IRCHESTER SPORTS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 268855 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charities objectives are to maintain and provide a recreation ground for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Parish of Irchester in Northamptonshire.

Objects

A RECREATION GROUND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITATS OF THE PARISH OF IRCHESTER AS THE COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT FROM TIME TO TIME SHALL TINK FIT.

Area of benefit: IRCHESTER

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

£313k

Latest spending

£306k

Registered

1975

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that income exceeded expenditure by £6,968 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in retained funds of £219,795. The trustees are fully satisfied that the Association has sufficient retained reserves to fulfil any reasonable financial contingency within the next financial year.

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 3 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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

CAROLINE SARAH COTTER
IAN MCDONALD
TREVOR COLE

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£313k	£306k
31/03/2024	£293k	£157k
31/03/2023	£235k	£226k
31/03/2022	£195k	£203k
31/03/2021	£107k	£101k

Common questions

Is IRCHESTER SPORTS ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that income exceeded expenditure by £6,968 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in retained funds of £219,795. The trustees are fully satisfied that the Association has sufficient retained reserves to fulfil any reasonable financial contingency within the next financial year. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MARKET HARBOROUGH BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	—
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND	1	£150k
The Teesside Charity	1	£9k
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£6k
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GYMNASTICS IN IPSWICH.

GYMNASTICS IN IPSWICH income £987k
STEVENAGE FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDATION LTD income £1.1m
NORTHANTS FUNDAMENTAL FOOTBALL CLUB income £117k
NORTON SPORTS CHARITY income £1.2m
COLCHESTER ISLAMIC CULTURAL ASSOCIATION income £180k
THE SPRING CHARITY income £140k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
IRCHESTER SPORTS ASSOCIATION	£313k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GYMNASTICS IN IPSWICH FY2024	£987k	—	above	—	no doubt
STEVENAGE FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDATION LTD FY2025	£1.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTHANTS FUNDAMENTAL FOOTBALL CLUB FY2025	£117k	—	below	3235.0%	no doubt
NORTON SPORTS CHARITY FY2025	£1.2m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
COLCHESTER ISLAMIC CULTURAL ASSOCIATION FY2025	£180k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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