THE PRIMARY CLUB

Registered charity 285285 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of sporting and recreational facilities for the blind and partially-sighted

Causes: Disability · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£209k

Latest spending

£358k

Registered

1982

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £128,797 at the end of the year, which the Trustees consider to be at the required level of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £149,469, largely driven by the recognition of substantial legacy income in previous years and current grant distributions. The Trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for the next 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six months' expenditure (held: £129k)

“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 months' expenditure.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Primary Club (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income

£530k

Total spending

£175k

Cost of raising funds

£11k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (24/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

TIMOTHY MARK KELLEHERchair
ANDREW WARWICK DIXON
CHRISTOPHER LARLHAM · trustee of 1 other charity
CLIVE HAMILTON FIETH
David Anthony Gavrilovic
EUAN JOHN MICHAEL CAMERON SPENCE · trustee of 1 other charity
JOHN ANDREW STERN
MR MIKE BRACE CBE · trustee of 2 other charities
NICOLE MARGARET AGNES POLLOCK · trustee of 1 other charity
PAUL DOYLE
PETER ALASTAIR ST JOHN BAXTER
ROSS MIDGLEY

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£209k	£358k
31/03/2024	£154k	£338k
31/03/2023	£530k	£175k
31/03/2022	£161k	£156k
31/03/2021	£136k	£52k

Common questions

Is THE PRIMARY CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £128,797 at the end of the year, which the Trustees consider to be at the required level of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £149,469, largely driven by the recognition of substantial legacy income in previous years and current grant distributions. The Trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for the next 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE PRIMARY CLUB?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE PRIMARY CLUB as a grant recipient include THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k
THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k
THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k
THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£500

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
JOHN JACKSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£81k
CEO SLEEPOUT	1	£34k
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£19k
THE SIR EDWARD LEWIS FOUNDATION	1	£10k
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)	1	£5k
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST	1	£5k
THE DWF FOUNDATION	1	£5k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

DEVAS CLUB income £360k
WEST WARWICKSHIRE SPORTS COMPLEX LTD income £383k
YOUTH EXPERIENCE IN SPORT income £133k
THE PARTIALLY SIGHTED SOCIETY income £410k
SONSHINE CLUB income £137k
EASTBOURNE SAFFRONS SPORTS CLUB TRUST LIMITED income £229k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PRIMARY CLUB	£209k	—	within	—	no doubt
DEVAS CLUB FY2025	£360k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WEST WARWICKSHIRE SPORTS COMPLEX LTD FY2025	£383k	—	above	—	no doubt
YOUTH EXPERIENCE IN SPORT FY2025	£133k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PARTIALLY SIGHTED SOCIETY FY2025	£410k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SONSHINE CLUB FY2025	£137k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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