SUFFOLK COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1198767 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1. to promote, develop and support community participation in healthy recreation 2. to promote the amateur playing of the Game and such other sports or games which promote health by involving physical or mental skill or exertion 3. to advance education (including academic and physical education) 4. to support people with disabilities, learning difficulties or ill-health

Objects

2.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT GENERALLY BUT WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE COUNTY AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS:2.1.1 TO PROMOTE, DEVELOP AND SUPPORT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF THE GAME AND SUCH OTHER SPORTS OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES WHICH IMPROVE FITNESS AND HEALTH (AND ?FACILITIES? IN THIS ARTICLE 2 MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES);2.1.2 TO ADVANCE AMATEUR SPORT BY PROMOTING THE AMATEUR PLAYING OF THE GAME AND SUCH OTHER SPORTS OR GAMES WHICH PROMOTE HEALTH BY INVOLVING PHYSICAL OR MENTAL SKILLS OR EXERTION AND WHICH ARE UNDERTAKEN ON AN AMATEUR BASIS;2.1.3 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION (INCLUDING ACADEMIC AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION) BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY:(A) HELPING AND EDUCATING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF THE GAME AND OTHER SPORTS AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SOCIAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY; AND(B) HELPING AND EDUCATING PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE COACHING AND/OR REFEREEING OF THE GAME BY PROVIDING RELEVANT TUITION AND/OR RESOURCES;2.1.4 TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, LEARNING DIFFICULTIES OR ILL-HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF THE GAME AND OTHER SPORT, RECREATION OR LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PEOPLE.

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 the charity operates on a sustainable financial basis with total unrestricted reserves of £571,630. The filing confirms that the accounts provide a true and fair view of the Association's financial position, supported by an independent examination.

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.

• 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
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03831570

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The FA — “Nike are a major partner of The FA.” (source page)
• Football Foundation — “Football Foundation Large & Small Grants” (source page)
• Premier League — “Premier League Stadium Fund” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• DREWERY, Emily Hollie — director, appointed 09/03/2026on trustee list
• STEVENS, Nicholas Edward — director, appointed 01/03/2026on trustee list
• WEBBSMALL-EGHAN, Jamais Eloise — director, appointed 30/09/2025on trustee list
• WHYMARK, Nichola — director, appointed 29/09/2025on trustee list
• EKE, Siobhan — director, appointed 29/09/2025on trustee list
• LANGNER, Oliver Andrew — director, appointed 26/06/2023on trustee list
• SHARP, Neil Stewart — director, appointed 03/04/2023on trustee list
• PEACE, Robert Darryl — director, appointed 23/12/2022on trustee list
• MULCAHY, Julie — director, appointed 24/03/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~8.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (81% 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

• Catherine Ruth Staples
• Emily Drewery
• Jamais Webbsmall-Eghan
• Julie Mulcahy · trustee of 1 other charity
• Neil Stewart Sharp
• Nichola Whymark
• Nicholas Stevens
• Oliver Langner
• Robert Peace
• Sam Manning
• Siobhan Eke

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SURREY COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

• SURREY COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £1.6m
• SHEFFIELD AND HALLAMSHIRE COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £1.2m
• PETERBOROUGH FOOTBALL AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION income £172k
• INSPIRE SUFFOLK LTD income £1.8m
• MIDDLESEX COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £1.6m
• CLUB DONCASTER COMMUNITY SPORTS & EDUCATION FOUNDATION income £2.0m

Side by side with its peers

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