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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

GRANTS TO VOLUNTARY/CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS OPERATING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BRENT, ACROSS GREATER LONDON AND ACROSS ENGLAND TO: BENEFIT CHILDREN & YOUNG PERSONS IN EDUCATION/TRAINING BY FUNDING EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES, COACHING & TRAINING TO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN TEAM GAMES & SPORTS.

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: WNSL (97% of income)
“Total income during the year totalled £1,387,641 (2023/24: £978,289), with the annual donation from WNSL representing £1,346,647” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
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. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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).

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

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).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Price Bailey LLP.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION1£250k
THE COTTON INDUSTRY WAR MEMORIAL TRUST1£20k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£5k
THE SURREY CRICKET BOARD1£-19k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WEMBLEY EDUCATIONAL CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WEMBLEY NATIONAL STADIUM TRUST£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
WEMBLEY EDUCATIONAL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£2.8m—0above—no doubt
MILLENNIUM STADIUM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£591k—0above—no doubt
THE WEMBLEY TO SOWETO FOUNDATION FY2025£229k—0unclear—no doubt
LONDON YOUTH SPORTS TRUST LIMITED FY2025£199k—0above—no doubt
WIGAN ATHLETIC FC COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£1.8m—0below—no doubt

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