The Hoops Foundation

Registered charity 1004465 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OXFORD CITY FOOTBALL CLUB (1988) LIMITED, OXFORD CITY SPORT IN THE COMMUNITY LTD, OXFORD CITY YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED

The principal activity is to provide facilities and support for young people and vulnerable adults to play football and other sports and to develop sport generally. Our policy is sport for all - to cover all ranges of skills and abilities.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£251k
Latest spending
£300k
Registered
1991
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £48,566 for the year, with unrestricted funds returning a surplus of £4,075. Per the trustees' report, the charity faces significant financial risks due to large liabilities and dependence on creditor support, although net assets remain positive at £728,449.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
The charity is dependent on the support of its creditors to continue in operation. The Trustees are in the process of agreeing a long term agreement to stabilize and secure its finances. — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£251k£300k
31/05/2024£272k£311k
31/05/2023£368k£378k
31/05/2022£413k£459k
31/05/2021£279k£289k

Common questions

Is The Hoops Foundation financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £48,566 for the year, with unrestricted funds returning a surplus of £4,075. Per the trustees' report, the charity faces significant financial risks due to large liabilities and dependence on creditor support, although net assets remain positive at £728,449. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England16/02/2023£9kGirls Community Sport
The National Lottery Community Fund03/02/2023£8kImproving mental wellbeing for families in Oxford
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/12/2021£10k"The History of Oxford City FC"
Sport England01/12/2021£9kCOVID19 Return to Play
Sport England26/01/2021£26kCOVID-19 Return to Play
Sport England02/06/2020£10kCOVID-19 CEF
Sport England20/09/2019£10kOxford Powerchair Football

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Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPORTING FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
The Hoops Foundation£251k0unclearnoted
SPORTING FOUNDATION FY2025£329k0unclearno doubt
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FOUNDATION FY2025£3.2m£60,001 - £70,0001unclearno doubt
THE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION FY2025£128.2maboveno doubt
WEST HAM UNITED FOUNDATION FY2025£3.9munclearno doubt
THE MATT HAMPSON FOUNDATION FY2024£1.7m£80,001 - £90,0001unclearno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.