PRESTON NORTH END COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION TRUST

Registered charity 1130773 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SIR TOM FINNEY FOUNDATION

Promote and develop the physical and mental wellbeing and to generally improve the conditions of life of the general public and, in particular, the inhabitants of the North West by the provision of, or assistance in the provision of, all types of recreational facilities including, but not limited to, Association Football

Objects

1. ObjectsThe Objects of the Charity are: 1.1. the advancement of education (including social and physical training) of people in the North West in such ways as the charity trustees think fit, including by (but without prejudice to generality of the foregoing) the provision of bespoke qualifications and degree qualifications, courses, facilities and classes for learning and development as well as the provision of training courses and programmes; 1.2. the advancement of health by (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) conducting blood pressure testing, the provision of health and wellbeing activities and initiatives such as weight management courses and the promotion of healthy lifestyles;1.3. the relief of those in need, by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage; and 1.4. to provide or assist in the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances with the object of improving their conditions of life.

Area of benefit: THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND

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 · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Preston, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £8,832 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £894,262. The trustees confirm that the cash balance of £1,046,211 meets their stated reserves policy target of retaining at least six months of total expenditure. The auditors concluded that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by McMillan & Co LLP. Discloses 6 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.

• 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
• Internal risk management 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 conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2022 (received 03/05/2023, 3 days after the 30/04/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06627591 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Preston North End Community and Education Trust (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.

• TURNER, Matthew — director, appointed 19/06/2026on trustee list
• BUTTERWORTH, Emma Clare — director, appointed 19/09/2024on trustee list
• WILSON, Paula — director, appointed 07/08/2023on trustee list
• HOUNSLEA, Doreen Patricia — director, appointed 22/06/2018on trustee list
• ABBOTT, Kevin Mark — director, appointed 17/01/2017on trustee list
• RHODES, Benjamin David Philip — director, appointed 23/06/2008not on trustee list
• GRAY, Bryan Mark — director, appointed 23/06/2008not on trustee list
• ABBOTT, Kevin Mark — secretary, appointed 11/09/2014

Official officers record.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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

• KEVIN MARK ABBOTTchair
• BEN RHODES
• Doreen Patricia Hounslea
• Dr Bryan Gray CBE DL · trustee of 8 other charities
• Emma Clare Butterworth
• Matthew Turner
• PAULA MICHELLE WILSON

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

Operates in: Cumbria · Lancashire · Liverpool City · Manchester City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WEST END COMMUNITY TRUST.

• THE WEST END COMMUNITY TRUST income £45k
• NORTHERN LEARNING TRUST income £890k
• READING FC COMMUNITY TRUST income £2.4m
• EXETER CITY COMMUNITY TRUST income £2.5m
• PRIME EDUCATION FOUNDATION income £558k
• GROUNDWORK NORTH EAST income £8.2m

Side by side with its peers

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