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SHROPSHIRE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1198600 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£532k
Latest spending
£437k
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves stood at £187,043, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining reserves at a 6-month operating level. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £94,811 for the year, resulting in total net assets of £784,206, with the trustees confirming adequate resources for going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6-month operating level (held: £187k)
“The trustees have established a policy of currently maintaining reserves at a 6-month operating level.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: D J Simpson received an honorarium of £3,000.
“During the year the Chairman, D J Simpson was paid a honorarium of £3,000 (2024 - £3,000).” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: D Simpson received an honorarium of £3,000 for his role as Chairman.
“As disclosed within the Trustee Remuneration note, D Simpson received an honorarium of £3,000 for his role as Chairman.” — page 29
“M Cole, Trustee, is a Director of TJ Vickers, a car dealership. TJ Vickers have provided a van for the use of SFA. This has not been accounted for within the Statement of Financial Activities as the charity cannot reliably quantify the benefit.” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: M Cole, Trustee, is a Director of TJ Vickers, a car dealership. TJ Vickers have provided a van for the use of SFA. This has not been accounted for within the Statement of Financial Activities as the charity cannot reliably quantify the benefit.
“As disclosed within the Trustee Remuneration note, D Simpson received an honorarium of £3,000 for his role as Chairman.” — page 29
“M Cole, Trustee, is a Director of TJ Vickers, a car dealership. TJ Vickers have provided a van for the use of SFA. This has not been accounted for within the Statement of Financial Activities as the charity cannot reliably quantify the benefit.” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: SFA1877 Enterprises Ltd
“Grow SFA1877 Enterprises Ltd” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £580k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£532k
Total spending
£437k
Reserves (reported)
£187k
Employees
8

Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (49% 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).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Shropshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£532k£437k
30/06/2024£483k£401k
30/06/2023£488k£443k

Common questions

Is SHROPSHIRE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves stood at £187,043, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining reserves at a 6-month operating level. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £94,811 for the year, resulting in total net assets of £784,206, with the trustees confirming adequate resources for going concern. 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 England05/07/2021£10kEURO 2020 Legacy project
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/04/2013£7k"150th Anniversary of Football in Shropshire"

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
LINGEN DAVIES CANCER FUND CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION1£8k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHROPSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SHROPSHIRE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED£532k—0unclear—no doubt
SHROPSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION FY2024£120k—0below—no doubt
SHREWSBURY TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDATION FY2025£1.6m—0unclear—no doubt
THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION BENEVOLENT FUND FY2024£155k—0above—no doubt
SHEFFIELD AND HALLAMSHIRE COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£1.2m——above—no doubt
HUNTINGDONSHIRE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£412k—0above—no doubt

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