CLARETS IN THE COMMUNITY LIMITED

Registered charity 1155856 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BURNLEY FC IN THE COMMUNITY

Burnley FC in the Community is a self-financing registered charity supporting communities, inspiring communities and delivering change in communities. This is achieved through the delivery of;Various projects including sports participation, education, health, social inclusion and community facilities.Being a self-financing, viable charity embedded within the ethos of the football club.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (“THE OBJECTS”) ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND IN PARTICULAR THE INHABITANTS OF THE NORTH OF ENGLAND AND OVERSEAS AND ARE:(A) TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING HEALTH ("FACILITIES" IN THIS CLAUSE MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES);(B) TO ADVANCE THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND AND OVERSEAS BY COACHING IN AND PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE GAME OF FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTING ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY;(C) TO ADVANCE AND ASSIST IN ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON THAT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ATTENDING SCHOOLS IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND AND OVERSEAS AREA BY THE PROVISION AT VENUES SELECTED OR APPROVED BY THE CHARITY OF MEETINGS, LECTURES, CLASSES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR DISTRIBUTION TO SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE;(D) TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE GAME OF FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTING ACTIVITIES, 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;(E) TO ADVANCE RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS HARMONY AND EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY ARRANGING ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING ACTIVITIES CONNECTED WITH THE GAME OF FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTING ACTIVITIES) TO ENCOURAGE SHARED EXPERIENCES AND INTERESTS WITHOUT REFERENCE TO RACE, RELIGION, BELIEF, SEX, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, ETHNIC OR NATIONAL ORIGIN OR SOCIAL BACKGROUND?

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 · Disability · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Burnley, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £147,523 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total incoming resources of £3,871,853 and outgoing resources of £3,724,330. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £940,455, which is above the stated policy target of £826,622, and cash on hand represented 129 days of expenditure, comfortably exceeding the 60-day benchmark.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by PM+M Solutions for Business LLP. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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 08615704
• Trading subsidiary: BFCITC FACILITIES (ENTERPRISES) LTD Companies House 10951684

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Burnley FC in the Community (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.

• HOLROYD, James Ronald — director, appointed 22/05/2026on trustee list
• HUNT, Stuart Andrew — director, appointed 01/11/2023on trustee list
• NAHEED, Yasara, Dr — director, appointed 08/03/2022on trustee list
• PACE, Alan Gary — director, appointed 04/07/2021on trustee list
• ROTHWELL, David Leslie — director, appointed 04/07/2021on trustee list
• ANWAR, Afrasiab — director, appointed 04/07/2021on trustee list
• GARLICK, Michael Lee — director, appointed 11/01/2021on trustee list
• LAWSON, David Michael — director, appointed 31/03/2017on trustee list
• KILBY, Barry Charles — director, appointed 31/07/2015on trustee list
• SUTTON, Richard Herbert John — director, appointed 31/07/2015on trustee list
• WILSON, Philip Alan Stuart — director, appointed 18/07/2013on trustee list

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); recorded price paid £197k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (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: 9.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Afrasiab Anwar · trustee of 3 other charities
• Alan Pace
• Barry Kilby
• Brian Thomas Nelson
• David Leslie Rothwell
• David Michael Lawson
• Dr Yasara Naheed · trustee of 3 other charities
• James Holroyd
• Michael Lee Garlick
• PHILIP ALAN STUART WILSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Herbert John Sutton
• Stuart Andrew Hunt

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

Operates in: Calderdale · China · Lancashire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Barnsley FC Community Trust.

• Barnsley FC Community Trust income £1.3m
• BRENTFORD FC COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST income £4.4m
• CHORLEY FC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £101k
• READING FC COMMUNITY TRUST income £2.4m
• BIRTLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH income £53k
• BIERLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LTD income £210k

Side by side with its peers

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