Walsall FC Foundation

Analysis

Walsall FC Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Walsall. It was registered in June 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04077345). It says it provides human resources and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Walsall FC Foundation reported income of £867k and spending of £809k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £519k to £867k (+67%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Walsall FC Foundation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Acorns Early Years Centre (£865k), Caras Community Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers Ltd (£872k) and Winchester City Swimming Club (£864k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 62% and donations and legacies 37%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £569k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 28 people.