PLYMOUTH ARGYLE FOOTBALL IN THE COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 1128906 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Argyle Community Trust

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Latest income
£8.3m
Latest spending
£5.5m
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted general funds stood at £2,307,510, which the trustees consider to be in excess of their stated reserves policy target of £1.4m. The charity reported a net incoming resource from unrestricted sources of £633,083 for the year, resulting in a total net asset position of £8,003,100.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“The number of employees whose emoluments fell within the following bands was: 2025 No. £80,001 - £90,000 1” — page 65
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose emoluments fell within the following bands was: 2025 No. £80,001 - £90,000 1” — page 65
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 6 months’ worth of staffing costs and future committed expenditure (held: £2.3m)
“The target minimum level of reserves has been set as 6 months’ worth of staffing costs and future committed expenditure, based upon latest forecasts and budgets (or the most recent 6 months of financial reports, where not available), where this expenditure is not to be met by restricted income sources. This equates to a figure of £1.4m.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Westcotts (SW) LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Argyle Community Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles 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.

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

Total income
£8.3m
Total spending
£5.5m
Reserves (reported)
£3.6m
Employees
190

Reported reserves equal ~7.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (63% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£8.3m£5.5m
30/06/2024£7.3m£4.7m
30/06/2023£4.4m£4.1m
30/06/2022£3.5m£3.1m
30/06/2021£2.8m£2.1m

Common questions

Is PLYMOUTH ARGYLE FOOTBALL IN THE COMMUNITY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted general funds stood at £2,307,510, which the trustees consider to be in excess of their stated reserves policy target of £1.4m. The charity reported a net incoming resource from unrestricted sources of £633,083 for the year, resulting in a total net asset position of £8,003,100. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Westcotts (SW) LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of PLYMOUTH ARGYLE FOOTBALL IN THE COMMUNITY TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds PLYMOUTH ARGYLE FOOTBALL IN THE COMMUNITY TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PLYMOUTH ARGYLE FOOTBALL IN THE COMMUNITY TRUST as a grant recipient include THE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION, Alex Ferry Foundation.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FOOTBALL FOUNDATIONFY2024£2.2mSingle Fund
THE FOOTBALL FOUNDATIONFY2022£564kActive Through Football
Alex Ferry FoundationFY2023£10kCommunity grants
Alex Ferry FoundationFY2022£10kCommunity Grants

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England09/06/2025£15kAbility Counts
Sport England25/07/2024£10kFMS YR1 AYP (Active Youth Plymstock)
Sport England16/07/2024£10kFMS YR1 The 'Social Sports' Project
Sport England26/02/2024£10kExtra Time
UK government01/07/2023£35kNCS Trust Community Grants Argyle
UK government01/07/2023£29kNCS Trust Community Grants Argyle
Sport England26/05/2021£4kCOVID19 Return to Play
The National Lottery Community Fund11/01/2019£9kDementia Football Cafe
The National Lottery Community Fund18/02/2016£10kLeading to Employment
Sport England11/11/2015£10kArgyle Community Table Tennis Network
The National Lottery Community Fund03/11/2011£7k'Holiday Challenge'

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS GENERAL CHARITY AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PLYMOUTH ARGYLE FOOTBALL IN THE COMMUNITY TRUST£8.3m£80,001 - £90,0001above—no doubt
PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS GENERAL CHARITY AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES FY2025£1.0m—0above—no doubt
PLYMOUTH SWALLOWS SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS FY2025£385k—0unclear—no doubt
PLYMOUTH HIGHBURY TRUST FY2025£1.7m—0above—no doubt
PLYMOUTH CHARITY TRUST FY2025£559k£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW, PLYMOUTH FY2025£500k—0above—no doubt

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