AMBASSADORS FOOTBALL LIMITED

Registered charity 1055422 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as A I S, AMBASSADORS FC, AMBASSADORS IN SPORT

Ambassadors Football runs and facilitates football projects that build bridges across cultural, faith, ethnic and postcode divides, providing support, resources and training in order to invest in communities and empower volunteers, trainees, staff and churches to start new initiatives that lead to tangible social change.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£438k
Latest spending
£417k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income surplus of £20,673 for the year ended 31 December 2024, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £85,137. This figure exceeds the charity's stated desirable reserves policy target of £71,000, which represents three months of typical spending commitments. The trustees confirmed that robust monitoring of income and spending allowed them to meet budget objectives and grow reserves.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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

Corporate structure

The charity’s company — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31.12.25)
  • Average employees: 14

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — AMBASSADORS FOOTBALL LIMITED (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bolton · Cardiff · Gloucestershire · Lancashire · Manchester City · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · Nottinghamshire · Scotland · Sheffield City · Shropshire · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£438k£417k
31/12/2023£345k£353k
31/12/2022£308k£305k
31/12/2021£283k£268k
31/12/2020£292k£259k

Common questions

Is AMBASSADORS FOOTBALL LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income surplus of £20,673 for the year ended 31 December 2024, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £85,137. This figure exceeds the charity's stated desirable reserves policy target of £71,000, which represents three months of typical spending commitments. The trustees confirmed that robust monitoring of income and spending allowed them to meet budget objectives and grow reserves. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds AMBASSADORS FOOTBALL LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AMBASSADORS FOOTBALL LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST THOMAS, LANCASTER, FIELDSDENE TRUST, The Parish of Christ the King, Bradley Stoke, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAULS, WILFORD HILL, COASTLANDS COMMUNITY CHURCH.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund10/06/2022£8kInspiring Others
Sport England01/07/2020£3kCOVID-19 CEF
Sport England23/09/2010£8kAmbassadors in Sport Greater Manchester
The National Lottery Community Fund23/03/2007£7kAmbassadors Academy (Wythenshawe+Bolton) Project
The National Lottery Community Fund21/07/2005£3kPublicity for volunteers