ROTHERFIELD UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB

Registered charity 1204591 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The promotion of community participation in healthy recreation for the benefit of the inhabitants of Sonning Common Parish and surrounding areas by the provision of facilities for football and other sports capable of improving health.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SONNING COMMON PARISH AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING HEALTH. IN THIS CLAUSE 3 “FACILITIES” MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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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Registered contact address: South Oxfordshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£134k
Latest spending
£136k
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the club is in excellent health and has experienced significant growth, with membership increasing by over 100 players. The club maintains a reserves policy targeting two months of average operating costs and has an independent examiner's report confirming the financial statements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Membership income
“Membership income is the largest source of funding for the Club and ensuring that this is sufficient to cover the cost of providing sporting activities for the community and our registered players is a key focus.” — page 43
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: two months of average operating costs
“The target minimum Reserve Fund is equal to two months of average operating costs.” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2025

  • Volunteers: 61

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2024

  • Volunteers: 28

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 2 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/05/2024 (received 08/09/2025, 161 days after the 31/03/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£134k£136k
31/05/2024£96k£103k

Common questions

Is ROTHERFIELD UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the club is in excellent health and has experienced significant growth, with membership increasing by over 100 players. The club maintains a reserves policy targeting two months of average operating costs and has an independent examiner's report confirming the financial statements. 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 England15/08/2012£9kReplacement goalposts which are portable

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
GRANTSCAPE1£33k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RUTHERFORD ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CLUB.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ROTHERFIELD UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB£134k—0unclear—no doubt
RUTHERFORD ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CLUB FY2025£305k—0unclear—no doubt
BROOMFIELD FOOTBALL CLUB FY2025£168k—0unclear—no doubt
SUFFOLK COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£950k—0unclear—no doubt
FRAMPTON COTTERELL RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB FY2025£134k—0unclear—no doubt
SHEFFIELD AND HALLAMSHIRE COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£1.2m——above—no doubt

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