PORT VALE FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1161401 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Foundation will mainly work in the north area of Stoke-on-Trent in districts surrounding the football stadium. We work with education establishments and organisations who have members/clients affected by deprivation and disaffection and use the power of sport to make positive changes in peoples' lives.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.5m

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £27,804, though this remains below the trustees' stated policy target of 3 to 6 months of operating expenditure. The trustees attribute the low reserve level to a significant loss in the previous year and note that the charity is supported by Port Vale Football Club Limited to meet its obligations while reserves are rebuilt.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £28k; policy: three to six months of expenditure)

“During the financial year the charity did not meet its objective of holding unstricted reserves of operating expenditure. This was primarily due to the previous year end being a significant loss.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Transactions with Port Vale Football Club Limited, a related party by virtue of its relationship with Trustee Ms Carol Ann Shanahan. Income received: £24,797. Purchases made: £144,676. Amount due to related party: £37,977.

“Port Vale Football Club Limited is considered to be a related party by virtue of its relationship with Ms Carol Ann Shanahan (Trustee). During the year, income was received from Port Vale Football Club Limited to the value of £24,797 (2024: £nil). In addition, purchases were made from Port Vale Football Club Limited on normal commercial terms to the value of £144,676 (2024: £70,688). At 31 August 2025 there was an amount of £37,977 (2024: £NIL) due to Port Vale Football Club Limited.” — page 35

“Synetics Solutions Limited is considered to be a related party by virtue of its relationship with Ms Carol Ann Shanahan (Trustee). During the year, income was received from Synectics Solutions Limited to the value of £150,000 (2024: £nil). At 31 August 2025 there was an amount of £nil (2024: £41,084) due to or from Synetics Solutions Limited.” — page 35

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Transactions with Synetics Solutions Limited, a related party by virtue of its relationship with Trustee Ms Carol Ann Shanahan. Income received: £150,000.

“Port Vale Football Club Limited is considered to be a related party by virtue of its relationship with Ms Carol Ann Shanahan (Trustee). During the year, income was received from Port Vale Football Club Limited to the value of £24,797 (2024: £nil). In addition, purchases were made from Port Vale Football Club Limited on normal commercial terms to the value of £144,676 (2024: £70,688). At 31 August 2025 there was an amount of £37,977 (2024: £NIL) due to Port Vale Football Club Limited.” — page 35

“Synetics Solutions Limited is considered to be a related party by virtue of its relationship with Ms Carol Ann Shanahan (Trustee). During the year, income was received from Synectics Solutions Limited to the value of £150,000 (2024: £nil). At 31 August 2025 there was an amount of £nil (2024: £41,084) due to or from Synetics Solutions Limited.” — page 35

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Transactions with The Football League (Community) Limited, a related party by virtue of its relationship with Trustee Ms Carol Ann Shanahan. Income received: £102,305.

“Port Vale Football Club Limited is considered to be a related party by virtue of its relationship with Ms Carol Ann Shanahan (Trustee). During the year, income was received from Port Vale Football Club Limited to the value of £24,797 (2024: £nil). In addition, purchases were made from Port Vale Football Club Limited on normal commercial terms to the value of £144,676 (2024: £70,688). At 31 August 2025 there was an amount of £37,977 (2024: £NIL) due to Port Vale Football Club Limited.” — page 35

“Synetics Solutions Limited is considered to be a related party by virtue of its relationship with Ms Carol Ann Shanahan (Trustee). During the year, income was received from Synectics Solutions Limited to the value of £150,000 (2024: £nil). At 31 August 2025 there was an amount of £nil (2024: £41,084) due to or from Synetics Solutions Limited.” — page 35

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Transactions with Kevin Shanahan, a related party by virtue of its relationship with Trustee Ms Carol Ann Shanahan. Income received: £31,000.

“Port Vale Football Club Limited is considered to be a related party by virtue of its relationship with Ms Carol Ann Shanahan (Trustee). During the year, income was received from Port Vale Football Club Limited to the value of £24,797 (2024: £nil). In addition, purchases were made from Port Vale Football Club Limited on normal commercial terms to the value of £144,676 (2024: £70,688). At 31 August 2025 there was an amount of £37,977 (2024: £NIL) due to Port Vale Football Club Limited.” — page 35

“Synetics Solutions Limited is considered to be a related party by virtue of its relationship with Ms Carol Ann Shanahan (Trustee). During the year, income was received from Synectics Solutions Limited to the value of £150,000 (2024: £nil). At 31 August 2025 there was an amount of £nil (2024: £41,084) due to or from Synetics Solutions Limited.” — page 35

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Transactions with The Sandon Trust, a related party by virtue of its relationship with Trustee Ms Rachel Beckett. Income received: £3,420.

