The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The English Schools' Football Association

Registered charity 1173338 CIO Registered since 2017

Operates: Throughout England

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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

2.8y median 1y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (3)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Amateur Sport 10Education/training 3Disability 1Recreation 1

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

Education 6Arts and leisure 2Professional services 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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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£1.3m 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.

22.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 35.3 in 2021

13 from 16 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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttps://schoolsfootball.org/
Emaildarren.alcock@schoolsfa.com
Phone01785785970
AddressENGLISH SCHOOLS FOOTBALL ASS., 4 PARKER COURT, STAFFORDSHIRE TECHNOLOGY PARK, STAFFORD, ST18 0WP

Finances

£1,307,805 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£850,140£665,954
2022£1,148,267£1,098,181
2023£1,278,479£1,237,820
2024£1,281,753£1,247,534
2025£1,307,805£1,194,231

What it does

What

Amateur Sport

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) THE MENTAL MORAL AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN AND STUDENTS UP TO TWENTY YEARS OF AGE THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF ASSOCIATIONFOOTBALL;(2) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH MAY BE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 08 Jun 2017 as amended on 09 Apr 2026

Trustees (10)

10trustees
48median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The English Schools' Football Association · CE011017 · Active

Charitable Incorporated Organisation · incorporated 08/06/2017

Connected charities (3)

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