FORMBY COMMUNITY FOOTBALL CLUB

Registered charity 1186194 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Formby Community FC (FCFC) is a registered charity and a thriving grassroots football club with over 30 teams and more than 500 members. The club promotes and develops football opportunities for players of all ages and abilities. In addition to offering football for all, the club continues to play an active role in the wider community.

Objects

TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF 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 · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a moderate surplus and holds unrestricted cash reserves of £22,381. The trustees describe the financial position as healthy with comfortable levels of reserves, noting that these are held to manage the timing of fee collections relative to seasonal expenditures.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Formby Community Football Club (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew John Farquhar
• Christian Paul Balshaw
• Kristina Patricia Hamilton
• Martin David Thornton

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

Operates in: Sefton

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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