THE EALING TRAILFINDERS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1191177 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Ealing Trailfinders Foundation uses the Ealing Trailfinders brand, our professional players and staff to help people in West London and beyond, of all ages, to enhance their lives through participation in sport and physical activity.

Objects

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE IN EALING AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS:• TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BY FACILITATING THE PLAYING OF RUGBY UNION AND OTHER PHYSICAL AND/OR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.• TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR SPORT AND PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND OTHER LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE THE NEED FOR SUCH ACTIVITIES BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.• TO ADVANCE AND ASSIST THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER PURPOSE CURRENTLY RECOGNISED AS ‘CHARITABLE’ AND ANY NEW CHARITABLE PURPOSESWHICH ARE SIMILAR TO ANOTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE.

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 · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£37k
Latest spending
£36k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £30,101, which the trustees consider to be within their stated policy target of maintaining funds equivalent to twelve to eighteen months of expenditure. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £1,637 for the period and had no employees, relying instead on volunteers and trustees for delivery.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between twelve and eighteen month's expenditure (held: £30k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between twelve and eighteen month's expenditure” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Ealing Trailfinders Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Oxfordshire · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£37k£36k
31/12/2023£54k£41k
31/12/2022£75k£101k
31/12/2021£74k£29k

Common questions

Is THE EALING TRAILFINDERS FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £30,101, which the trustees consider to be within their stated policy target of maintaining funds equivalent to twelve to eighteen months of expenditure. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £1,637 for the period and had no employees, relying instead on volunteers and trustees for delivery. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England18/08/2025£10kThe Movement Hub
The National Lottery Community Fund17/02/2023£10kEaling Trailfinders Disability Activity and Inclusion
The National Lottery Community Fund26/08/2021£3kThe Ealing Trailfinders Foundation Diversity Sports Project
Sport England04/01/2021£6kCOVID19 Return to Play
UK government04/01/2021£6kALB-Sport England-COVID19 Return to Play
Sport England01/04/2020£9kRugby for young people in Hammersmith
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/11/2019£9k"Unconcealing Ealing: find the heritage of Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club"