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Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation
5.1 To encourage and advance the education of children and adults within the community with the purpose of promoting a healthy lifestyle and improving their condition of life;5.2 To promote community involvement in healthy recreation by providing...
- 12 trustees
- Income £2.6m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Professor Mark Richard SimpsonChair · since 2025
- Graham John RedmanTrustee · since 2012
- Helena BowmanTrustee · since 2023
- Hollie Sarah BallTrustee · since 2026
- Joseph Edward ThompsonTrustee · since 2026
- Liam Edward McdermottTrustee · since 2026
- Linda MinnsTrustee · since 2026
- MR Robin BloomTrustee · since 2012
- Neil James BausorTrustee · since 2012
- Nigel James EmmersonTrustee · since 2025
- Rev Adam GauntTrustee · since 2019
- Thomas RiordanTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Amateur Sport and 1 more
- Where
- North Yorkshire, Middlesbrough, Redcar And Cleveland, Stockton-on-tees and more
- Website
- www.mfcfoundation.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation
- Registered
- 1996
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.6m£2.7m
- 2024£2.9m£2.6m
- 2023£2.8m£2.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£5.1m£2.4m
- 2021£2.1m£1.8m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 5%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
5.1 To encourage and advance the education of children and adults within the community with the purpose of promoting a healthy lifestyle and improving their condition of life;5.2 To promote community involvement in healthy recreation by providing facilities for the playing of football and other sports capable of improving physical health to such persons who have need for such facilities and to encourage and advance the education of such persons in order to allow them to develop to the best of their abilities, both physical and otherwise;5.3 Such other charitable purposes as may be determined by the Trustees from time to time.
Grants received
11 grants · £405,170 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Virgin Money Foundation · £150,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £100,000
- Point North · £64,060 (3 grants)
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £38,410 (2 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £18,200
Most recent
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
12 trustees on the board
- Professor Mark Richard Simpson Chair since 2025
- Graham John Redman since 2012
- Helena Bowman since 2023
- Hollie Sarah Ball since 2026
- Joseph Edward Thompson since 2026
- Liam Edward Mcdermott since 2026
- Linda Minns since 2026
- MR Robin Bloom since 2012
- Neil James Bausor since 2012
- Nigel James Emmerson since 2025
- Rev Adam Gaunt since 2019
- Thomas Riordan since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Graham John Redman since 2012
- MR Robin Bloom since 2012
- Neil James Bausor since 2012
- Rev Adam Gaunt since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Professor Mark Richard Simpson Chair since 2025
- Graham John Redman since 2012
- Helena Bowman since 2023
- Hollie Sarah Ball since 2026
- Joseph Edward Thompson since 2026
- Liam Edward Mcdermott since 2026
- Neil James Bausor since 2012
- Nigel James Emmerson since 2025
- Thomas Riordan since 2024
Portfolio (3)
- Linda Minns since 2026
- MR Robin Bloom since 2012
- Rev Adam Gaunt since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
6.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1059418
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29/12/1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/03/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/12/2006AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 08/10/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 09/10/2012 as amended on 08 Oct 2012 as amended on 24 Jan 2019 as amended on 24 Jan 2019 as amended on 22 Apr 2026
- Companies House
- Company number 03142447 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01642757674 · enquiries@mfcfoundation.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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