NORTHAMPTON SAINTS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1176345 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To inspire, support and educate the young people of our region and their communities

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.8m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £26,254 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total funds carried forward standing at £543,965. The trustees consider the level of reserves adequate and confirmed that resources are sufficient to support the continuation of the charity. The independent auditors concluded that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Course fees & subscriptions (71% of income)
“71% of the Foundation’s income is derived from fee paying courses, typically the Engage programme.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Cox & Co. (Accountancy) Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Northampton Saints Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£1.8m
Total spending
£1.8m
Cost of raising funds
£168k
Reserves (reported)
£544k
Employees
38

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (71% 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: 9.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Coventry City · Milton Keynes · Northamptonshire · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.8m£1.8m
31/08/2024£1.6m£1.6m
31/08/2023£1.5m£1.3m
31/08/2022£1.2m£1.0m
31/08/2021£729k£536k

Common questions

Is NORTHAMPTON SAINTS FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £26,254 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total funds carried forward standing at £543,965. The trustees consider the level of reserves adequate and confirmed that resources are sufficient to support the continuation of the charity. The independent auditors concluded that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Cox & Co. (Accountancy) Limited.

Who funds NORTHAMPTON SAINTS FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NORTHAMPTON SAINTS FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation UK, THE WILSON FOUNDATION, THE CONSTANCE TRAVIS CHARITABLE TRUST, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE OPENWORK FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation UKFY2025£81kadvancing social mobility through skills, education and employment
THE WILSON FOUNDATIONFY2023£60k
THE CONSTANCE TRAVIS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£30k
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£23k
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2025£21k
THE OPENWORK FOUNDATIONFY2023£15kSponsored Grant
EDITH MURPHY FOUNDATIONFY2022£15kWelfare
THE OPENWORK FOUNDATIONFY2021£10kSponsored Grant
THE WILSON FOUNDATIONFY2024£10k
THE OPENWORK FOUNDATIONFY2022£10kSponsored Grant
THE WILSON FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
THE WILSON FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k
DAVID LAING FOUNDATIONFY2025£5kCharitable activities
THE DAVIDGE USHER TRUSTFY2026£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/02/2026£54k"Northampton Saints Foundations – Developing a Heritage Strategy for Club and Foundation"
Sport England30/07/2024£6kChampions Health and Mindset Programme (CHAMP)
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/03/2023£66k"Black, Green and Golden Age of Northampton Saints RFU"
The National Lottery Community Fund24/03/2022£149kYouth Therapist Funding
UK government25/06/2020£73kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
Sport England05/06/2020£3kCOVID-19 CEF
The National Lottery Heritage Fund01/06/2020£11k"COVID19 Northampton Saints Foundation (NSF)"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/02/2019£62k"The story behind Edgar Mobbs's SportsmanÂ’s Battalion"

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 BECKETT'S AND SARGEANT'S EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NORTHAMPTON SAINTS FOUNDATION£1.8m——unclear—no doubt
BECKETT'S AND SARGEANT'S EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2024£284k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTHAMPTON STUDENTS' UNION FY2025£1.7m£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£1.7m—1unclear—no doubt
SIRI GURU SINGH SABHA NORTHAMPTON FY2025£297k—0within—no doubt
THE FOUNDATION OF ST. BENEDICT OF NURSIA FY2024£238k—0unclear—no doubt

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