GATESHEAD FOOTBALL CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CIO

Registered charity 1175544 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for the playing of football and other sports capable of improving health and provide and assist in providing facilities for sport, recreation or other leisure time occupation and in advancing people's education.

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Latest income
£237k
Latest spending
£230k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated with minimal funding and relied heavily on unpaid volunteers during the year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £47,848 at the year end, with a net surplus of £6,764 generated from total receipts of £237,008 against payments of £230,244.

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 — Gateshead Football Club Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Durham · Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
01/11/2025£237k£230k
01/11/2024£195k£152k
01/11/2023£103k£104k
01/11/2022£63k£67k
01/11/2021£30k£25k

Common questions

Is GATESHEAD FOOTBALL CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated with minimal funding and relied heavily on unpaid volunteers during the year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £47,848 at the year end, with a net surplus of £6,764 generated from total receipts of £237,008 against payments of £230,244. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GATESHEAD FOOTBALL CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GATESHEAD FOOTBALL CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CIO as a grant recipient include THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATION, THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATIONFY2024£27kTo fiscally host funds and provide administrative support to the Sports and Wellbeing Project
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATIONFY2024£23kGateshead Coordination Team
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1kOther Charities/Voluntary Bodies

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Community Foundation North East27/03/2025£19kGrant to Gateshead Football Club Community Foundation
The National Lottery Community Fund24/07/2024£20kCharity Core Funding

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BIG LOCAL GATESHEAD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GATESHEAD FOOTBALL CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CIO£237k—0unclear—no doubt
BIG LOCAL GATESHEAD FY2025£149k—0unclear—no doubt
MIDDLESBROUGH FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDATION FY2025£2.6m—0above—no doubt
CLUB DONCASTER COMMUNITY SPORTS & EDUCATION FOUNDATION FY2025£2.0m——unclear—no doubt
THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE (COMMUNITY) LIMITED FY2025£15.7m——unclear—no doubt
FC HARTLEPOOL FY2025£293k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.