CLUB DONCASTER COMMUNITY SPORTS & EDUCATION FOUNDATION
Registered charity 1122676 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DONCASTER ROVERS FC COMMUNITY SPORTS & EDUCATION FOUNDATION
To promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for the playing of association football and other sports capable of improving health.To advance the education of children and young people through such means as the trustees think fit in accordance with the law of charity.
Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · 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 held net assets of £441,139 at the end of the financial year, with free unrestricted reserves of £402,415. This level of reserves is above the trustees' stated policy target of holding six months of annual budgeted expenditure. The independent auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months annual budgeted expenditure (held: £402k)
“The Trustees' policy is to hold six months annual budgeted expenditure in reserve.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- John Davis — Chief Executive 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.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Premier League Charitable Fund — “Supported by key partners such as the Premier League Charitable Fund and the Rugby Football League, we’re able to offer a wide range of prov…” (source page)
- Rugby Football League — “Supported by key partners such as the Premier League Charitable Fund and the Rugby Football League, we’re able to offer a wide range of prov…” (source page)
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£17k
Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (74% 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: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Andrew Westmoreland
- Danny Wake
- Elaine McFarlane
- Frances Anne Joel
- GAVIN PAUL SAMUEL BALDWIN
- Karen Beardsley
- Lee Tillman
- NATALIE LOUISE SHAW
- Rebecca Renee Holt
- Sarah Louise Barton
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Doncaster
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CLUB DONCASTER COMMUNITY SPORTS & EDUCATION FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held net assets of £441,139 at the end of the financial year, with free unrestricted reserves of £402,415. This level of reserves is above the trustees' stated policy target of holding six months of annual budgeted expenditure. The independent auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.
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