SANDBACH UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB CIO

Registered charity 1197338 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Sandbach United Football Club is an amateur football club operating over 50 teams covering the ages of 5 to open age. the Club facilitates both boys/mens and girls/womens football. The Club was founded in 2004 with a new faciity opening in 2011. The Club offers a range of activities including competitive football, walking football, disability football, social football and training to all ages.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR SPORT, NAMELY ALL ASPECTS OF FOOTBALL TO PROMOTE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING BY INVOLVING EXERTION, MENTAL SKILL AND SOCIAL INTERACTION IN THE TOWN OF SANDBACH AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOODS TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY REGARDLESS OF THEIR AGE, GENDER, RACE, RELIGION, ABILITY AND ANY OTHER CHARACTERISTICS BY THE PROVISION OF A SPORTS VENUE AND FACILITY AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:TO SECURE THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF A FOOTBALL CLUB AND FACILITY TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECT.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £218,961 from £209,327 in the prior year, driven by a net movement in funds of £9,634. The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £218,961, though the trustees' report notes a specific sink fund target of £150,000 for pitch replacement was reduced to £0 following a £232,000 investment in a new surface. The trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern and note no material uncertainties.

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 5 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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• 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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (56% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brent Mark Shepherd
• Daniel Peter Melia
• David Peter Morgan
• Geraint Huw Price Jones
• Janine Byron
• Liam Paul Jones
• Robert Burns
• Simon Anthony Tillott

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

Operates in: Cheshire East

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Sandgate Youth Football Club.

• Sandgate Youth Football Club income £125k
• CRAMLINGTON UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB income £168k
• CHESHAM UNITED YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB income £153k
• THE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION income £128.2m
• BARNES RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB income £399k
• NEW FORDLEY JUNIORS FOOTBALL CLUB income £452k

Side by side with its peers

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