CREWE FC

Registered charity 1175805 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE;THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF FOOTBALLTHE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF CREWE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING FOOTBALL

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE;THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF FOOTBALLTHE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF CREWE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING FOOTBALL

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

Causes: Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cheshire East, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£259k
Latest spending
£288k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £29,185 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in unrestricted funds decreasing from £50,286 to £21,101. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern. The charity does not have a formal reserves policy, noting it owns no assets and has no long-term financial commitments.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Loan from trustee's family member
“During the year a loan of £20,000 was received from a close family member of one of the trustees.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2025

  • Volunteers: 82

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024

  • Volunteers: 50

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023

  • Volunteers: 70

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Crewe FC (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cheshire East

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£259k£288k
30/06/2024£170k£166k
30/06/2023£136k£132k
30/06/2022£131k£135k
30/06/2021£96k£85k

Common questions

Is CREWE FC financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £29,185 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in unrestricted funds decreasing from £50,286 to £21,101. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern. The charity does not have a formal reserves policy, noting it owns no assets and has no long-term financial commitments. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England04/06/2020£4kCOVID-19 CEF
Sport England14/06/2011£7kCoach Education Programme

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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 CRICK COMMUNITY SPORTS CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CREWE FC£259k—0unclear—no doubt
CRICK COMMUNITY SPORTS CENTRE FY2025£30k—0unclear—no doubt
SHOTS IN THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£75k—0unclear—no doubt
FOOTWORK TRUST FY2025£94k£70,001 - £80,0001below—no doubt
NEWBURY ATHLETIC CLUB FY2025£75k—0unclear—no doubt
291 COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO FY2025£74k—0unclear—noted

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