THE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION — grant history

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Latest income

£128.2m

Grants listed (FY2026)

Listed grants total

£54.5m

Accounts grants total

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Accounts grants total not shown: this filing has grants flagged as unverified reads.

reconciliation not assessedextracted from its FY2026 accounts

FY2026: 1 grant totalling £982k is listed but excluded from totals: unverified read (the amount is not printed in the accounts text).

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

What they don’t fund: The Football Foundation will not fund facilities not available for community use, kit and equipment, projects for private gain, projects outside England, retrospective funding, routine maintenance/repairs from wear and tear, or facility hire.

Summarised from www.footballfoundation.org.uk · www.footballfoundation.org.uk/search-results · www.footballfoundation.org.uk/looking-for-funding on 16/08/2026. Always check the funder’s site before applying.

Credited as a funder by

Charities that name this funder on their own websites (website claims, separate from the accounts-extracted grants below).

HUTTON CRANSWICK SPORTS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION “Since 2008 the clubhouse has been re-roofed with financial help from the Football Foundation and the Parish Council.”
WHEATLEY PLAYING FIELD TRUST “Thanks to a Football Foundation grant, we have replaced the fixed 11v11 posts with portable goals to enable us to reconf”
SEVENOAKS TOWN FC LIMITED “The Premier League, The FA and Government’s Football Foundation has approved a grant for £759,100 to support Sevenoaks T”
VILLAGE HALL (ROPSLEY) “These funds were a combination of major grants from the Big Lottery fund, The Football Foundation and Sport England.”
SUFFOLK COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED “Football Foundation Large & Small Grants”
MACCABI LONDON BRADY RECREATIONAL TRUST “Maccabi London score with funding success from the Football Foundation”

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded

Amateur Sport (27 grantees)
Education/training (21 grantees)
Recreation (18 grantees)
Economic/community Development/employment (10 grantees)
Disability (9 grantees)
General Charitable Purposes (7 grantees)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (7 grantees)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (3 grantees)
Environment/conservation/heritage (2 grantees)
Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity (2 grantees)

Where grantees operate

Lancashire (3 grantees)
Throughout England And Wales (3 grantees)
Leeds City (3 grantees)
Throughout England (2 grantees)
Reading (2 grantees)
South Tyneside (2 grantees)
North Tyneside (2 grantees)
Hampshire (2 grantees)
Essex (2 grantees)
Oxfordshire (2 grantees)

What changed: FY2025 → FY2026

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings that have counted grants (unverified reads are left out, so a filing whose grants are all unverified is skipped). A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

