WEMBLEY NATIONAL STADIUM TRUST

Registered charity 1072392 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ENGLISH NATIONAL STADIUM TRUST, Wembley Stadium Foundation

Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves of £1,991,124 are held, which the trustees confirm adequately meet the policy requirement of holding sufficient funds to cover operational costs and existing grant commitments. The charity reports a net income increase to £192,771 and relies entirely on a covenant from Wembley National Stadium Ltd for its income.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient funds to meet core expenditure up to next payment from WNSL, plus £25,000 for unexpected costs, plus value of existing grant commitments (held: £2.0m)
The trustees will endeavour to ensure that at all times they hold in readily- accessible reserve sufficient funds to meet the Trust’s core expenditure (i.e. Salaries and any other operational costs) up to the point of the next payment from WNSL; together with an additional £25,000 to cover other unexpected costs that might arise from time to time; plus the value of any existing grants commitments due before the next payment from WNSL. — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Price Bailey LLP.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.2m
Reserves (reported)
£2.0m
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~20.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£1.4m£1.2m
31/07/2024£978k£198k
31/07/2023£745k£638k
31/07/2022£892k£227k
31/03/2021£7k£111k

Common questions

Is WEMBLEY NATIONAL STADIUM TRUST financially healthy?

The accounts state that free reserves of £1,991,124 are held, which the trustees confirm adequately meet the policy requirement of holding sufficient funds to cover operational costs and existing grant commitments. The charity reports a net income increase to £192,771 and relies entirely on a covenant from Wembley National Stadium Ltd for its income. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Price Bailey LLP.

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FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION1£348k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATION1£233

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