THE PREMIER LEAGUE CHARITABLE FUND

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
The Premier League Charitable Fund is commited to providing the best opportunuties for people from all walks of life to develop their full potential, particularly through sport. It does this through a number of programmes that embrace one or more of the following themes: Community cohesion. education, health and sports participation.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 July 2023
Total income:
£39,698,022
Donations and legacies | £39.01m | |
Charitable activities | £0 | |
Other trading activities | £0 | |
Investments | £688.67k | |
Other | £0 |
Total expenditure:
£36,862,383
Raising funds | £0 | |
Charitable activities | £36.86m | |
Other | £0 |
£0 investments gains (losses)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.
Raising funds and other expenditure | £0 | |
Charitable expenditure | £36.86m | |
Retained for future use | £2.84m |
People

19 Employee(s)
7 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
Number of employees | |
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£60k to £70k | 2 |
£70k to £80k | 1 |
£90k to £100k | 2 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- General Charitable Purposes
- Education/training
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Disability
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Amateur Sport
- Economic/community Development/employment
- The General Public/mankind
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Throughout England And Wales
Governance
- 30 July 2010: Standard registration
No other names
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
7 Trustee(s)
Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||
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Timothy John Godwin | Chair | 01 March 2017 |
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Andrew Parrott | Trustee | 11 December 2024 |
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Clare Sumner | Trustee | 10 May 2024 |
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Toni Eleanor Thorne | Trustee | 30 September 2022 |
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Maheta Matteo Molango | Trustee | 21 July 2022 |
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Gail McKay | Trustee | 26 September 2017 |
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Christine Carole Ann Davies | Trustee | 26 September 2017 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 31/07/2019 | 31/07/2020 | 31/07/2021 | 31/07/2022 | 31/07/2023 | ||
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Total gross income | £33.98m | £40.51m | £30.19m | £32.99m | £39.70m | |
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Total expenditure | £34.99m | £34.58m | £33.56m | £34.62m | £36.86m | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £33.82m | £40.36m | £30.18m | £32.92m | £39.01m | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £158.70k | £144.76k | £8.60k | £66.76k | £688.67k | |
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Income - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £34.99m | £34.58m | £33.56m | £34.62m | £36.86m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £10.68k | £10.92k | £14.40k | £19.80k | £20.40k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £30.69m | £31.32m | £30.18m | £31.28m | £32.77m | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
Asset / Liability | 31/07/2019 | 31/07/2020 | 31/07/2021 | 31/07/2022 | 31/07/2023 | ||
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Own use assets | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Long-term investments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Other assets | £19.97m | £21.55m | £18.19m | £16.64m | £21.43m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £4.68m | £335.67k | £347.91k | £429.58k | £2.38m |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 July 2023 | 30 January 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2023 | 30 January 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 July 2022 | 13 April 2023 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2022 | 13 April 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 July 2021 | 11 February 2022 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2021 | 11 February 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 July 2020 | 18 May 2021 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2020 | 18 May 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 July 2019 | 11 February 2020 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 July 2019 | 11 February 2020 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 30 JULY 2010 as amended on 08 Jul 2024 as amended on 25 Sept 2024 as amended on 25 Sept 2024
Charitable objects
(1) TO SUPPORT THE MENTAL, EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, MORAL AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE INHABITANTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION AND IN ORDER THAT THEY CAN DEVELOP THEIR FULL CAPACITIES AS RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS WHILST CONTRIBUTING POSITIVELY TO SOCIETY AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH IMPROVED CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND HEALTH; (2) TO BENEFIT SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES AND PURPOSES AS THE CHARITY MAY DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME, IN PARTICULAR THOSE CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES AND PURPOSES THAT HAVE A CONNECTION WITH THE FOOTBALL CLUBS WHO FROM TIME TO TIME ARE COMPETING IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE, THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE OR THE FOOTBALL CONFERENCE; AND (3) TO SUPPORT REGISTERED CHARITIES IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THEIR CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES, IN PARTICULAR THOSE CHARITIES OR CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES THAT HAVE A CONNECTION WITH THE FOOTBALL CLUBS WHO FROM TIME TO TIME ARE COMPETING IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE, THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE OR THE FOOTBALL CONFERENCE.
Area of benefit
ENGLAND AND WALES
Contact information
- Address:
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The Premier League
57 North Wharf Road
LONDON
W2 1HQ
- Phone:
- 02078649000
- Email:
- mailbox@plcf.co.uk
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