Change	Grantee	FY2025	FY2026
new	Ribble Valley Borough Council	—	£3.8m
new	Arun District Council	—	£2.0m
new	Franklin College Trust	—	£2.0m
new	GFYDC (Chance)	—	£2.0m
new	Burnley Borough Council	—	£1.4m
new	North Norfolk District Council	—	£1.4m
new	Calclerdale College	—	£1.3m
new	The Corpus Christi Catholic Academy Trust	—	£1.3m
not listed	Stockton On Tees Borough Council	£5.5m	—
not listed	Goole Town Council	£2.3m	—
not listed	London Borough Of Haringey	£2.0m	—
not listed	Adur District Council	£2.0m	—
not listed	Staffordshire County FA	£1.9m	—
not listed	Ashfield District Council	£1.8m	—
not listed	Heanor Town FC (Holding) Company Limited	£1.5m	—
not listed	Broxtowe Borough Council	£1.4m	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Ribble Valley Borough Council	FY2026	£3.8m	Facility grant
Manchester City Council	FY2026	£3.8m	Facility grant
Arun District Council	FY2026	£2.0m	Facility grant
Franklin College Trust	FY2026	£2.0m	Facility grant
GFYDC (Chance)	FY2026	£2.0m	Facility grant
Burnley Borough Council	FY2026	£1.4m	Facility grant
North Norfolk District Council	FY2026	£1.4m	Facility grant
Calclerdale College	FY2026	£1.3m	Facility grant
The Corpus Christi Catholic Academy Trust	FY2026	£1.3m	Facility grant
Port Vale FC Foundation	FY2026	£1.0m	Facility grant
Atherstone Sports Club Ltd	FY2026	£1.0m	Facility grant
Ribble Valley Borough Council	FY2026	£1.0m	Facility grant
London Borough Of Merton	FY2026	£1000k	Facility grant
John Taylor Multi Academy Trust	FY2026	£1000k	Facility grant
Gateshead Cleveland Hall Community Assoc	FY2026	£1000k	Facility grant
Nottingham City Council	FY2026	£1000k	Facility grant
Deeping Sports & Social Club	FY2026	£998k	Facility grant
Torighill High School	FY2026	£989k	Facility grant
Girls' Day School Trust	FY2026	£986k	Facility grant
Bootle Football Club	FY2026	Unverified read£982k	Facility grant
AFC Urmston Meadowside	FY2026	£980k	Facility grant
AFC Portchester Community Association	FY2026	£980k	Facility grant
John Roan Foundation	FY2026	£959k	Facility grant
South Holland District Council	FY2026	£942k	Facility grant
Breckland District Council	FY2026	£920k	Facility grant
Hebburn Sports Club Ltd	FY2026	£918k	Facility grant
Northumberland County Council	FY2026	£902k	Facility grant
Haydon School	FY2026	£897k	Facility grant
Fleetdown United Football Club	FY2026	£887k	Facility grant
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School	FY2026	£879k	Facility grant
Invictus Education Trust	FY2026	£876k	Facility grant
Pope Francis Multi Academy Trust	FY2026	£876k	Facility grant
Eden Learning Trust	FY2026	£869k	Facility grant
Ribble Valley Borough Council	FY2026	£868k	Facility grant
Baypoint Sports CIC	FY2026	£849k	Facility grant
West Bridgford Colts Football Club CIO	FY2026	£833k	Facility grant
Scholars Education Trust	FY2026	£824k	Facility grant
Futura Learning Partnership	FY2026	£824k	Facility grant
The Campion School	FY2026	£823k	Facility grant
The Ted Wragg Multi Academy Trust	FY2026	£813k	Facility grant
Belmont Community School	FY2026	£811k	Facility grant
The Challenge Academy Trust	FY2026	£801k	Facility grant
St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi Acade	FY2026	£800k	Facility grant
High School	FY2026	£793k	Facility grant
Meridian Trust	FY2026	£791k	Facility grant
The Dean Trust	FY2026	£784k	Facility grant
Horncastle Education Trust	FY2026	£784k	Facility grant
The Thinking Schools Academy Trust	FY2026	£783k	Facility grant
The Consortium Academy Trust - Cottingham	FY2026	£771k	Facility grant
March Town FC Estover CIC	FY2026	£764k	Facility grant
Manchester City Council	FY2025	£6.7m
Stockton On Tees Borough Council	FY2025	£5.5m
Goole Town Council	FY2025	£2.3m
London Borough Of Haringey	FY2025	£2.0m
Adur District Council	FY2025	£2.0m
Staffordshire County FA	FY2025	£1.9m
Ashfield District Council	FY2025	£1.8m
Heanor Town FC (Holding) Company Limited	FY2025	£1.5m
Broxtowe Borough Council	FY2025	£1.4m
Southport Learning Trust	FY2025	£1.4m
Dorset Council	FY2025	£1.4m
The Nene Valley Partnership	FY2025	£1.4m
Brigg Town FC CIC (Community Interest Club)	FY2025	£1.3m
Earls Barton Parish Council	FY2025	£1.2m
The Howard Academy Trust	FY2025	£1.2m
