HARVESTERS FOOTBALL CLUB

Registered charity 1063762 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Runs 34 boys football teams ranging from the ages of 7 to 18, 7 girls teams ranging from the ages of 8 to 17 and a senior walking football team.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN FULL TIME PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION IN HERTFORDSHIRE BY PROVIDING FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF FOOTBALL SO AS TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH CHILDREN.

Area of benefit: HERTFORDSHIRE

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

£244k

Latest spending

£313k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operational loss for the year, with total expenditure exceeding total income. Despite this, the trustees consider the level of unrestricted reserves to remain appropriate to support the club's activities and manage future risks.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Subscriptions (66% of income)

“Subscription income remained the largest income stream at approximately £162,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: one quarter of annual operating costs (held: £210k)

“The trustees aim to retain sufficient cash to fund asset replacement as required and to ensure that unrestricted reserves do not fall below approximately one quarter of annual operating costs.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Register events

Received assets from another charity (21/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Derrick Parkerchair
Andrew Cooper
Anthony Landau
David Thomson
Jason Landau
Richard Thornton
Samantha Jacobs

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/05/2025	£244k	£313k
31/05/2024	£245k	£275k
31/05/2023	£247k	£245k
31/05/2022	£270k	£212k
31/05/2021	£271k	£188k

Common questions

Is HARVESTERS FOOTBALL CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operational loss for the year, with total expenditure exceeding total income. Despite this, the trustees consider the level of unrestricted reserves to remain appropriate to support the club's activities and manage future risks. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	02/06/2020	£10k	COVID-19 CEF

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEW FORDLEY JUNIORS FOOTBALL CLUB.

NEW FORDLEY JUNIORS FOOTBALL CLUB income £452k
WEST DENTON JUNIORS FOOTBALL CLUB income £164k
EPSOM & EWELL COLTS FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED income £278k
BUSHEY RANGERS YOUTH AND FOOTBALL CLUB income £124k
ENFIELD RANGERS YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB income £181k
WOKING BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUB income £163k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HARVESTERS FOOTBALL CLUB	£244k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NEW FORDLEY JUNIORS FOOTBALL CLUB FY2025	£452k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WEST DENTON JUNIORS FOOTBALL CLUB FY2025	£164k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EPSOM & EWELL COLTS FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED FY2025	£278k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BUSHEY RANGERS YOUTH AND FOOTBALL CLUB FY2025	£124k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ENFIELD RANGERS YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB FY2025	£181k	—	unclear	12.8%	no doubt

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