THE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1079309 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FOOTBALL TRUST CHARITABLE TRUST

The Charity's current and on-going activities are:to put in place a new generation of modern facilities in parks, local leagues and schools;to provide capital/revenue support to increase participation in grass roots football, andto strenghten the links between football and the community and to harness its potential as a force for good in society.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased to £23.0m, which remains significantly higher than the trustees' stated policy target of £3.2m. The charity reported a net expenditure of £9.3m for the year, funded primarily by confirmed donations from the Premier League, The FA, and the Government.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Robert Sullivan — CEO (source)

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).

• Premier League — “We're the Premier League, The FA and Government’s charity.” (source page)
• The FA — “We're the Premier League, The FA and Government’s charity.” (source page)
• Government — “We're the Premier League, The FA and Government’s charity.” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (7,148 likes) · instagram (13K followers)

Advertised salaries (public job ads)

Roles this charity has advertised on CharityJob, matched on the exact employer name. A different source from the statutory pay bands above: these are asking salaries for vacancies, not what anyone was paid.

• Projects and Business Improvement Manager — £52,000 - £58,000 per annum dependant on relevant skills and experience. · Wembley (Hybrid) · posted 1 week ago (seen 21/08/2026)
• Technical Project Manager — £42,000 - £50,000 per annum dependant on relevant skills and experience. · Remote · posted 1 month ago (seen 21/08/2026)
• Facilities Planning Manager — £40,000 - £46,000 per annum dependant on relevant skills and experience. · Remote · posted 4 weeks ago (seen 21/08/2026)
• Delivery Manager — £40,000 - £46,000 per annum dependant on relevant skills and experience. · Wembley (Hybrid) · posted 1 month ago (seen 21/08/2026)
• Support & Impact Manager (12-month FTC) — £40,000 - £46,000 per annum dependant on relevant skills and experience. · Remote · posted 1 month ago (seen 21/08/2026)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~3.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MARTIN GLENNchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ama Agbeze
• Clare Sumner · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN DAVID PEARCE
• Karen Taylor
• Mark William Bullingham
• Richard Masters
• Simon Thomas Hayes
• Wais Shaifta

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE (COMMUNITY) LIMITED.

• THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE (COMMUNITY) LIMITED income £15.7m
• CYMRU FOOTBALL FOUNDATION LIMITED income £8.8m
• PETERBOROUGH FOOTBALL AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION income £172k
• THE LEEDS UNITED FOUNDATION income £2.4m
• Swindon Town FC Community Foundation income £1.4m
• THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION BENEVOLENT FUND income £155k

Side by side with its peers

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