FOOTBALL UNITES RACISM DIVIDES EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Registered charity 1149203 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FURD

The objects of the charitable company are to promote equality of opportunity and good relations between people of different racial groups, especially within the area of benefit, particularly through the medium of football and other amateur sports, recreational or leisure-time activities. The organisational activities of the FURD Trust are gradually being migrated across to the charitable company.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£409k
Latest spending
£407k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £324,492 are held, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover 9.6 months of operating expenditure against a policy target of 6-12 months. The filing confirms 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

Largest income source: Grants (65% of income)
“Total income 51,038 357,678 408,716 402,940” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 6-12 months of operating expenditure (held: £324k)
“The Trustee have established a reserves policy equivalent to 6-12 months of operating expenditure, at year-end unrestricted reserve equated to 9.6 months of operating expenditure.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Football Unites, Racism Divides (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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnsley · Doncaster · Rotherham · Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£409k£407k
30/09/2024£403k£345k
30/09/2023£370k£304k
30/09/2022£277k£265k
30/09/2021£390k£295k

Common questions

Is FOOTBALL UNITES RACISM DIVIDES EDUCATIONAL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £324,492 are held, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover 9.6 months of operating expenditure against a policy target of 6-12 months. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sheffield City Council14/02/2025£14kMen's Emotional Wellbeing
The National Lottery Community Fund04/08/2023£5kMH -Football Unites Racism Holiday Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund24/03/2023£393kFootball Unites Racism Divides Educational Trust
UK government29/09/2020£46kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund08/02/2019£91kFootball Unites Racism Divides
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/03/2010£125k"The Arthur Wharton Heritage Project"