CHORLEY FC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1183529 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Chorley FC Community Foundation exists to create and promote health and well being projects which are accessible and affordable for the people of Chorley and its surrounding areas.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:(1) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF CHORLEY AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING FOOTBALL.(2) TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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: Chorley, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £5,966 for the year, with total income of £101,041 and expenses of £107,007. Free reserves stood at £19,676, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of £12,000. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified that would prevent a proper understanding of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 15/04/2024, 75 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 06/06/2023, 126 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — ChorleyFC Community Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Darren Jenkinsonchair
• Alistair Leggat
• Christopher Gary Andrew Blackburn · trustee of 1 other charity
• Craig Wilson
• Helen Ford
• Jamie Vermiglio
• Lee Robert Houghton
• Paul Clarkson

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHORLEY COMMUNITY TRUST.

• THE CHORLEY COMMUNITY TRUST income £44k
• CARDIFF CITY FC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £1.8m
• CHESTERFIELD F C COMMUNITY TRUST income £2.2m
• CHESTER FC COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED income £376k
• CULLERCOATS FOOTBALL CLUB income £101k
• CHORLEYWOOD COMMON YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB income £153k

Side by side with its peers

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