POMPEY IN THE COMMUNITY

Registered charity 1126118 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as POMPEY SPORTS AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION

Promotion of Community participation in healthy recreation. Providing facilities for sport, education, leisure,health checks to such persons who have need by reason of youth, age, infirmity, disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances - with the object of improving conditions of life and to advance the education of adults, children and young people.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.2m
Latest spending
£1.9m
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £258,181 for the year, resulting in total funds of £7,277,067. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £1,621,050 exceed their stated policy target of £250,000, which is based on covering four months of net running costs. The auditors reported no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £250,000 (held: £1.6m)
“The Trustees consider that the ideal level of reserves at 31st August 2025 is £250,000, being based on the Charity's ability to cover four month's net running costs” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Loan from Nexgen Capital Investments Limited
“A company with a common trustee director and partner provided a loan to the charity with the balance totalling £170,833 (2024: £205,000). Interest on the loan and capital repayments in the year totalled £42,367 (2024: £12,769)” — page 30
“A company with a common trustee director and partner provided legal services to the charity during the year totalling £720 (2024: £22,510).” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Legal services from Biscoes
“A company with a common trustee director and partner provided a loan to the charity with the balance totalling £170,833 (2024: £205,000). Interest on the loan and capital repayments in the year totalled £42,367 (2024: £12,769)” — page 30
“A company with a common trustee director and partner provided legal services to the charity during the year totalling £720 (2024: £22,510).” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Pompey Foundation Trading Company Limited
“These financial statements consolidate the results of the charity and its wholly owned subsidiary, Pompey Foundation Trading Company Limited (Company Number 06930934)” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by MC Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

POMPEY FOUNDATION TRADING COMPANY LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Amounts owed to group undertakings are unsecured, interest free, have no fixed date of repayment and are repayable on demand.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£2.2m
Total spending
£1.9m
Cost of raising funds
£84k
Reserves (reported)
£250k
Employees
37

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Portsmouth City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£2.2m£1.9m
31/08/2024£3.1m£1.6m
31/08/2023£2.5m£1.5m
31/08/2022£4.5m£1.5m
31/08/2021£1.8m£1.2m

Common questions

Is POMPEY IN THE COMMUNITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £258,181 for the year, resulting in total funds of £7,277,067. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £1,621,050 exceed their stated policy target of £250,000, which is based on covering four months of net running costs. The auditors reported no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by MC Audit Limited.

Who funds POMPEY IN THE COMMUNITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name POMPEY IN THE COMMUNITY as a grant recipient include ENERGISE ME, CEO SLEEPOUT.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ENERGISE MEFY2025£30k
CEO SLEEPOUTFY2024£4k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund06/02/2026£20kPOMPEY 4 ALL
Sport England08/01/2026£15kPompey Pedals
The National Lottery Community Fund04/04/2023£10kBluesability
Sport England21/03/2023£8kBluesability
The National Lottery Community Fund08/10/2021£10kLevel Up
Sport England18/03/2021£10kCOVID19 Return to Play
Sport England25/10/2017£103kPotentials Fund
Sport England18/02/2016£8kACTIVE BLUES
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/10/2015£41k"Maritime Youth Discovery"
The National Lottery Community Fund15/07/2015£10kLife and Chimes
Sport England08/05/2015£240kPlay more Pompey
Sport England26/09/2014£9kGet Up and Go
Sport England21/05/2014£98kSENsational
The National Lottery Community Fund13/12/2012£10kHealthy Choices
The National Lottery Community Fund16/06/2011£10kPompey for Progress
Sport England31/07/2009£47kPremier League 4 Sport Initiative (PL4S)

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CLUB DONCASTER COMMUNITY SPORTS & EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
POMPEY IN THE COMMUNITY£2.2m——unclear—no doubt
CLUB DONCASTER COMMUNITY SPORTS & EDUCATION FOUNDATION FY2025£2.0m——unclear—no doubt
READING FC COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£2.4m——above—no doubt
MILTON KEYNES DONS FOOTBALL CLUB SPORTS & EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£3.9m—0below—no doubt
INSPIRE SUFFOLK LTD FY2024£1.8m£60,001 - £70,0001below—no doubt
PETERBOROUGH FOOTBALL AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION FY2022£172k—0below—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.