AFC Sudbury Limited	FY2025	£1.1m
Cheshire East Council	FY2025	£1.1m
Insignis Academy Trust	FY2025	£1.1m
The National Football Trust	FY2025	£1.1m
North Riding FA	FY2025	£1.1m
Great Baddow High School	FY2025	£1.0m
Telford & Wrekin Council	FY2025	£1.0m
Academies Enterprise Trust	FY2025	£1.0m
Wickford Town F.C.	FY2025	£1.0m
Godmanchester Football and Sports Association Trust	FY2025	£1000k
Bognor Regis Town Football Club	FY2025	£1000k
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council	FY2025	£999k
Shildon A.F.C.	FY2025	£998k
Middlesbrough FC Foundation	FY2025	£990k
Rossendale Borough Council	FY2025	£987k
Cheviot Learning Trust	FY2025	£983k
East Riding Of Yorkshire Council	FY2025	£975k
Northfleet Schools Trust	FY2025	£969k
Excalibur Academies Trust	FY2025	£952k
Turner Schools Trust	FY2025	£942k
Eastern Learning Alliance	FY2025	£939k
The Marsh Academy	FY2025	£932k
Heart of Yorkshire Education Group	FY2025	£930k
The Pinnacle Learning Trust	FY2025	£902k
Tudor Grange Academies Trust	FY2025	£881k
Knowsley MBC	FY2025	£862k
The Hunslet Club	FY2025	£842k
Southend East Community Academy Trust	FY2025	£836k
Pontefract Collieries F.C.	FY2025	£817k
North Northamptonshire Council	FY2025	£810k
Campsmount Technology College	FY2025	£807k
The Cottesloe School	FY2025	£807k
The Governing Body of the Phoenix Collegiate	FY2025	£804k
Greater Manchester Academies Trust	FY2025	£802k
North East Derbyshire District Council	FY2025	£786k
Leeds City Council	FY2024	£5.7m	Single Fund
Leeds City Council	FY2024	£5.4m	Single Fund
Southampton City Council	FY2024	£4.0m	Single Fund
Wealden District Council	FY2024	£3.5m	Single Fund
Plymouth Argyle Football in the Community Trust	FY2024	£2.2m	Single Fund
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council	FY2024	£1.5m	Single Fund
West Ham United Football Club Limited	FY2024	£1.5m	Single Fund
Hull Kingston Rovers Foundation	FY2024	£1.3m	Single Fund
East Bierley Community Sports Association	FY2024	£1.2m	Single Fund
Shenley E-ACT Academy	FY2024	£1.1m	Single Fund
Trafford MBC	FY2024	£1.0m	Single Fund
Chadderton FC (2009) Ltd	FY2024	£1.0m	Single Fund
Winchester City Council	FY2024	£982k	Single Fund
Wisbech St Mary Sport & Community Centre	FY2024	£979k	Single Fund
Peacehaven And Telscombe Community Football Club Limited	FY2024	£949k	Single Fund
Stockport School	FY2024	£926k	Single Fund
Glebe Football Club	FY2024	£911k	Single Fund
Debdale Park Sports Club	FY2024	£894k	Single Fund
Eden Learning Trust (Seaham High School)	FY2024	£870k	Single Fund
Three Bridges Football Club Limited	FY2024	£855k	Single Fund
Blackbridge Charitable Community Benefit Society	FY2024	£850k	Single Fund
Coalville Town Youth Football Club	FY2024	£850k	Single Fund
Portishead Town FC Limited	FY2024	£840k	Single Fund
Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC	FY2024	£832k	Single Fund
Presdales School Academy Trust	FY2024	£824k	Single Fund
Meridian Trust	FY2024	£790k	Other
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (CBMDC)	FY2024	£784k	Other
Mangotsfield and Blackhorse Sports & Community Association (MBSCA)	FY2024	£775k	Other
Newport Pagnell Town Community Football and Sports Club	FY2024	£775k	Other
Hartismere Family of Schools Trust	FY2024	£764k	Other
Euxton Villa Football Club	FY2024	£750k	Other
Berkshire County Sports Club	FY2024	£749k	Other
Laurus Trust	FY2024	£748k	Other
Sandstone Trust	FY2024	£741k	Other
Court Fields School	FY2024	£737k	Other
South East Essex Academy Trust	FY2024	£735k	Other
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council	FY2024	£727k	Other
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (CBMDC)	FY2024	£724k	Other
Hampshire County Council	FY2024	£715k	Other
St Thomas More RC College	FY2024	£712k	Other
Kings Langley School	FY2024	£708k	Other
Prince Henry's High School	FY2024	£669k	Other
Academy Transformation Trust	FY2024	£643k	Other
South Manchester Learning Trust	FY2024	£626k	Other
Worcester City Council	FY2024	£625k	Other
Birmingham County Football Association	FY2024	£623k	Other
The Burgate School and Sixth Form	FY2024	£603k	Other
Together Learning Trust	FY2024	£591k	Other
The Youngs Community Sports Trust	FY2024	£544k	Other
Breckland District Council	FY2024	£524k	Other
