Shrewsbury Town Football Club Foundation

Analysis

Shrewsbury Town Football Club Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in July 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 06614473). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Shrewsbury Town Football Club Foundation reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.6m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £1.9m to £1.6m (-16%), an average of -4.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Shrewsbury Town Football Club Foundation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Step by Step London (£1.6m), Mid Warwickshire Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults (£1.6m) and Belz Cheider (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 50%, donations and legacies 48% and trading 2.0%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £177k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 49 people.