SPORTING 87 FOOTBALL CLUB

Registered charity 1162311 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Community based football club serving Bury St Edmunds and the surrounding area. We provide football games and coaching within our teams for more than 600 children aged between 5 and 18. The club is also involved in the towns schools delivering lessons and after school clubs.

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Latest income
£179k
Latest spending
£173k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a small operating surplus of £5,655 for the year ended 31 May 2025, reversing a loss from the previous year. However, the trustees report that club finances remain tight, and the entity holds net assets of £17,602 against current liabilities of £22,593. The filing notes no material uncertainties regarding going concern, relying on the small companies regime exemptions.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sporting 87 Football Club (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£179k£173k
31/05/2024£150k£160k
31/05/2023£156k£169k
31/05/2022£144k£155k
31/05/2021£132k£122k

Common questions

Is SPORTING 87 FOOTBALL CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a small operating surplus of £5,655 for the year ended 31 May 2025, reversing a loss from the previous year. However, the trustees report that club finances remain tight, and the entity holds net assets of £17,602 against current liabilities of £22,593. The filing notes no material uncertainties regarding going concern, relying on the small companies regime exemptions. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England26/05/2020£9kCOVID-19 CEF