FOOTBALL FOR PEACE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1146442 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q28059556 · Wikipedia · also known as FOOTBALL FOR PEACE, THE KASHIF SIDDIQI FOUNDATION

Provide opportunities for young people to participate in learning programmes through sport which will enhance educational achievement and cultural exchange. The charity supports a wide range of sporting educational and social inclusion activities.The charity hold football matches to create awareness on peace and resources to provide a platform for participants to engage in sport.

Objects

3.1 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) MEMBERS OF THE ASIAN COMMUNITIES, BOTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS:3.1.1 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);3.1.2 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 INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;3.1.3 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION (INCLUDING ACADEMIC, SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION) THROUGH SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF CHARITY;3.1.4 TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH SPORT AND EDUCATION INTO HEALTHY EATING AND LIFESTYLES AND BY SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE;3.1.5 TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY IN FOOTBALL AND SOCIETY GENERALLY INCLUDING BY HARNESSING THE PUBLIC PROFILE OF PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL AND THE POSITION OF CURRENT AND FORMER ASIAN FOOTBALLERS AS ROLE MODELS; AND3.1.6 FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN EACH CASE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

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 · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£115k
Latest spending
£99k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £15,478.59 for the year ended 28 February 2025, bringing total funds to £232,495.55. However, the charity holds a bank overdraft of £29,590.84 and has unrestricted funds of £137,839.88 against restricted funds of £94,655.67. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Mozambique (30% of income)
“Mozambique - 34,211.91”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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 28/02/2025

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 29/02/2024

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 28/02/2023

  • Volunteers: 20

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Football for Peace Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Albania · Brazil · Chile · Czech Republic · Dubai · Easter Island · Finland · France · India · Liberia · Maldives

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2025£115k£99k
29/02/2024£161k£131k
28/02/2023£257k£205k
28/02/2022£124k£190k
28/02/2021£117k£111k

Common questions

Is FOOTBALL FOR PEACE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £15,478.59 for the year ended 28 February 2025, bringing total funds to £232,495.55. However, the charity holds a bank overdraft of £29,590.84 and has unrestricted funds of £137,839.88 against restricted funds of £94,655.67. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FOOTBALL FOR PEACE FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FOOTBALL FOR PEACE FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include Z V M RANGOONWALA FOUNDATION, RANDEREE CHARITABLE TRUST, CHILDREN CHANGE COLOMBIA.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Z V M RANGOONWALA FOUNDATIONFY2023£15kEmpowerment of football for global social change
RANDEREE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£15k
RANDEREE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
CHILDREN CHANGE COLOMBIAFY2025£3kSport for peace in Valle del Cauca, Cauca and Nariño

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund25/04/2013£10kHealth and Sports Development Centre

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 FULHAM FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FOOTBALL FOR PEACE FOUNDATION£115k—0unclear—no doubt
FULHAM FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDATION FY2025£2.9m——above—no doubt
FIGHT FOR CHANGE FOUNDATION LTD FY2025£330k—0above—no doubt
SUFFOLK COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£950k—0unclear—no doubt
THE INSPIRE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION FY2025£207k—0within—no doubt
THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE (COMMUNITY) LIMITED FY2025£15.7m——unclear—no doubt

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