FOREST UNITED (1973) YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED

Registered charity 1161923 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOREST UNITED

To promote community participation of children and young people regardless of race, sex, creed, financial means or social and economic circumstances in healthy recreation in particular by the provision of facilities for the playing of association football and other sports capable of improving health ('facilities" means any of land, buildings, equipment and organising sporting activities)

Objects

(1) TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION OF, PRIMARILY, CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF RACE, SEX, CREED, FINANCIAL MEANS OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING HEALTH ('FACILITIES" MEANS ANY OF LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES), AND(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE SO THAT THEY MIGHT GROW TO MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS, BECOME RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.(3) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, AS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of (495) for the year, resulting in free reserves of (989), which is below the trustees' policy target of six months' expenditure. The trustees acknowledge this position and confirm that targeted fundraising is required to return reserves to the policy level, while noting that operational disruptions and difficulties in securing matched funding for a development project have impacted the club's finances.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lennox Dowmanchair
• ALASTAIR JOHN BENNETT
• PETER PILIDES
• RICHARD PAGE

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

Operates in: Brent · Harrow

Income and spending

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