HARBOROUGH TOWN COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 1163188 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HTCT

The objectives of the charity are to encourage participation in football by the residents of Market Harborough. The charity provides facilities for the playing of association football for all ages and ability groups such as changing rooms, grass and all weather pitches.

Objects

3. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT GENERALLY BUT WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE RESIDENTS OF MARKET HARBOROUGH AND DISTRICT:3.1 TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION AS WELL AS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAYERS AND THEIR FAMILIES BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL (FACILITIES IN THIS ARTICLE 3 MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES);3.2 TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, 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.

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 reported a deficit on unrestricted funds of £1,679 for the year ended 31 May 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £164,570. The trustees maintain that reserves are held at a level equivalent to between three and six months of expenditure, a policy they consider maintained throughout the year. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention requiring further attention in the report.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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

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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/03/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW KEITH WINSTON
• Clare Hayton
• Craig Tindle
• Elaine Pepler · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kevin Messenger
• Paul Mullins

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

Operates in: Leicestershire · Northamptonshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HARTLEPOOL UNITED COMMUNITY SPORTS FOUNDATION.

• HARTLEPOOL UNITED COMMUNITY SPORTS FOUNDATION income £199k
• MIDDLESEX COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £1.6m
• BOLTON WANDERERS COMMUNITY TRUST income £1.5m
• HERTFORD TOWN COMMUNITY FC SPORTS EDUCATION TRUST income £109k
• HARBOROUGH DISTRICT CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHARITY income £226k
• PETERBOROUGH FOOTBALL AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION income £172k

Side by side with its peers

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