THE NEW CROFT FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1204643 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing or assisting in the provisionof facilities for the playing of association football and other sports capable of improving health. To promote and protect good physical and mental health by providing or assisting in the provision of sports and other activities designed to alleviate health issues or promote healthier lifestyle

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND IN PARTICULAR THE INHABITANTS OF HAVERHILL AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS:3.1 TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING HEALTH (FACILITIES IN THIS CLAUSE 3 MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES);3.2 TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF SPORTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO ALLEVIATE HEALTH ISSUES OR PROMOTE A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE;3.3 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE INCLUDING BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL COURSES AND QUALIFICATIONS IN SPORT AND RELATED SUBJECTS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: West Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net asset position of £8,373, comprising a restricted fund surplus of £20,268 and an unrestricted deficit of £11,895. The trustees report that free reserves are below their stated policy target of three months' expenditure (£50-£60k) due to increased delivery costs and reduced income, but they remain confident in the charity's ability to continue as a going concern through a recovery plan.

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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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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 31/07/2024 (received 15/10/2025, 137 days after the 31/05/2025 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Tom Broughton Harrisonchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• Cathrine Marian Merch-Chammon
• Graham Paul Jones
• Holly Anne Mayhew
• Kayleigh Steed
• Lois Balfour
• Nicholas Keeble
• Peter Anil Betts
• Simon Iron

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Essex · Suffolk

Income and spending

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• NEWPORT CAB income £1.5m
• THE CROFT PLAYGROUP income £54k
• MIDDLESBROUGH FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDATION income £2.6m
• NEWFIELD COMMUNITY CHURCH TRUST income £71k
• WATFORD FC'S COMMUNITY SPORTS & EDUCATION TRUST income £3.0m
• Kent Cricket Foundation income £68k

Side by side with its peers

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