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THE GOLF FOUNDATION

Registered charity 285917 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE GOLF FOUNDATION LIMITED · also registered in Scotland as SC049780 (OSCR)

The Golf Foundation has two strategic aims to help grow the sport (1) Golf for all - to provide any young person, regardless of background or ability, with the opportunity to enjoy the playing and personal benefits of golf and, (2) Helping any young person to 'Start, Learn and Stay' in golf, providing a player pathway into golf clubs.

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

Latest income
£1.6m
Latest spending
£1.7m
Registered
1982
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £92,929 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to failing to fully replace corporate funding as envisaged. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,446,389, which is below the stated target level of £1.5m, creating a financial gap of £54k that the Board intends to bridge through future strategy implementation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £90,001 - £100,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)
“In the band £90,001 - £100,000 1”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £1.4m; policy: approximately £1.5m)
“The remaining unrestricted funds, the reserves, or General Fund, at 31 March 2025 therefore amounted to £1,446,389, which is below the target level of reserves of £1.5m.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Golf Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.6m
Total spending
£1.7m
Cost of raising funds
£198k
Reserves (reported)
£1.5m
Employees
16

Reported reserves equal ~10.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (68% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 12.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.6m£1.7m
31/03/2024£1.3m£1.7m
31/03/2023£1.6m£1.6m
31/03/2022£1.4m£1.5m
31/03/2021£1.7m£1.3m

Common questions

Is THE GOLF FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £92,929 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to failing to fully replace corporate funding as envisaged. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,446,389, which is below the stated target level of £1.5m, creating a financial gap of £54k that the Board intends to bridge through future strategy implementation. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE GOLF FOUNDATION earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £90,001 - £100,000 band.

Who funds THE GOLF FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE GOLF FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE INTERNATIONAL GOLF CHARITY, THE GREG & ROSIE LOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION TRUST, THE GERALD MICKLEM CHARITABLE TRUST, THE REED FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE INTERNATIONAL GOLF CHARITYFY2023£156k
THE GREG & ROSIE LOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION TRUSTFY2022£50k
THE GERALD MICKLEM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£25k
THE GERALD MICKLEM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£21kSports
THE GERALD MICKLEM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£20kSports
THE INTERNATIONAL GOLF CHARITYFY2024£10k
THE INTERNATIONAL GOLF CHARITYFY2025£7kCharitable activities
THE INTERNATIONAL GOLF CHARITYFY2022£4k
THE REED FOUNDATIONFY2021—

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England23/03/2013£17kCreation of 14 satellite clubs

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
THE ROTHERMERE FOUNDATION1£15k
THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATION1£15k
OCEAN REGENERATION TRUST1£8k
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION1£0

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION BENEVOLENT FUND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE GOLF FOUNDATION£1.6m£90,001 - £100,000—below—no doubt
THE PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION BENEVOLENT FUND FY2024£154k—0above—no doubt
SPORTING FOUNDATION FY2025£329k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GOLF TRUST FY2025£106k—0unclear—no doubt
The Hoops Foundation FY2025£251k—0unclear—noted
THE FALDO TRUST FOR TOMORROW'S CHAMPIONS FY2024£407k—0above—no doubt

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