KENSINGTON DRAGONS FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED

Registered charity 1144887 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promoting community participation for primarily young people in football training sessions and entering teams in competitve football leagues.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.7m
Latest spending
£255k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves of £107,981 are in line with the trustees' target to cover minimum management and administration costs for at least one year. The charity reported a net income of £1,402,102 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £1,188,843. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least one year which is estimated to be £100,000 (held: £108k)
“It is the target of the Kensington Dragons Football Club Ltd to maintain unrestricted funds at a sufficient level to cover the minimum management and administration costs for at least one year which is estimated to be £100,000.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity received unrestricted donations from 3 trustees totalling £361,000 in the year to 31 August 2025 (2024: £65,050).
“The charity received unrestricted donations from 3 trustees totalling £361,000 in the year to 31 August 2025 (2024: £65,050). The charity received unrestricted donations of £285,000 (2024: E£nil) from Clarendon Corporation Ltd, an entity with a common director/trustee.” — page 17
“The charity received unrestricted donations of £285,000 (2024: E£nil) from Clarendon Corporation Ltd, an entity with a common director/trustee.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity received unrestricted donations of £285,000 from Clarendon Corporation Ltd, an entity with a common director/trustee.
“The charity received unrestricted donations from 3 trustees totalling £361,000 in the year to 31 August 2025 (2024: £65,050). The charity received unrestricted donations of £285,000 (2024: E£nil) from Clarendon Corporation Ltd, an entity with a common director/trustee.” — page 17
“The charity received unrestricted donations of £285,000 (2024: E£nil) from Clarendon Corporation Ltd, an entity with a common director/trustee.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£1.7m
Total spending
£255k
Reserves (reported)
£1.2m
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~56.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (70% 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: Hammersmith And Fulham · Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.7m£255k
31/08/2024£173k£177k
31/08/2023£155k£134k
31/08/2022£147k£136k
31/08/2021£101k£91k

Common questions

Is KENSINGTON DRAGONS FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves of £107,981 are in line with the trustees' target to cover minimum management and administration costs for at least one year. The charity reported a net income of £1,402,102 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £1,188,843. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

Who funds KENSINGTON DRAGONS FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KENSINGTON DRAGONS FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE CHILDHOOD TRUST, THE GROVE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CHILDHOOD TRUSTFY2025£34k
THE GROVE TRUSTFY2024£15ksalary of their new Operations and Fundraising Manager

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BERKHAMSTED RAIDERS COMMUNITY FOOTBALL CLUB.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
KENSINGTON DRAGONS FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED£1.7m—0above—no doubt
BERKHAMSTED RAIDERS COMMUNITY FOOTBALL CLUB FY2025£637k—0unclear—no doubt
KENTISH TOWN YOUTH FOOTBALL TRUST FY2025£105k—0unclear—no doubt
BERKS COUNTY FOOTBALL CLUB FY2025£188k—0unclear—no doubt
MIDDLESEX COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£1.6m——unclear—no doubt
NORTHANTS FUNDAMENTAL FOOTBALL CLUB FY2025£117k—0below3235.0%no doubt

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