Grimsby Town Foundation

Analysis

Grimsby Town Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cleethorpes. It was registered in April 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06500460). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Grimsby Town Foundation reported income of £605k and spending of £711k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £609k to £605k (-0.6%), an average of -0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Grimsby Town Foundation sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age Exchange (£605k), Look National Federation of Families with Visually Impaired Children (£606k) and M & K Family Charitable Trust (£604k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £12k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 18 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.