit Plymouth's plans
Plymouth City Council and partners share a goal for Plymouth to be the most physically active coastal city in England by 2034 (the Active to Thrive plan), and in November 2025 Plymouth became a Sport England Place Partnership with Active Devon, focused on children and young people in the least active communities, including young people with additional needs and experience of trauma. A low-cost, youth-majority community boxing club in Honicknowle is exactly the kind of local partner that ambition needs. (We describe alignment here, not a funded partnership.)
The bigger ambition (labelled as vision)
Our landlord intends to sell the gym building. We want to bring it into community ownership through the CIC and/or a linked charity, then grow a South West sports hub and stronger pathways for young people who struggle in mainstream settings. Read Our vision and The building & capital appeal. Nothing on those pages is a claim of a service we already run.
Safeguarding
England Boxing safeguarding policies; fully DBS-checked coaches; Club Welfare Officer David Jeffery; parents may stay for the first 1–2 sessions only (longer stays require a full England Boxing DBS).
How to partner
Message WhatsApp 07939 583972 and say you are a funder or partner. We can share our latest impact figures, accounts and a short impact pack. Club email [email protected]. Or see Get involved for sponsor tiers.
Supported by
Local partners & sponsors
JEM Scaffolding is our principal sponsor — with Intense for many years. Secondary partners: Lewis Scaffolding Services, JAM Nationwide Auto Recoveries and James & Sons Building Services. With thanks also to TK Building.
Principal sponsor
Funders
Request our impact pack
WhatsApp us and say you are a funder, council, trust or sponsor. We will send the latest figures and accounts.