CHESTER-LE-STREET TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB

Registered charity 1165687 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q5093422 · Wikipedia

Adult Men's and Women's football teams, junior teams providing coaching for under 5 - 18 year olds, Walking Football Section for Over 50 years of age, who if, due to a lack of mobility or for other reason, they are not able to play the traditional game. The Football club also engage with a local Charity to provide opportunities for Adults with Learning Disabilities

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF AMATEUR SPORT THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR FOOTBALL AND ASSOCIATED LEISURE ACTIVITIES AND COACHING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF CHESTER-LE-STREET AND SURROUNDING AREAS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, NATIONALITY, AGE, DISABILITY, RACE OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: County Durham, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a significant surplus of £102,018.15 for the year ended 30 April 2026, resulting in total cash reserves of £6,695.05. The primary income source was bar takings from the social club, which contributed over half of the total income. The filing indicates a financially stable position with no disclosed liabilities or going concern issues.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 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
• Conflicting interests
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CRAIG PATTISON
• Craig Herkes
• Ian Staines
• Joseph Donald Burlison · trustee of 1 other charity
• Karen Staines
• Paul Burlison
• Phillip William Innes
• Ronald Charles Surrey
• Stephen O'Shaughnessy · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ENFIELD TOWN FC COMMUNITY SPORTS DEVELOPMENT LTD.

• ENFIELD TOWN FC COMMUNITY SPORTS DEVELOPMENT LTD income £55k
• BISHOP'S STORTFORD COMMUNITY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED income £298k
• CHESTER FC COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED income £376k
• PRINCES PARK YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB income £78k
• FAIRFORD TOWN YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB income £87k
• HARVESTERS FOOTBALL CLUB income £244k

Side by side with its peers

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