Derby City Council	FY2023	£6.0m	Single Fund
Portsmouth City Council	FY2023	£4.4m	Single Fund
North Tyneside Council (St Peters Playing Fi	FY2023	£1.9m	Single Fund
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council	FY2023	£1.8m	Single Fund
Central Bedfordshire Council	FY2023	£1.7m	Single Fund
North East Lincolnshire Council	FY2023	£1.5m	Single Fund
Spirit Holdings Limited	FY2023	£1.2m	Single Fund
Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School	FY2023	£995k	Single Fund
Bottesford Town FC	FY2023	£953k	Single Fund
Darlington Borough Council	FY2023	£942k	Single Fund
The Nest (Norfolk’s Community Hub) Limited	FY2023	£908k	Single Fund
Sigma Trust	FY2023	£896k	Single Fund
Advance Learning Partnership (Whitworth Aca	FY2023	£874k	Single Fund
David Ross Education Trust	FY2023	£874k	Single Fund
Weydon Multi Academy Trust	FY2023	£850k	Single Fund
Everett Rovers Fc	FY2023	£835k	Single Fund
Haverhill Community Sports Association	FY2023	£826k	Single Fund
The Dean Trust	FY2023	£801k	Single Fund
John Leggott College	FY2023	£791k	Single Fund
Harpenden Town Council	FY2023	£784k	Single Fund
Islington Council	FY2023	£750k	Single Fund
Meridian Trust	FY2023	£750k	Single Fund
Prince Henry’s Grammar School (Otley)	FY2023	£750k	Single Fund
Great Yarmouth Borough Council	FY2023	£747k	Single Fund
Harpenden Secondary Education Trust	FY2023	£745k	Single Fund
VanDyke Upper School	FY2023	£736k	Single Fund
Chichester District Council	FY2023	£729k	Single Fund
Bournemouth Christchurch & Poole Council	FY2023	£726k	Single Fund
Bournemouth University	FY2023	£676k	Single Fund
Tankerton Football Club	FY2023	£667k	Single Fund
University Of Worcester	FY2023	£662k	Single Fund
Ousedale School	FY2023	£650k	Single Fund
Newcastle Town Football Club Youth	FY2023	£640k	Single Fund
Cams Hill School	FY2023	£639k	Single Fund
Ryedale Learning Trust	FY2023	£615k	Single Fund
Westmorland and Furness Council	FY2023	£605k	Single Fund
Salford City Council	FY2023	£603k	Single Fund
Chasetown FC (2021) Limited	FY2023	£580k	Single Fund
Kempston Rovers F.C.	FY2023	£560k	Single Fund
Reading FC Community Trust	FY2023	£550k	Single Fund
Cobham F.c.	FY2023	£544k	Single Fund
Glf Schools	FY2023	£535k	Single Fund
Norfolk County Football Association Ltd	FY2023	£510k	Single Fund
Excalibur Academies Trust	FY2023	£481k	Single Fund
Allscott Sports Club Ltd	FY2023	£475k	Single Fund
Mersham Sports Club	FY2023	£468k	Single Fund
Wolverley CE Secondary School & Sixth Form	FY2023	£403k	Single Fund
Accrington Stanley Community Trust	FY2023	£250k	Single Fund
St Day Afc	FY2023	£250k	Single Fund
Wallsend Boys Club	FY2023	£250k	Single Fund
London Borough of Barking & Dagenham	FY2022	£6.2m	Single Fund
Newcastle City Council	FY2022	£5.3m	Single Fund
Manchester City Council	FY2022	£3.9m	Single Fund
Newcastle City Council	FY2022	£3.8m	Single Fund
Wigan Council	FY2022	£3.7m	Single Fund
Wigan Council	FY2022	£3.6m	Single Fund
Grounds Management Association	FY2022	£2.2m	Single Fund
Sheffield City Council	FY2022	£2.1m	Single Fund
Afc Bournemouth Community Sports Trust	FY2022	£1.6m	Single Fund
Wirral Borough Council	FY2022	£1.1m	Single Fund
Aston Villa Foundation	FY2022	£1.0m	Single Fund
Houghton Regis Town Council	FY2022	£956k	Single Fund
Shaftesbury Youth Club	FY2022	£944k	Single Fund
Aylesford Fc	FY2022	£845k	Single Fund
Wirral Borough Council	FY2022	£807k	Single Fund
Lionheart Academies Trust	FY2022	£782k	Single Fund
Thornton Cleveley Sports Club	FY2022	£750k	Single Fund
City and County of Swansea Council	FY2022	£750k	Single Fund
Glebelands School	FY2022	£734k	Single Fund
SABRES Educational Trust	FY2022	£698k	Single Fund
Delta Don Valley Academy	FY2022	£694k	Single Fund
Leeds United Foundation	FY2022	£686k	Active Through Football
Waverley Borough Council	FY2022	£673k	Single Fund
Wales High School Academy Trust	FY2022	£669k	Single Fund
Richard Huish College	FY2022	£664k	Single Fund
Leicester City in the Community	FY2022	£664k	Active Through Football
Norfolk County Football Association Limi	FY2022	£646k	Single Fund
Rodborough School	FY2022	£640k	Single Fund
Cambridge City Fc	FY2022	£622k	Single Fund
Wakefield Council	FY2022	£619k	Active Through Football
