Great Driffield AFC

Registered charity 1041632 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALLOTMENT LANE, DRIFFIELD COMMUNITY AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION, Driffield Junior Football Club

Provides Sporting Play areas for use by the local Community.

Objects

TO SECURE PUBLIC RECREATION GROUND AND PLAYING FIELDS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE USE AND BENEFITS OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF DRIFFIELD AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD

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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Latest income

£771k

Latest spending

£748k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves increased from £8,321.90 to £31,226.74 during the year. The trustees report that the charity relies solely on volunteers and has secured funding from local businesses and the Football Foundation to support operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Subscriptions

“The charity’s principal source of funding is through subscriptions paid by all members of the club, as well as funding from organisations such as the Football Foundation and sponsorship from local companies.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 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
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income

£0

Total spending

£748k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

David Lawson
Linda Laird
Louise Burkinshaw
Neil Anthony Staff
Paul Burkinshaw

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£771k	£748k
30/06/2024	£77k	£77k
30/06/2023	£59k	£71k
30/06/2022	£51k	£50k
30/06/2021	£74k	£65k

Common questions

Is Great Driffield AFC financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves increased from £8,321.90 to £31,226.74 during the year. The trustees report that the charity relies solely on volunteers and has secured funding from local businesses and the Football Foundation to support operations.

Who funds Great Driffield AFC?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Great Driffield AFC as a grant recipient include HORACE TAYLOR TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
HORACE TAYLOR TRUST	FY2025	£1k

Funders of similar charities

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

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATION	1	£50k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST	1	£34k
THE GROVE TRUST	1	£15k
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY	1	£3k
THE HUDSON FOUNDATION	1	£1k
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DRIFFIELD YOUTH ACTION.

DRIFFIELD YOUTH ACTION income £106k
GOREFIELD PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION income £100k
NORTHANTS FUNDAMENTAL FOOTBALL CLUB income £117k
KENSINGTON DRAGONS FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED income £1.7m
GATESHEAD FOOTBALL CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CIO income £237k
MAYFORD ATHLETIC FOOTBALL CLUB income £115k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Great Driffield AFC	£771k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DRIFFIELD YOUTH ACTION FY2025	£106k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GOREFIELD PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION FY2025	£100k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTHANTS FUNDAMENTAL FOOTBALL CLUB FY2025	£117k	—	below	3235.0%	no doubt
KENSINGTON DRAGONS FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED FY2025	£1.7m	—	above	—	no doubt
GATESHEAD FOOTBALL CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CIO FY2025	£237k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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