Brighton & Hove Albion Foundation

Registered charity 1110978 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALBION IN THE COMMUNITY, BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION FOOTBALL IN THE COMMUNITY

Brighton & Hove Albion Foundation uses the power of football to engage and inspire people to make good life choices and help reduce inequalities in our local communities. We deliver award-winning educational and outreach programmes that improve people's wellbeing, supports learning and offers inclusive opportunities for everyone to get active and play football.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £15,217 for the year ended 30 June 2025, increasing its total reserves to £770,205. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £753,586, which exceeds its stated policy target range of £450,000 to £600,000. The trustees and auditors confirm there are no material uncertainties 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 Chisnall Comer Ismail & Co. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Brighton & Hove Albion Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (77% 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: 5.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Paul Fellows
• LEE WILLIAM COOPER
• Laila Mohamad El Baradei
• Professor Robert Galloway MOStJ, MBBS, BSC, MRCP, FRCEM · trustee of 1 other charity
• RICHARD JOHNATHON VALDER-DAVIS
• ROSEMARY ANNE READ
• RUSSELL JAMES WOOD
• Scott Bradley Marshall · trustee of 1 other charity
• Victoria Jane Byrne
• ZOE JOHNSON

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• BLOOMSBURY FOOTBALL FOUNDATION income £4.0m
• MIDDLESBROUGH FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDATION income £2.6m
• THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £3.6m
• MANCHESTER UNITED FOUNDATION income £8.7m
• FULHAM FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDATION income £2.9m
• THE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION income £128.2m

Side by side with its peers

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