CARLISLE UNITED FC COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST

Registered charity 1126600 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CARLISLE UNITED FC FOOTBALL IN THE COMMUNITY

Provide facilities for playing football/other sports to encourage more people to play and watch football, to become interested in and support Carlisle United FC by forging closer links between them; to improve the image of the game of football, the atmosphere at matches and the behaviour of both players and spectators; and to promote and facilitate equal opportunities for all within the scheme.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE INHABITANTS OF CUMBRIA AND IT'S SURROUNDING AREAS:- TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING HEALTH 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;TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF CHARITY; AND FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES O FOR SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN EACH CASE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Area of benefit: THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE INHABITANTS OF CUMBRIA AND IT'S SURROUNDING AREAS

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £50,428 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in total reserves of £665,277. The trustees note that the financial outlook is uncertain due to the club's drop from the EFL, which reduced funding, and state that running costs exceeded the available reserves. However, the trustees confirm they have adequate resources to continue in operational existence 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 5 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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

• Stephen Peter Smithchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alice Corrine Piatak
• Andrew Gordon
• Gordon James Hastings
• Helen Brough
• Helen Jane Dawson
• Jemma Anne Nicholson

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRENTFORD FC COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST.

• BRENTFORD FC COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST income £4.4m
• PETERBOROUGH FOOTBALL AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION income £172k
• CARDIFF CITY FC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £1.8m
• CALDERDALE COMMUNITY COACHING TRUST income £63k
• THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE (COMMUNITY) LIMITED income £15.7m
• BOLTON WANDERERS COMMUNITY TRUST income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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