Chelsea FC Foundation

Analysis

Chelsea FC Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2009, 17 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 06858117). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Chelsea FC Foundation reported income of £4.5m and spending of £4.2m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £5.7m to £4.5m (-20%), an average of -5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Chelsea 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 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Royal Society for Blind Children (£4.5m), The Chicken Shed Theatre Trust (£4.5m) and Goodwin Development Trust (£4.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 60%, charitable activities 35% and investments 2.4%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £300k. Reserves of £2.7m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 72 people.