CROFT JUNIOR FOOTBALL CLUB

Registered charity 1203437 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a not for profit junior football club run by volunteers for (currently) 280 young children from our community. We believe we represent our community well as we are a diverse multicultural club and community. We create a warm, friendly, fun and safe environment for the boys and girls to learn and play the game they love as well as teaching them other principles, such as, respect & inclusion.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CLUB ARE -(A) TO ADVANCE THE AMATEUR SPORT OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL IN SWINDON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA(B) TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR PLAYING ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL (FACILITIES MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING FOOTBALL ACTIVITIES).(C) TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BECAUSE OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY, OR SOCIAL ANDECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.(D) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHETHER OR NOT UNDERGOING FORMAL EDUCATION

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 FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total unrestricted funds of £36,973 at the end of the period, with no restricted or endowment funds. The trustees report that reserves are held for a safety fund to cover one season's costs and to complete long-term grant processes, noting a target of £70,000 for the safety fund which was not yet met.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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 policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Zachary Orde Joseychair
• Anthony Farrar
• Carlo Frijia
• Craig Gorton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Daniel Bryant
• Harry Guyatt
• Nicholas Hall

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

Operates in: Swindon

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