BRENTFORD FC COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST
Registered charity 1112784 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Brentford FC Community Sports Trust is an independent charity operating in partnership with Brentford Football Club and a range of other local, regional and national organisations. We use the power of sport and education to inspire people, raise the aspirations of our local community, develop community facilities, and to give local people the confidence and skills to reach their full potential.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £0.2 million for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a deficit from the prior year, with total income increasing by 14.7% to £4.4 million. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £776,268, which is below the stated policy target of three months of operating expenses, providing only 2.2 months of coverage. The charity maintains strong cash balances and diversified funding streams to support its operations.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £776k; policy: three months of operating expenses)
“Under the updated policy, current reserves provide 2.2 months of operating cost coverage, below the target of three months.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations received
“Donations received during the period included: - £280,2266 (2024 - £172,873) from Brentford Football Club Ltd.”
“Expenditure for the period included: - £66,507 (2024: £196,014) paid to Brentford Football Club Ltd.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Expenditure paid
“Donations received during the period included: - £280,2266 (2024 - £172,873) from Brentford Football Club Ltd.”
“Expenditure for the period included: - £66,507 (2024: £196,014) paid to Brentford Football Club Ltd.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Debtors owed by
“Donations received during the period included: - £280,2266 (2024 - £172,873) from Brentford Football Club Ltd.”
“Expenditure for the period included: - £66,507 (2024: £196,014) paid to Brentford Football Club Ltd.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Creditors owed to
“Donations received during the period included: - £280,2266 (2024 - £172,873) from Brentford Football Club Ltd.”
“Expenditure for the period included: - £66,507 (2024: £196,014) paid to Brentford Football Club Ltd.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Just Audit & Assurance Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
BFCCST TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
- Change of accounting reference date
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.
- ATHERTON, Graeme, Prof — director, appointed 25/09/2025on trustee list
- PRESTON, Iain George — director, appointed 21/04/2025on trustee list
- ABDOUL, Modi — director, appointed 21/04/2025on trustee list
- WRIGHT, Sharon, Dr — director, appointed 21/04/2025on trustee list
- RAJ, Nityajit Saidev — director, appointed 19/08/2022on trustee list
- PHELAN, Marcella Eileen — director, appointed 31/07/2019on trustee list
- GAMMON, Christopher John — director, appointed 20/03/2018on trustee list
- RALLI, Anita — director, appointed 01/09/2017on trustee list
- REYNOLDS, Karl Adrian — director, appointed 01/01/2015on trustee list
- KERR, Donald Gilbert — director, appointed 17/06/2010on trustee list
- CUDMORE, John Lawrence — director, appointed 25/10/2005on trustee list
- BURGESS, Brian Robert — director, appointed 25/10/2005on trustee list
- MONTAGUE, Jacqueline Clair — secretary, appointed 01/01/2011
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below 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).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (29/12/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Prof Graeme Athertonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Anita Ralli
- BRIAN ROBERT BURGESS
- CHRISTOPHER JOHN GAMMON
- DONALD GILBERT KERR
- Dr Sharon Wright
- Iain Preston
- JOHN LAWRENCE CUDMORE
- KARL ADRIAN REYNOLDS
- Marcella Eileen Phelan
- Modi Abdoul
- Nityajit Raj
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Ealing · Hillingdon · Hounslow · Richmond Upon Thames · Surrey · Windsor And Maidenhead
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BRENTFORD FC COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £0.2 million for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a deficit from the prior year, with total income increasing by 14.7% to £4.4 million. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £776,268, which is below the stated policy target of three months of operating expenses, providing only 2.2 months of coverage. The charity maintains strong cash balances and diversified funding streams to support its operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Just Audit & Assurance Ltd.
Who funds BRENTFORD FC COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BRENTFORD FC COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST as a grant recipient include THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE THREE GUINEAS TRUST.
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