Liverpool FC Foundation

Analysis

Liverpool FC Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in March 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04587220). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Liverpool FC Foundation reported income of £10.1m and spending of £7.8m, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £3.7m to £10.1m (+172%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Liverpool FC Foundation sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The British Paralympic Association (£9.4m), The University of Nottingham Students' Union (£11.1m) and Warwick Students' Union (£9.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 36%, charitable activities 33%, donations and legacies 29% and investments 1.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.1m. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 20%. Grants to other organisations totalled £352k. Reserves of £250k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 95 people.