WARRINGTON WOLVES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1110734 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WARRINGTON WOLVES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, WARRINGTON WOLVES COMMUNITY LEARNING AND SPORT FOUNDATION, WOLVES FOUNDATION

Sport:We aim to provide quality, accessible, sporting and Physical opportunities by using the Wolves brand to develop lifelong interest in sport.Health: We aim to enhance our local community by improving the health education of young people, families and neighbours through our projects.Education: We aim to use the power of sport as a mechanism for learning and building confidence.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£831k
Latest spending
£793k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £327,302 to £311,369, while total funds increased to £416,996. The charity reported an in-year gain of £39,940, reversing a previous deficit, and holds sufficient reserves to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Leavitt Walmsley Associates Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Warrington Wolves Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Total income
£831k
Total spending
£793k
Cost of raising funds
£45k
Reserves (reported)
£311k
Employees
17

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Warrington

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£831k£793k
30/04/2024£624k£667k
30/04/2023£538k£634k
30/04/2022£634k£602k
30/04/2021£548k£389k

Common questions

Is WARRINGTON WOLVES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £327,302 to £311,369, while total funds increased to £416,996. The charity reported an in-year gain of £39,940, reversing a previous deficit, and holds sufficient reserves to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Leavitt Walmsley Associates Limited.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England12/07/2024£15kJunior Wheelchair Rugby League
The National Lottery Community Fund25/11/2022£10kIn the Sheds
Sport England17/06/2022£10kJubilee Fund Molineux Movers
The National Lottery Community Fund03/04/2020£10kWolf Den
Sport England16/03/2020£10kWolves in Motion
Sport England24/02/2017£10kWarrington Wolves Wheelchair Rugby League Club
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/01/2015£39k"Pass It Back"
The National Lottery Community Fund18/04/2012£7kGRACE: Grow, Respond, Aspire, Create, Express
The National Lottery Heritage Fund15/12/2011£50k"Wire 2 Wolves"
Sport England22/07/2010£6kTee Off With Wolfie
Sport England07/05/2010£18kBasketball Fever
The National Lottery Community Fund10/02/2010£129kFoundation Skills
The National Lottery Community Fund23/11/2009£45kWolves Camp
The National Lottery Community Fund05/11/2009£8kI heart the Wolves Foundation!

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WARRINGTON WOLVES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION£831k0unclearno doubt
WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS FOUNDATION FY2024£2.7m£90,001 - £100,000unclearno doubt
WATFORD FC'S COMMUNITY SPORTS & EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£3.0m0unclearno doubt
WIGAN ATHLETIC FC COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£1.8m0belowno doubt
NORWICH CITY COMMUNITY SPORTS FOUNDATION FY2024£6.3m0aboveno doubt
AFC WIMBLEDON FOUNDATION FY2025£1.0mUnder £60,0000unclearno doubt

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