Newcastle United Foundation

Analysis

Newcastle United Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in July 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06412345). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Newcastle United Foundation reported income of £7.9m and spending of £7.8m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £8.3m to £7.9m (-4.6%), an average of -1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Newcastle United Foundation sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. 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 Young Minds Trust (£7.9m), Muscular Dystrophy Group of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (£7.9m) and Gordon Moody Association (£7.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 74%, donations and legacies 16%, trading 8.8% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 6.0%. Reserves of £10.9m would cover about 17 months of spending at that rate. It employed 152 people.