“Port Vale Football Club Limited is considered to be a related party by virtue of its relationship with Ms Carol Ann Shanahan (Trustee). During the year, income was received from Port Vale Football Club Limited to the value of £24,797 (2024: £nil). In addition, purchases were made from Port Vale Football Club Limited on normal commercial terms to the value of £144,676 (2024: £70,688). At 31 August 2025 there was an amount of £37,977 (2024: £NIL) due to Port Vale Football Club Limited.” — page 35

“Synetics Solutions Limited is considered to be a related party by virtue of its relationship with Ms Carol Ann Shanahan (Trustee). During the year, income was received from Synectics Solutions Limited to the value of £150,000 (2024: £nil). At 31 August 2025 there was an amount of £nil (2024: £41,084) due to or from Synetics Solutions Limited.” — page 35

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 09408894

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Port Vale FC 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.

JONES, Michael — director, appointed 31/05/2024on trustee list
HUSSAIN, Ikram Awais — director, appointed 31/05/2024on trustee list
BURGESS, Andrew Richard — director, appointed 01/09/2023on trustee list
PARKER, Matthew James — director, appointed 01/09/2023on trustee list
SADLER-WRIGHT, Julie — director, appointed 01/09/2023on trustee list
HANCOCK, Matthew John — director, appointed 01/07/2023on trustee list
HALKET, Claire Louise — director, appointed 08/07/2022on trustee list
WHITEHOUSE, Simon Peter — director, appointed 27/04/2020on trustee list
BROWN, Keely Dawn — director, appointed 27/04/2020on trustee list
TAYLOR, Andrew James — director, appointed 27/04/2020on trustee list
SHANAHAN, Carol Ann — director, appointed 01/09/2017on 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). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£1.5m

Total spending

£1.2m

Reserves (reported)

£28k

Employees

43

Reported reserves equal ~0.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (47% 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

Carol Shanahanchair
Andrew Burgess
Andrew James Taylor
Claire Louise Halket
Ikram Hussain
Julie Ann Sadler-Wright
Keely Dawn Brown
Matthew Hancock
Matthew Parker
Michael Jones
Simon Peter Whitehouse

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

Operates in: Staffordshire · Stoke-on-trent City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£1.5m	£1.2m
31/08/2024	£923k	£1.0m
31/08/2023	£1.2m	£1.1m
30/06/2022	£777k	£765k
30/06/2021	£567k	£546k

Common questions

Is PORT VALE FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £27,804, though this remains below the trustees' stated policy target of 3 to 6 months of operating expenditure. The trustees attribute the low reserve level to a significant loss in the previous year and note that the charity is supported by Port Vale Football Club Limited to meet its obligations while reserves are rebuilt. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services Limited.

Who funds PORT VALE FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PORT VALE FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire	FY2025	£20k	Material Grant Payments
Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire	FY2024	£19k	Material Grant Payments

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/03/2023	£263k	Golden Valiants
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/11/2022	£10k	Ability Counts
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/01/2020	£746	Back in the Game
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/02/2019	£9k	PVFC Wellbeing Academy
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/02/2017	£8k	Port Vale FC Foundation Holiday Club

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
STREETGAMES UK	1	£500k
MISSION INDIA	1	£75k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST	1	£58k
THE OPENWORK FOUNDATION	1	£30k
MILLENNIUM POINT TRUST	1	£10k
VOLUNTARY ACTION NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE LIMITED	1	£9k
Advance Nottingham	1	£6k
THE ROTHERMERE FOUNDATION	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Stoke City Foundation.

Stoke City Foundation income £1.7m
Nottingham Forest Foundation income £2.1m
STEVENAGE FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDATION LTD income £1.1m
WREXHAM AFC FOUNDATION income £452k
THE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION income £128.2m
The Iron Foundation income £479k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PORT VALE FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDATION	£1.5m	—	0	below	—	no doubt
Stoke City Foundation FY2025	£1.7m	£80,000 - £89,999	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Nottingham Forest Foundation FY2025	£2.1m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
STEVENAGE FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDATION LTD FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WREXHAM AFC FOUNDATION FY2025	£452k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION FY2025	£128.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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