Street Football Wales (SFW)

Analysis

Street Football Wales (SFW) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in July 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Street Football Wales (SFW) reported income of £72k and spending of £142k, spending 198% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £116k to £72k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Street Football Wales (SFW) sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Betty Shelvey Trust (£72k), Afemai Children's Trust (£72k) and New Life Church Bedfordshire Trust (£72k).

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.