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THE PREMIER LEAGUE CHARITABLE FUND

Registered charity 1137208 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q141191041 · also known as Premier League Foundation

The Premier League Charitable Fund is commited to providing the best opportunuties for people from all walks of life to develop their full potential, particularly through sport.It does this through a number of programmes that embrace one or more of the following themes:Community cohesion. education, health and sports participation.

Objects

(1) TO SUPPORT THE MENTAL, EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, MORAL AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE INHABITANTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION AND IN ORDER THAT THEY CAN DEVELOP THEIR FULL CAPACITIES AS RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS WHILST CONTRIBUTING POSITIVELY TO SOCIETY AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH IMPROVED CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND HEALTH;(2) TO BENEFIT SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES AND PURPOSES AS THE CHARITY MAY DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME, IN PARTICULAR THOSE CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES AND PURPOSES THAT HAVE A CONNECTION WITH THE FOOTBALL CLUBS WHO FROM TIME TO TIME ARE COMPETING IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE, THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE OR THE FOOTBALL CONFERENCE; AND(3) TO SUPPORT REGISTERED CHARITIES IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THEIR CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES, IN PARTICULAR THOSE CHARITIES OR CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES THAT HAVE A CONNECTION WITH THE FOOTBALL CLUBS WHO FROM TIME TO TIME ARE COMPETING IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE, THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE OR THE FOOTBALL CONFERENCE.

Area of benefit: ENGLAND AND WALES

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£39.1m
Latest spending
£40.3m
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £1.20m for the year, resulting in total restricted reserves of £19.42m. Per the trustees' report, all reserves are restricted, and the charity holds no unrestricted reserves, though core costs are allocated to projects via agreement with the main funder. The trustees confirm sufficient funding is in place to cover core expenditure for the next year and maintain a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: eighteen months of the operational expenditure (reserves figure: £19.4m)
“The current reserves policy is that eighteen months of the operational expenditure should be covered by the reserves held.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Deloitte LLP. Discloses 4 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2025

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 6 (£60,001–£70,000: 4; £90,001–£100,000: 1; £100,001–£110,000: 1)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 6 (£60,001–£70,000: 4; £90,001–£100,000: 1; £100,001–£110,000: 1)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 5 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 2)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£39.1m
Total spending
£40.3m
Reserves (reported)
£4.5m
Employees
25

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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 (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£39.1m£40.3m
31/07/2024£39.4m£37.8m
31/07/2023£39.7m£36.9m
31/07/2022£33.0m£34.6m
31/07/2021£30.2m£33.6m

Common questions

Is THE PREMIER LEAGUE CHARITABLE FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £1.20m for the year, resulting in total restricted reserves of £19.42m. Per the trustees' report, all reserves are restricted, and the charity holds no unrestricted reserves, though core costs are allocated to projects via agreement with the main funder. The trustees confirm sufficient funding is in place to cover core expenditure for the next year and maintain a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Deloitte LLP.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/06/2019£1.5mPLCF #iwill Fund
Sport England27/06/2019£351kRecreational Football Parks Pilot
Sport England15/09/2016£625kKickz
Sport England14/09/2016£542kPremier League 4 Sport
Sport England25/08/2015£1.5mKickz
Sport England25/08/2015£1.3mPremier League 4 Sport
Sport England30/10/2014£1.3mPremier League 4 Sport
Sport England28/08/2014£1.5mKickz
Sport England22/01/2014£758kPremier League 4 Sport
Sport England22/01/2014£875kKickz

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION1£4.1m
THE KARLSSON JATIVA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£200k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST1£58k
PORT VALE FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDATION1£11k
THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUST1£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE (COMMUNITY) LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PREMIER LEAGUE CHARITABLE FUND£39.1m——unclear—no doubt
THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE (COMMUNITY) LIMITED FY2025£15.7m——unclear—no doubt
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE TRUST FY2025£1.2m—0above—no doubt
LIVERPOOL FC FOUNDATION FY2025£10.1m——above—no doubt
THE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION FY2026£128.2m——above—no doubt
THE PRIMARY CLUB FY2025£209k—0within—no doubt

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