The Sir Bobby Charlton Foundation

Analysis

The Sir Bobby Charlton Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in March 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07574103). It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Sir Bobby Charlton Foundation reported income of £98k and spending of £280k, spending 287% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £119k to £98k (-18%), an average of -4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 269%. Over the whole period it spent 735% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Sir Bobby Charlton Foundation sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Surtal Arts Ltd (£98k), Central Africa's Rights & AIDS (Cara) Society (£98k) and Leeds Ukrainian Community Association (£98k).

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.