WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1126799 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WOLVES COMMUNITY TRUST, WOLVES COMMUNITY TRUST

Wolves Community Trust began operation as a registered charity in December 2008. The department is based around five thematic areas: Sports Participation Health Education & Enterprise Social Inclusion Community Donations via Wolves Aid. In addition, Wolves Community Trust is involved in a variety of projects funded by the Premier League or Football League Trust.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,806,600, which the Trustees consider sufficient to cover approximately three months of operational costs against a policy target of 3-6 months. The charity is fully underwritten by Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club, which also recharged £128,778 in costs to the foundation during the year. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Dains Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wolverhampton Wanderers Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~10.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (87% 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: 10.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kevin Alan Rogerschair
• Alastair Robert Purssell
• Caren Elizabeth Tonks
• Matthew David Wild
• RICHARD IAN SKIRROW
• Richard Welch

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

Operates in: Dudley · Shropshire · Staffordshire · Telford & Wrekin · Walsall · Wolverhampton

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 WATFORD FC'S COMMUNITY SPORTS & EDUCATION TRUST.

• WATFORD FC'S COMMUNITY SPORTS & EDUCATION TRUST income £3.0m
• BOLTON WANDERERS COMMUNITY TRUST income £1.5m
• WARRINGTON WOLVES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £831k
• WIGAN WARRIORS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £627k
• Wolverhampton Voluntary and Community Action income £1.5m
• Wycombe Wanderers Foundation income £1.0m

Side by side with its peers

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