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Accrington Stanley Football in the Community Trust Limited

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £1.4m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Amateur Sport and 2 more
Where
Lancashire
Website
www.stanleytrust.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Accrington Stanley Football in the Community Trust Limited
Registered
2010

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.4m£1.2m
  • 2024£1.2m£1.1m
  • 2023£1.6m£989k
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.3m£928k
  • 2021£939k£573k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS FORMED SHALL BE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE INHABITANTS OF ACCRINGTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BY: (I) TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING HEALTH ("FACILITIES" IN THIS CLAUSE MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES); (II) TO ADVANCE THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN LANCASHIRE BY COACHING IN AND PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE GAME OF FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTING ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY; (III) TO ADVANCE AND ASSIST IN ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON THAT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ATTENDING SCHOOLS IN THE LANCASHIRE AREA BY THE PROVISION AT VENUES SELECTED OR APPROVED BY THE CHARITY OF MEETINGS, LECTURES, CLASSES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR DISTRIBUTION TO SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE; (IV) TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE GAME OF FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTING ACTIVITIES, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; (V) TO ADVANCE RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS HARMONY AND EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY ARRANGING ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING ACTIVITIES CONNECTED WITH THE GAME OF FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTING ACTIVITIES) TO ENCOURAGE SHARED EXPERIENCES AND INTERESTS WITHOUT REFERENCE TO RACE, RELIGION, BELIEF, SEX, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, ETHNIC OR NATIONAL ORIGIN OR SOCIAL BACKGROUND. (VI) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHARITY LAW

Grants received

29 grants · £551,759 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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Most recent

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.

10 trustees on the board

4.6y median 4.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 10Education/training 10General Charitable Purposes 10

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 11Professional services 4Finance 1

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.4m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.8 in 2021

39 from 28 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1139575
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 08 SEPTEMBER 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 30 MAY 2017 as amended on 23 Aug 2023
Companies House
Company number 07369852 · Active
Contact on the register
01254475013 · martin.fearon@stanleytrust.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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