TANKERTON FC

Registered charity 1154570 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promoting community participation in healthy recreation in particular by the provision of facilities/services for the playing of football for all age groups with a particular focus on young people and children. Providing opportunities for all to develop their skills, capabilities, social and community understanding and life experiences through sporting and community activities.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE:(1) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL FOR ALL AGE GROUPS AND WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON YOUNG PEOPLE.(2) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP AND EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 18 LIVING IN THE TANKERTON AND SURROUNDING WHITSTABLE AREA THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES FOCUSED ON ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES, HELPING THEM MATURE AND INTERACT WITH ADULTS, THEIR PEER GROUP, AND WIDER COMMUNITY.(B) PROMOTING THEIR HEALTH AND WELL BEING, THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN MANAGED AND STRUCTURED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INCLUDING BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOOTBALL TRAINING AND INVOLVEMENT IN FOOTBALL MATCHES. (3) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE AS THE CIO MAY DECIDE FROM TIME TO TIME.

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

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Latest income
£30k
Latest spending
£51k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a net deficit of £21,336.32, resulting in a closing balance of £85,580.73. The trustees describe the club's reserves as 'healthy' at £26,819.64, noting that an additional sum was transferred to reserves from the land pot. The document does not disclose any specific reserves policy target or independent audit opinion.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£30k£51k
31/07/2024£109k£44k
31/07/2023£54k£50k
31/07/2022£37k£43k
31/07/2021£78k£68k

Common questions

Is TANKERTON FC financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a net deficit of £21,336.32, resulting in a closing balance of £85,580.73. The trustees describe the club's reserves as 'healthy' at £26,819.64, noting that an additional sum was transferred to reserves from the land pot. The document does not disclose any specific reserves policy target or independent audit opinion.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England29/10/2025£15kCF - A Road to Success
Sport England04/06/2013£50kPitch Development Swalecliffe Bends