SUTTON UNITED FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1178888 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SUTTON UNITED YOUTH & COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, SUTTON UNITED YOUTH AND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, UNITED IN THE COMMUNITY

For the public benefit of people of all ages, ethnicity, gender and ability living in Sutton and adjoining boroughs to promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for the playing of association football and other sports capable of improving health and to provide and assist in providing facilities for sport, recreation or other leisure time occupation.

Objects

3.OBJECTSFOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, ETHNICITY, GENDER AND ABILITY LIVING IN SUTTON AND ADJOINING BOROUGHS, THE CIO’S OBJECTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:-A) 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 SUB-CLAUSE MEANING LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES).B) 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 AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.C) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE BY THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES, COURSES AND FACILITIES.

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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Registered contact address: Sutton, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts for the year ended 30 June 2025 have been examined by an independent examiner who confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the keeping of accounting records or the accuracy of the accounts. The examiner reported no concerns requiring further attention for a proper understanding of the accounts.

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 2 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Phillip James Hedgerchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Karin Flower
• LEE DALEY
• Martin Copus
• Patricia Fivey
• Richard Edward Gordon Stephens
• Stephen Hyde

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

Operates in: Croydon · Kingston Upon Thames · Merton · Surrey · Sutton

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