YEOVIL TOWN COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST LIMITED
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 activities andto advance the education of children and young people as the trustees think fit in accordancewith the law of charity.
Objects
"FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND IN PARTICULAR THE INHABITANTS OFSOMERSET AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS:3.1 TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDINGFACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OFIMPROVING HEALTH;3.1 TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION OR OTHERLEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BYREASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMICCIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITHTHE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND3.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH SUCHMEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF CHARITY."
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £83,738 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total income increasing by 79% to £295,263. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £44,362 against a policy to maintain sufficient funds to cover unforeseen events, while the trustees acknowledged continuing challenges in ensuing years.
What the accounts disclose
“It is the policy of the company to maintain unrestricted reserves to an appropriate level to provide sufficient funds to cover any unforeseen event such as the loss of a source of grant income.” — page 8
“During 2013 the charitable company entered into an ongoing service level agreement with Yeovil Football and Athletic Club Limited. A financial term of this agreement is that the Charity seeks to be self funding, although the Club will provide such financial support as is required to enable the Charity to meet its liabilities as they fall due.” — page 23
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Trustees
- David William Linney
- Johanna Harris
- MARTYN JOHN STARNES
- Stuart Alan Robins
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 30/06/2025 | £295k | £212k |
| 30/06/2024 | £165k | £164k |
| 30/06/2023 | £199k | £209k |
| 30/06/2022 | £182k | £201k |
| 30/06/2021 | £153k | £167k |
Common questions
Is YEOVIL TOWN COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £83,738 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total income increasing by 79% to £295,263. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £44,362 against a policy to maintain sufficient funds to cover unforeseen events, while the trustees acknowledged continuing challenges in ensuing years. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport England | 15/06/2020 | £10k | COVID-19 CEF |
| Sport England | 21/11/2016 | £10k | Onside |
| Somerset Community Foundation | 24/10/2016 | £5k | Volunteer 108 |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 14/09/2016 | £32k | "Yeovil Town Football Club - A Digital History" |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 29/04/2010 | £3k | The Green Machine at Guys Marsh |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION | 2 | £1.2m |
| THE ROGER DE HAAN CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £1.1m |
| LOCAL TRUST | 1 | £344k |
| THE BEAVERBROOKS CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £70k |
| THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION | 1 | £58k |
| CRH CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £33k |
| JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £30k |
| Army Benevolent Fund | 1 | £5k |
Charities like this
- READING FC COMMUNITY TRUST
- Stockport County Community Trust
- BLACKPOOL FC COMMUNITY TRUST
- NEWTON ABBOT AND DISTRICT RECREATIONAL TRUST LIMITED
- The Sports Trust
- DEESIDE COMMUNITY TRUST
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YEOVIL TOWN COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST LIMITED | £295k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| READING FC COMMUNITY TRUST | £2.4m | — | — | above | — | no doubt |
| Stockport County Community Trust | £976k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| BLACKPOOL FC COMMUNITY TRUST | £3.3m | — | — | within | — | no doubt |
| NEWTON ABBOT AND DISTRICT RECREATIONAL TRUST LIMITED | £168k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| The Sports Trust | £1.4m | £70,001 - £80,000 | — | below | — | no doubt |