HOWDEN AFC

Registered charity 1190166 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advancing education and encourage physical development / health by provision of facilities and opportunities for playing football and other sports to people in Howden (East Yorkshire) and the surrounding area.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 6 AND 17 RESIDING IN HOWDEN AREA BY PROVIDING FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLAYING FOOTBALL SO AS TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH CHILDREN.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kingston upon Hull, City of, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£134k
Latest spending
£156k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £22,741 for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing from £96,090 to £73,349. The trustees note that the charity did not maintain a reserve during the period. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2025

  • Volunteers: 88
  • Government income: £5,000 — grants £5,000 (1); 4% of the £133,531 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2024

  • Volunteers: 88
  • Government income: £9,120 — grants £9,120 (1); 7% of the £132,689 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2023

  • Volunteers: 70
  • Government income: £18,383 — grants £18,383 (1); 22% of the £83,277 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Doncaster · East Riding Of Yorkshire · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£134k£156k
31/05/2024£133k£121k
31/05/2023£83k£110k
31/05/2022£51k£56k
31/05/2021£139k£57k

Common questions

Is HOWDEN AFC financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £22,741 for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing from £96,090 to £73,349. The trustees note that the charity did not maintain a reserve during the period. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HOWDEN AFC?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOWDEN AFC as a grant recipient include TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2022£10kProgramme: Sixpenny Wood Wind Farm Fund
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England26/05/2020£5kCOVID-19 CEF

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
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust1£250

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HORDEN COMMUNITY WELFARE FOOTBALL CLUB.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HOWDEN AFC£134k—0unclear—no doubt
HORDEN COMMUNITY WELFARE FOOTBALL CLUB FY2026£115k—0unclear—no doubt
ASHES PLAYING FIELD TRUST FY2025£42k—0unclear—no doubt
ROCHDALE AFC FOOTBALL IN THE COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£529k—0unclear—no doubt
HINDHEAD PLAYING FIELD ASSOCIATION FY2025£25k—0unclear—no doubt
WATFORD FC'S COMMUNITY SPORTS & EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£3.0m—0unclear—no doubt

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