CHESTER FC COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1174370 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The promotion of sport, education, health and inclusion for the benefit of communities in Chester and its surrounding areas using football as a vehicle for change.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating loss of £38,763 for the year ended 31 May 2025, with total income of £376,391 and total expenditure of £415,153. The trustees report unrestricted reserves of £389,390, which they consider sufficient to meet at least three months of operating costs. The charity is not required to be audited and underwent an independent examination instead.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Chester FC Community Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~15.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (69% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID EVANSchair
• Christopher Gordon Roberston
• MARTIN JAMES WILLIAMS
• MICHAEL JAMES VICKERS
• Michael Kevin Day
• SUSAN WINIFRED PEARSON

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Flintshire · Shropshire · Wirral · Wrexham

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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