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Swansea City AFC Foundation

Registered charity 1126933 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SWANSEA CITY AFC COMMUNITY TRUST, SWANSEA CITY FC FOOTBALL IN THE COMMUNITY SCHEME

The charity's objects are for the benefit of the public generally, particularly the inhabitants of South Wales and its 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 (facilities, land, buildings, equipment and organising sporting activities).

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE INHABITANTS OF SOUTH WALES 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, BUILDING, 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;3.3 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF CHARITY; AND3.4 FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN EACH CASE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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: Swansea, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operational deficit of £8,137 for the year ended 31 August 2025, following a surplus in the previous year. Total reserves stood at £912,234, with unrestricted funds of £533,060, which the trustees consider satisfactory against their reserves policy. The charity holds significant cash and short-term investments totaling over £900,000 and has no borrowing.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 3 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 15
  • Government income: £441,115 — grants £441,115 (9); 30% of the £1,473,179 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£80,001–£90,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £341,427 — grants £341,427 (8); 24% of the £1,400,297 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£80,001–£90,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 15
  • Government income: £220,318 — grants £220,318 (5); 19% of the £1,143,033 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

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

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Swansea City AFC Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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.

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

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.5m
Reserves (reported)
£912k
Employees
48

Reported reserves equal ~7.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of Swansea

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.5m£1.5m
31/08/2024£1.4m£1.3m
31/08/2023£1.1m£1.1m
31/08/2022£980k£953k
31/08/2021£810k£909k

Common questions

Is Swansea City AFC Foundation financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operational deficit of £8,137 for the year ended 31 August 2025, following a surplus in the previous year. Total reserves stood at £912,234, with unrestricted funds of £533,060, which the trustees consider satisfactory against their reserves policy. The charity holds significant cash and short-term investments totaling over £900,000 and has no borrowing. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by MHA.

Who funds Swansea City AFC Foundation?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Swansea City AFC Foundation as a grant recipient include SWANSEA C V S, The Neath Port Talbot Community Voluntary Service Limited.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SWANSEA C V SFY2024£50kShared Prosperity Fund - Communities Anchor grants
SWANSEA C V SFY2025£25kShared Prosperity Fund - Communities Anchor grants
The Neath Port Talbot Community Voluntary Service LimitedFY2025£10kThird Sector Wellbeing Grant

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE OAKDALE TRUST2£3k
THE ROPER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£147k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST1£82k
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£74k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED1£67k
THE ENERGY SAVING TRUST FOUNDATION1£61k
MOONDANCE FOUNDATION1£34k
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC1£29k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CARDIFF CITY FC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Swansea City AFC Foundation£1.5m——unclear—no doubt
CARDIFF CITY FC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£1.8m——above—no doubt
Bath City FC Foundation FY2025£229k—0unclear—no doubt
CLUB SFC FY2025£141k—0above—no doubt
Salford City FC Foundation FY2025£1.7m——unclear—no doubt
SHEFFIELD AND HALLAMSHIRE COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£1.2m——above—no doubt

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