SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY FOOTBALL CLUB COMMUNITY PROGRAMME

Registered charity 1108538 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SWFCCP

TO FURTHER ASSIST IN THE EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE (ON A SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL BASIS) OF BOTH ADULTS AND CHILDREN WITHIN SHEFFIELD AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH THE USE OF THE GAME OF FOOTBALL (INCLUDING ITS HISTORY AND RULES) AND OTHER ANCILLARY SPORTING ACTIVITIES AS EDUCATIONAL TOOLS.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported total incoming resources of £2,940,420 and total expenditure of £2,765,134, resulting in a net income surplus of £175,286. Unrestricted reserves stood at £1,281,869, which the trustees confirmed exceeded their stated policy target of approximately £612,000. The accounts were independently audited with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Nuvo Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sheffield Wednesday FC Community Programme (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• South Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit — “Our award-winning One Goal project, funded by the South Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit , empowers females and educates males to help end …” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (86% 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

• Andrew Wallis
• Chris Stewart
• David Barron
• Dr Om Prakash Purohit · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN REDGATE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Julie Dore
• Kay Dickinson · trustee of 3 other charities
• Kerry chapman
• Paul Senior
• Trevor Braithwait

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

Operates in: Barnsley · Derbyshire · Doncaster · Nottinghamshire · Rotherham · Sheffield City

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

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.

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
• SHEFFIELD UNITED COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £2.5m
• MIDDLESBROUGH FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDATION income £2.6m
• BLACKBURN ROVERS COMMUNITY TRUST income £1.9m
• SHREWSBURY TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDATION income £1.6m
• Swindon Town FC Community Foundation income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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