THE FAN CHARITY

Registered charity 1134900 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The FAN Charity provides information about setting up a FAN Group and provides the simple but important structure for running FAN Meetings. All FAN Groups are independent but we list them on our website and PR if they run according to the principles of the FAN Charity. All attendees and friendly people are welcome to attend different Groups.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£52k
Latest spending
£59k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's going concern status is dependent on continuing donations and grant aid, with total incoming resources of £52,255 and total expenditure of £59,019 for the year. The trustees report that the charity will operate with significantly fewer staff hours from May 2025 and can only commit to new arrangements for one year, indicating a reliance on short-term funding stability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (87% of income)
“Grants 0 45,332 45,332 55.245” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The charity is entirely dependent on continuing donations grant aid and as a consequence the going concern basis is also dependent on the continuing donations grant aid.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The FAN Charity (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.

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bridgend · Cardiff · City Of Swansea · Vale Of Glamorgan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£52k£59k
31/03/2024£58k£51k
31/03/2023£39k£49k
31/03/2022£18k£42k
31/03/2021£80k£45k

Common questions

Is THE FAN CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's going concern status is dependent on continuing donations and grant aid, with total incoming resources of £52,255 and total expenditure of £59,019 for the year. The trustees report that the charity will operate with significantly fewer staff hours from May 2025 and can only commit to new arrangements for one year, indicating a reliance on short-term funding stability. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE FAN CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FAN CHARITY as a grant recipient include SWANSEA C V S.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SWANSEA C V SFY2024£47kShared Prosperity Fund - Communities Anchor grants
SWANSEA C V SFY2025£10kShared Prosperity Fund - Communities Anchor grants

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/03/2026£20kFAN Volunteers
Postcode Lottery29/09/2023£4kProject Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund13/09/2023£29kWALES COL - A Sustainable FAN Network for West and East Wales
The National Lottery Community Fund19/01/2022£85kA Sustainable FAN Network for West and East Wales
The National Lottery Community Fund20/09/2018£75kFanning Out - Friends and Neighbours Groups in South Wales
The National Lottery Community Fund20/09/2016£2kFAN: Once strangers, now friends!