Blackpool FC Community Trust	FY2022	£616k	Active Through Football
Holbeach United Community Sports Academy	FY2022	£595k	Single Fund
Staffordshire Fa	FY2022	£587k	Active Through Football
Warrington Borough Council	FY2022	£572k	Single Fund
Chesterfield High School	FY2022	£569k	Single Fund
Gateshead Council	FY2022	£567k	Active Through Football
North Riding County Football Association	FY2022	£565k	Active Through Football
Argyle Community Trust	FY2022	£564k	Active Through Football
Oasis Academy (mayfield)	FY2022	£564k	Single Fund
Brookfield Community School	FY2022	£555k	Single Fund
Aston Villa Foundation	FY2022	£553k	Active Through Football
Rotherham United Community Sports Trust	FY2022	£552k	Active Through Football
The Market Weighton School	FY2022	£545k	Single Fund
Oakwood School	FY2022	£541k	Single Fund
Perth Green Community Association	FY2022	£536k	Single Fund
Roach Dynamos FC	FY2022	£534k	Single Fund
Priory School	FY2022	£525k	Single Fund
Sheffield United Community Foundation	FY2022	£525k	Active Through Football
Kingston Upon Hull City Council	FY2022	£525k	Active Through Football
Community Action Derby	FY2022	£525k	Active Through Football
Newcastle United Foundation	FY2021	£2.0m	Single Fund
Pompey in the Community	FY2021	£1.8m	Single Fund
Grounds Management Association	FY2021	£1.7m	Single Fund
Liverpool CFA Sefton CIC	FY2021	£1.3m	Single Fund
The Futures Trust	FY2021	£1.2m	Single Fund
Derbyshire County Council	FY2021	£1.1m	Single Fund
Cheshire West And Chester Council	FY2021	£1.1m	Single Fund
Lincoln City Fc	FY2021	£986k	Single Fund
Bexley Park Sports & Social Club And Par	FY2021	£871k	Single Fund
Gorleston Fc	FY2021	£871k	Single Fund
Saffron Educational Trust	FY2021	£817k	Single Fund
South Ribble Borough Council	FY2021	£816k	Single Fund
Sefton Borough Council	FY2021	£778k	Single Fund
London Borough Of Lewisham	FY2021	£743k	Single Fund
Warwick District Council	FY2021	£691k	Single Fund
St Helens Council	FY2021	£677k	Single Fund
Hutton Football Club	FY2021	£655k	Single Fund
Derbyshire County Council	FY2021	£622k	Single Fund
Cambridge Meridian Academies Trust	FY2021	£620k	Single Fund
East Riding Of Yorkshire Council	FY2021	£617k	Single Fund
Wokingham Borough Council	FY2021	£617k	Single Fund
Haven High Academy	FY2021	£610k	Single Fund
Cam Academy Trust	FY2021	£604k	Single Fund
BEAP Community Partnership	FY2021	£603k	Single Fund
John Colet School	FY2021	£600k	Single Fund
Keyworth Sports Association	FY2021	£584k	Single Fund (cont.)
Worthing Borough Council	FY2021	£569k	Single Fund (cont.)
Longwell Green Community Centre	FY2021	£559k	Single Fund (cont.)
Tudor Grange Academies Trust	FY2021	£557k	Single Fund (cont.)
The Education Alliance	FY2021	£556k	Single Fund (cont.)
Life Multi-Academy Trust	FY2021	£534k	Single Fund (cont.)
Barwell Cricket and Sports Club Com. Ltd	FY2021	£532k	Single Fund (cont.)
The Latymer School	FY2021	£531k	Single Fund (cont.)
Magna Learning Partnership	FY2021	£525k	Single Fund (cont.)
Horndean Technology College	FY2021	£506k	Single Fund (cont.)
Waingels College	FY2021	£501k	Single Fund (cont.)
Trowbridge Town Council	FY2021	£489k	Single Fund (cont.)
Shrewsbury Town FC Limited	FY2021	£480k	Single Fund (cont.)
Stamford Bridge Playing Fields Associati	FY2021	£475k	Single Fund (cont.)
Lutterworth Athletic Fc	FY2021	£471k	Single Fund (cont.)
Aspire Schools Trust	FY2021	£469k	Single Fund (cont.)
Education Training Collective	FY2021	£467k	Single Fund (cont.)
Rushcliffe Borough Council	FY2021	£458k	Single Fund (cont.)
South Staffordshire District Council	FY2021	£456k	Single Fund (cont.)
The Cherwell School	FY2021	£455k	Single Fund (cont.)
Wychavon District Council	FY2021	£454k	Single Fund (cont.)
Yateley United FC	FY2021	£451k	Single Fund (cont.)
Cannock Chase District Council	FY2021	£445k	Single Fund (cont.)
Cheltenham Borough Council	FY2021	£428k	Single Fund (cont.)
Leek Town FC Ltd	FY2021	£419k	Single Fund (cont.)

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This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals. Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder or a recipient and want a correction, email [email protected].

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