Ipswich Town Foundation

Registered charity 1157518 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF IPSWICH TOWN FC., IPSWICH TOWN COMMUNITY TRUST

Ipswich Town Foundation is the official charity of Ipswich Town Football Club, using the power of Ipswich Town FC to make a genuine positive difference to the lives of individuals and groups in Suffolk. We deliver a diverse range of programmes across community participation and inclusion, education and employability, health and wellbeing and sport and physical activity.

Objects

3.1 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY, AND IN PARTICULAR THE INHABITANTS OF SUFFOLK AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS, AND ARE:3.1.1 TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST IN PROMOTING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION;3.1.2 TO FURTHER AND ASSIST IN THE EDUCATION (ON A SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL BASIS) OF CHILDREN ATTENDING SCHOOLS WITHIN THE SUFFOLK AND SURROUNDING AREA THROUGH THE USE OF THE GAME OF FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS ACTIVITIES AS EDUCATIONAL TOOLS;3.1.3 TO ADVANCE AND ASSIST IN ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ATTENDING SCHOOLS IN SUFFOLK AND THE SURROUNDING 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;3.1.4 TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED (UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL)), RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY;3.1.5 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THOSE WHOM THE FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED;3.1.6 TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN SUFFOLK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY PROVIDING ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:3.1.6.1 ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS, AND3.1.6.2 ADVANCING EDUCATION; AND3.1.7 TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER PURPOSE WHICH IS CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO ENGLISH LAW.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has unrestricted net assets of £1,234,567 and unrestricted reserves of £1,234,567. The trustees confirm that 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

Accounts audited by Sayers. 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09035797

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ipswich Town 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.

• BALL, Tom James — director, appointed 21/07/2022on trustee list
• MACKIE, Rowena — director, appointed 21/07/2022on trustee list
• NEAL, Richard Michael — director, appointed 23/03/2022on trustee list
• ADAM, Robert Craig — director, appointed 28/02/2022on trustee list
• STEVENS, Andrew Lloyd — director, appointed 23/11/2021on trustee list
• ASHTON, Mark Anthony — director, appointed 23/11/2021on trustee list
• HOLLAND, Matthew Rhys — director, appointed 23/11/2021on trustee list
• EDWARDS, Elizabeth Anne — director, appointed 22/01/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (64% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Lloyd Stevens · trustee of 2 other charities
• Elizabeth Anne Edwards
• Mark Anthony Ashton
• Matthew Rhys Holland
• Richard Neal
• Robert Adam
• Rowena Mackie
• Tom Ball

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with IPSWICH SCHOOL FOUNDATION.

• IPSWICH SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £559k
• NORWICH CITY COMMUNITY SPORTS FOUNDATION income £6.4m
• IPSWICH FOUNDATION STREET CHARITIES income £277k
• IPSWICH COMMUNITY MEDIA AND LEARNING income £334k
• Grimsby Town Foundation income £605k
• CHELSEA FC FOUNDATION income £4.5m

Side by side with its peers

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