Port Vale Football Club Foundation

Analysis

Port Vale Football Club Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stoke-on-Trent. It was registered in April 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09408894). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Port Vale Football Club Foundation reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.2m, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £567k to £1.5m (+157%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Port Vale Football Club Foundation sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% 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 The Sports Trust (£1.4m), Faversham Swimming Pools Management Committee Ltd (£1.5m) and Mangotsfield and Blackhorse Sports & Community Association (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 27% and donations and legacies 26%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £28k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 43 people.