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Salford City FC Foundation

Registered charity 1180246 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOUNDATION 92

Helping the homeless and other community groups through sporting activities in the Salford area

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.7m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained unrestricted reserves of £760,507, which the Trustees consider sufficient to exceed their policy target of six months' total expenditure. The independent auditor confirmed that the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“The number of employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000 is as follows: £60,001 - £70,000 1” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000 is as follows: £60,001 - £70,000 1” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Donations and legacies (68% of income)
“Total income 786,248 925,137 = 1,711,385” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: at least six months of total expenditure (held: £761k)
“Our policy is to retain unrestricted reserves equivalent to at least six months of total expenditure.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Received donations-in-kind valued at £55,750 from Salford City Football Club Limited.
“During the year, the charity received donations valued £nil (2024: £15,750) and £55,750 (2024: £nil) donations-in-kind from Salford City Football Club Limited.” — page 29
“During the year the charity was recharged expenses from Salford City Football Club of £2,101 (2024: £1,288)” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Recharged expenses of £2,101 from Salford City Football Club Limited.
“During the year, the charity received donations valued £nil (2024: £15,750) and £55,750 (2024: £nil) donations-in-kind from Salford City Football Club Limited.” — page 29
“During the year the charity was recharged expenses from Salford City Football Club of £2,101 (2024: £1,288)” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Recharged expenses of £727 from Old Trafford Supporters Club Limited.
“During the year, the charity received donations valued £nil (2024: £15,750) and £55,750 (2024: £nil) donations-in-kind from Salford City Football Club Limited.” — page 29
“During the year the charity was recharged expenses from Salford City Football Club of £2,101 (2024: £1,288)” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Recharged expenses of £70,000 from University Academy 92 Limited.
“During the year, the charity received donations valued £nil (2024: £15,750) and £55,750 (2024: £nil) donations-in-kind from Salford City Football Club Limited.” — page 29
“During the year the charity was recharged expenses from Salford City Football Club of £2,101 (2024: £1,288)” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Champion Accountants LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Salford City FC Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Total income
£1.7m
Total spending
£1.8m
Cost of raising funds
£249k
Reserves (reported)
£782k
Employees
50

Reported reserves equal ~5.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (68% 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: 14.5% 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: Manchester City · Salford City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£1.7m£1.8m
31/10/2024£1.8m£1.6m
31/10/2023£1.4m£1.4m
31/10/2022£1.1m£922k
31/10/2021£694k£493k

Common questions

Is Salford City FC Foundation financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained unrestricted reserves of £760,507, which the Trustees consider sufficient to exceed their policy target of six months' total expenditure. The independent auditor confirmed that the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Champion Accountants LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of Salford City FC Foundation earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds Salford City FC Foundation?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Salford City FC Foundation as a grant recipient include NFL FOUNDATION UK, BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
NFL FOUNDATION UKFY2024£12k
BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICESFY2022£5kGrant

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/04/2025£20kSalford Community Hub
Sport England04/07/2022£10kJubilee Fund - Salford Female Physical Activity Pathway
The National Lottery Community Fund01/07/2022£10kClub 92
UK government11/02/2022£10kCovenant Fund
Sport England19/01/2021£10kCOVID19 Return to Play
UK government19/01/2021£10kALB-Sport England-COVID19 Return to Play
The National Lottery Community Fund18/12/2020£10kSalford- Stronger Together programme.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
LOCAL TRUST1£1.1m
THE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION1£525k
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION1£400k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£370k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£50k
OCEAN REGENERATION TRUST1£8k
UTILITA GIVING1£7k
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST1£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPORTING FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Salford City FC Foundation£1.7m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
SPORTING FOUNDATION FY2025£329k—0unclear—no doubt
PROJECT 34 FY2024£723k—0above—no doubt
SHEFFIELD UNITED COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£2.5m£70,001 - £80,0001above—no doubt
BRADFORD DISTRICT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£618k—0unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS FOR LANCASHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE FY2025£4.4m——above—no doubt

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