BANWELL FOOTBALL CLUB LTD

Registered charity 1200083 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Banwell FC offers healthy recreation at Banwell in North Somerset by providing facilities for the playing of amateur football and other such sports or physical activities for ages ranging from juniors to veterans and for girls and boys that will improve their fitness, health and mental wellbeing so that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT GENERALLY BUT WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE INHABITANTS OF BANWELL AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS3.1 TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AND SUCH OTHER SPORTS OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES WHICH IMPROVE FITNESS AND HEALTH (FACILITIES IN THIS ARTICLE 3 MEANS LAND, BUILDING, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES),3.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY AND FACILITIES FOR PLAYING ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AND SUCH OTHER SPORTS OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES WHICH IMPROVE FITNESS AND HEALTH SO TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO THE FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

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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Latest income
£122k
Latest spending
£112k
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £64,098 are maintained within the trustees' policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reports a net income surplus of £9,340 for the year, with total income of £121,818 and total expenditure of £112,478. The trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern, and the financial statements were subject to independent examination rather than audit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six month’s expenditure (held: £64k)
“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 three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 4
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.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Banwell Football Club (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£122k£112k
31/05/2024£171k£154k
31/05/2023£159k£72k

Common questions

Is BANWELL FOOTBALL CLUB LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £64,098 are maintained within the trustees' policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reports a net income surplus of £9,340 for the year, with total income of £121,818 and total expenditure of £112,478. The trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern, and the financial statements were subject to independent examination rather than audit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BANWELL FOOTBALL CLUB LTD£122k—0within—no doubt
MIDDLESEX COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£1.6m——unclear—no doubt
THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE (COMMUNITY) LIMITED FY2025£15.7m——unclear—no doubt
NORTHAMPTON TOWN FC COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£1.4m—0below—no doubt
BOLTON WYRESDALE AMATEUR FOOTBALL AND SPORTS CLUB FY2025£102k—0unclear—no doubt
MIDDLESBROUGH FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDATION FY2025£2.6m—0above—no doubt

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