BOSTON UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1174561 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE CHARITY'S PRINCIPLE ACTIVITIES ARE THE PROMOTION AND ORGANISATION OF SPORT IN THE COMMUNITY, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY, BOTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE INHABITANTS OF LINCOLNSHIRE AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY, BOTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE INHABITANTS OF LINCOLNSHIRE AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS:3.1 TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING HEALTH (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, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;3.3 TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT;3.4 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND OTHER PERSONS INCLUDING ACADEMIC, SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION) THROUGH SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT; AND3.5 FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN EACH CASE AS THE TRUSTEES 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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £21,049 for the year ended 30 June 2025, following a deficit in the previous year. However, the charity remains in a deficit position with unrestricted reserves of £(6,167) at the year-end. The trustees expressed confidence that activities are on course to achieve a surplus on unrestricted reserves going forward.

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.

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
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06433551 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Boston United FC Community Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HACKFORD, Roy Edward — director, appointed 26/06/2017on trustee list
• COOK, Christopher Shane — director, appointed 14/10/2010on trustee list
• NEWTON, David Sydney — director, appointed 21/11/2007on trustee list
• KEMPSTER, Neil Robert — director, appointed 21/11/2007on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (58% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID NEWTONchair
• Christopher Cook
• NEIL KEMPSTER
• ROY HACKFORD

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire · North East Lincolnshire · North Lincolnshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BOSTON RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB.

• BOSTON RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB income £217k
• SHEFFIELD UNITED COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £2.5m
• BURY TOWN COMMUNITY FOOTBALL CLUB income £106k
• BRANDON UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB income £101k
• BERKHAMSTED RAIDERS COMMUNITY FOOTBALL CLUB income £637k
• BOSTON UNIVERSITY (USA) LONDON income £0

Side by side with its peers

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