THE ARSENAL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1145668 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ARSENAL FOUNDATION LIMITED

To relieve sickness or distress of any persons including, in particular among those who may be injured while participating in any sportTo promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilitiesTo advance the education of children and other personsTo relieve poverty, hardship and economic deprivation within the community

Objects

THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY, BOTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION):3.1. FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE;3.2. TO RELIEVE SICKNESS OR DISTRESS OF ANY PERSONS THROUGH SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION) AMONG THOSE WHO MAY BE INJURED WHILE PARTICIPATING IN ANY SPORT AND OF ANY DEPENDANT OF ANY PERSON(S) WHO MAY BE INJURED OR KILLED WHILE PARTICIPATING IN ANY SPORT;3.3. TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING HEALTH ("FACILITIES" IN THIS ARTICLE 3 MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES);3.4. TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;3.5. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND OTHER PERSONS (INCLUDING THEIR ACADEMIC, SOCIAL, PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS TRAINING) THROUGH SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF CHARITY;3.6. TO RELIEVE POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL AND OTHER MATERIAL ASSISTANCE TO THOSE IN NEED OR BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £624,565 from £498,431 in the prior year, while total expenditure was £713,014, resulting in a net expenditure of £88,449. The charity holds total funds of £1,523,479, which exceeds its stated minimum reserves policy target of £400,000. The Trustees confirm adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £90,001 - £100,000 (FY2024) to £80,001 - £90,000 (FY2025).

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

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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07923266

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Arsenal Foundation (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.

• GARLICK, Richard Paul — director, appointed 01/08/2024on trustee list
• LLOYD, Katie Simpson — director, appointed 21/07/2023on trustee list
• MALONEY, Michael Vincent — director, appointed 20/04/2023on trustee list
• HUDSON, Frederick John — director, appointed 18/03/2019on trustee list
• JOLLY, Andrew David — director, appointed 01/05/2012on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~9.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 8.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/02/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW JOLLY
• Frederick John Hudson
• Katie Simpson Lloyd
• Michael Vincent Maloney
• Richard Paul Garlick

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

Operates in: Camden · Hackney · Haringey · Islington

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ARENA CHURCH.

• ARENA CHURCH income £536k
• THE ROYAL ARTILLERY ASSOCIATION income £277k
• ROYAL ARTILLERY CHARITABLE FUND income £1.8m
• THE ANDERSON FOUNDATION income £976k
• ALLIANCE OF SPORT income £943k
• TEAM ENDEAVOUR income £29k

Side by side with its peers

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