LUTON TOWN FC COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 1123078 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust is for the benefit of the Bedfordshire public generallyto promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for the playing of association football and other sports capable of improving health

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE INHABITANTS OF BEDFORDSHIRE AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS:-3.1 TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING HEALTH ("FACILITIES" IN THIS CLAUSE 3 MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES);3.2 TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND3.3 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF CHARITY.

Area of benefit: BEDFORDSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Luton, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a deficit of £56,473 for the year ended 31 May 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £112,407. The trustees state that this level of reserves has fallen below their policy target of maintaining at least three months of unrestricted operating costs. Despite the deficit, the trustees remain confident that the charity will 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 independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06464712

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.

• MOONEY, James Daniel — director, appointed 04/10/2024on trustee list
• SMITH, Jennifer Susan — director, appointed 04/10/2024on trustee list
• BUNYAN, David Keith — director, appointed 25/07/2019on trustee list
• STEPHENS, Paul Gareth — director, appointed 25/07/2019on trustee list
• ROGERS, Adrian John — director, appointed 01/11/2017on trustee list
• SADIQ, Sufian — director, appointed 17/06/2014on trustee list
• MCMAHON, Michael John — director, appointed 26/03/2014on trustee list
• CURSON, Robert James — director, appointed 07/01/2008on trustee list

Official officers record.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (53% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrian John Rogers
• David Keith Bunyan
• James Daniel Mooney
• Jennifer Susan Smith
• Michael John McMahon · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Gareth Stephens
• ROBERT JAMES CURSON
• SUFIAN SADIQ · trustee of 5 other charities

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire · Hertfordshire · Luton

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HARBOROUGH TOWN COMMUNITY TRUST.

• HARBOROUGH TOWN COMMUNITY TRUST income £419k
• LUTTERWORTH ATHLETIC FOOTBALL CLUB income £1.3m
• MAIDENHEAD UNITED FC COMMUNITY TRUST income £394k
• READING FC COMMUNITY TRUST income £2.4m
• HERTFORD TOWN COMMUNITY FC SPORTS EDUCATION TRUST income £109k
• CARDIFF CITY FC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £1.8m

Side by side with its peers

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