IN THE GAME

Registered charity 1016248 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEAGUE MANAGERS BENEVOLENT AND COMMUNITY FUND TRUST, LEAGUE MANAGERS BENEVOLENT TRUST

To promote the community activites of the LMA, with members working on community football coaching projects. To advance education and personal development opportunities for all members. To support financially and otherwise, necessitous members and the necessitous dependents of members. To promote the game of football generally to children and adults as a healthy recreational sport.

Objects

TO RELIEVE NECESSITOUS PERSONS WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE MANAGERS ASSOCIATION AND OF THE NECESSITOUS WIVES WIDOWS CHILDREN OR DEPENDANTS OF PERSONS WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £4,044 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £71,832. The Trustees consider that these reserves are maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months of expenditure, satisfying their own policy target. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — In The Game (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lindsay Gordon
• RICHARD BEVAN
• SIR ALEX FERGUSON CBE

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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