Grimsby Town Foundation

Registered charity 1123447 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GRIMSBY TOWN FOOTBALL IN THE COMMUNITY SPORTS AND EDUCATION TRUST

THE CHARITY PROMOTES COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR, AMONGST OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS,THE PLAYING OF FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING HEALTH. THE CHARITY ADVANCES THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE. ITS CORE ACTIVITY PROGRAMME INCLUDES SCHOOLS COACHING, HOLIDAY COURSES, AFTER AND PRE SCHOOL COACHING AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE INHABITANTS OF NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE, LINCOLNSHIRE AND THEIR SURROUNDING AREAS AND AIM TO: (A) 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 2 MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES); (B) 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; AND (C) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF CHARITY. 2.2 NOTHING IN THESE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY STATUTORY PROVISION REGARDING THE MEANING OF THE WORD "CHARITABLE" OR THE WORDS "CHARITABLE PURPOSES" IN FORCE IN ANY PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Area of benefit: EAST LINCOLNSHIRE, LINCOLNSHIRE AND THEIR SURROUNDING AREAS

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £105,730 for the year ended 31 May 2025, an improvement from the previous year's deficit of £125,085. Total income increased to £605,497, while total funds decreased to £185,075. The trustees confirm that the charity is operating on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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 4 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
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06500460

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.

• COOK, Christopher — director, appointed 30/01/2026on trustee list
• SMITH, Kevin Ronald — director, appointed 30/01/2026on trustee list
• BANCROFT, Polly Louise — director, appointed 25/10/2024on trustee list
• MATSON, Ann-Marie — director, appointed 05/07/2024on trustee list
• BAKER, Michael James — director, appointed 27/09/2022not on trustee list
• GROCOCK, Christopher Richard — director, appointed 11/08/2021on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.2 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 (98% 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

• Christopher Richard Grocockchair
• Ann-Marie Matson
• Christopher Cook
• Kevin Ronald Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
• Polly Bancroft

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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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 GRIMSBY ICE RINK.

• GRIMSBY ICE RINK income £298k
• MIDDLESBROUGH FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDATION income £2.6m
• STEVENAGE FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDATION LTD income £1.1m
• GATESHEAD FOOTBALL CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CIO income £237k
• PETERBOROUGH FOOTBALL AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION income £172k
• SPORTING FOUNDATION income £329k

Side by side with its peers

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