EAGLES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Registered charity 1112997 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
To promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for playing basketball.To provide facilities for sport and recreation for people who need such facilities andTo advance the education of children and young people through such means as the trustees think fit
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3,368,240, which is significantly above its stated policy target of approximately £447,000 (three months of expenditure). Although the group reported a net current liability position of £42,534, the trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of charitable expenditure (held: £3.4m)
“The Trustees have a target to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level which equates to approximately three months of charitable expenditure. At the year ended 31 July 2025 this equates to approximately £447,000” — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Geoffrey Forrester & Co Solicitors (connected to trustee David Forrester) provided a loan which was fully repaid in the prior year.
“Geoffrey Forrester and Co Solicitors have provided a loan to Eagles Community Foundation. Geoffrey Forrester is a related party of David Forrester, a trustee of the Foundation. The loan was fully repaid by the Foundation on 27 December 2023.” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Eagles Community Arena Limited
“The organisation has a 100% owned trading company, The Eagles Community Arena, incorporated on 18 December 2018. The subsidiary's results are consolidated into the financial statements of the charity.” — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Kinnair Associates Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
What the charity says about itself (2024/25)
From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.
The report explicitly states the social and wellbeing value calculated using WELLBY formulae.
“£10,064,900 SOCIAL & WELLBEING VALUE TO THE NORTH EAST”
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Eagles Community Foundation (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Sam Blake — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Susan Hunter — Chief Operating Officer (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.
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.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£210k
Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (49% 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: 11.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- PAUL BLAKEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- ALAN YOUNGER
- DAVID LEWIS FORRESTER · trustee of 1 other charity
- Daniel John Cooper
- ERIC VICTOR WILSON
- JEFFREY KING
- MS SU CUMMING
- Stephen Savage
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cumbria · Durham · Gateshead · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Sunderland
Income and spending
Common questions
Is EAGLES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3,368,240, which is significantly above its stated policy target of approximately £447,000 (three months of expenditure). Although the group reported a net current liability position of £42,534, the trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kinnair Associates Limited.
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