POLYTECHNIC FOOTBALL CLUB

Registered charity 1127155 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The organisation and provision of facilities for community participation in the healthy recreation of playing football.

Objects

1) TO ORGANISE OR PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE ORGANISATION OR PROVISION OF FACILITIES FORCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN THE HEALTHY RECREATION OF PLAYING FOOTBALL;2) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES, AS ARE CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLANDAND WALES, AS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. UN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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

Causes: Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hounslow, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£74k
Latest spending
£87k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made an operating loss of £13,649 in the 2024/25 financial year, largely due to hiring an outside coach and providing additional training facilities. To mitigate this loss, the club drew on its reserve fund, which stood at £36,753, and received a specific donation of £13,000 for kit and the women's team. The trustees report that the club remains financially viable and active in promoting football.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: weekly match day levies (47% of income)
“Annual member donations of £23,338 and weekly match day levies collected from participating players of £26,131.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation from The Hound, part of Ardent Pub Group (formerly JKS Pubs).
“To support this initiative the Club has received a donation from a local restaurant/pub operator, The Hound, part of Ardent Pub Group (formerly JKS Pubs)”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 31/05/2025

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2024

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2023

  • Volunteers: 20

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hounslow

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£74k£87k
31/05/2024£77k£68k
31/05/2023£74k£78k
31/05/2022£74k£91k
31/05/2021£53k£18k

Common questions

Is POLYTECHNIC FOOTBALL CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made an operating loss of £13,649 in the 2024/25 financial year, largely due to hiring an outside coach and providing additional training facilities. To mitigate this loss, the club drew on its reserve fund, which stood at £36,753, and received a specific donation of £13,000 for kit and the women's team. The trustees report that the club remains financially viable and active in promoting football.

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 Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust1£250

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PITSHANGER FOOTBALL CLUB.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
POLYTECHNIC FOOTBALL CLUB£74k—0above—no doubt
PITSHANGER FOOTBALL CLUB FY2025£115k—0unclear—no doubt
ALTOFTS COMMUNITY SPORTS CLUB FY2026£55k—0unclear—no doubt
SHEVINGTON FOOTBALL CLUB FY2025£53k—0unclear—no doubt
POLEGATE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£152k—0unclear—no doubt
CULLERCOATS FOOTBALL CLUB FY2025£101k—0unclear—no doubt

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