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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06627591

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 4.8 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 (5.2%) (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 · trustee of 1 other charity
• 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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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PETER ADAMS TRUST.

• PETER ADAMS TRUST income £342k
• CLUB DONCASTER COMMUNITY SPORTS & EDUCATION FOUNDATION income £2.0m
• DEESIDE COMMUNITY TRUST income £599k
• MIDDLESBROUGH FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDATION income £2.6m
• READING FC COMMUNITY TRUST income £2.4m
• MIDDLESEX COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

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