Registered charity · Stoke-on-Trent
Port Vale Football Club Foundation
- 11 trustees
- Income £1.5m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Carol ShanahanChair · since 2017
- Andrew BurgessTrustee · since 2023
- Andrew James TaylorTrustee · since 2020
- Claire Louise HalketTrustee · since 2022
- Ikram HussainTrustee · since 2024
- Julie Ann Sadler-WrightTrustee · since 2023
- Keely Dawn BrownTrustee · since 2020
- Matthew HancockTrustee · since 2023
- Matthew ParkerTrustee · since 2023
- Michael JonesTrustee · since 2024
- Simon Peter WhitehouseTrustee · since 2020
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, Recreation
- Where
- Staffordshire, Stoke-on-trent City
- Website
- www.portvalefoundation.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Port Vale Football Club Foundation
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.5m£1.2m
- 2024£923k£1.0m
- 2023£1.2m£1.1m
Earlier years
- 2022£777k£765k
- 2021£567k£546k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 22%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3. OBJECTSTHE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY, BOTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS, AND MOST ESPECIALLY THE INHABITANTS OF STOKE-ON-TRENT WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS ON THE AREA AROUND BURSLEM AND THE ST6 POSTCODE AREA:3.1 TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING HEALTH (FACILITIES IN THIS ARTICLE 3 MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES);3.2 TO PROVIDE (OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF) FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, 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;3.3 TO PROVIDE (OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF) SPORTING, RECREATIONAL, LEISURE OR EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OR OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY;3.4 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING ACADEMIC AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION) OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS; AND3.5 FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITIES OR FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN EACH CASE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.
Grants received
10 grants · £319,229 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £290,682 (5 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £16,000 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £9,920
- Sport England · £2,627 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Carol Shanahan Chair since 2017
- Andrew Burgess since 2023
- Andrew James Taylor since 2020
- Claire Louise Halket since 2022
- Ikram Hussain since 2024
- Julie Ann Sadler-Wright since 2023
- Keely Dawn Brown since 2020
- Matthew Hancock since 2023
- Matthew Parker since 2023
- Michael Jones since 2024
- Simon Peter Whitehouse since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Carol Shanahan Chair since 2017
- Andrew James Taylor since 2020
- Keely Dawn Brown since 2020
- Simon Peter Whitehouse since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Carol Shanahan Chair since 2017
- Andrew Burgess since 2023
- Andrew James Taylor since 2020
- Claire Louise Halket since 2022
- Ikram Hussain since 2024
- Julie Ann Sadler-Wright since 2023
- Keely Dawn Brown since 2020
- Matthew Hancock since 2023
- Matthew Parker since 2023
- Michael Jones since 2024
- Simon Peter Whitehouse since 2020
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
0.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1161401
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 27 JAN 2015
- Companies House
- Company number 09408894 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01782757066 · foundation.trust@port-vale.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 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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