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Sporting 87 Football Club

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1162311Bury St. EdmundsReligion
Income£179k2025-05-31
Spending£173ksame year
Spent / received102%5-year average
Size in its cause77th pctReligion
Registered2015Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Sporting 87 Football Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury St. Edmunds. It was registered in June 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Sporting 87 Football Club reported income of £179k and spending of £173k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £132k to £179k (+35%), an average of +7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2025, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Sporting 87 Football Club sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope Church Huddersfield (£179k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Michael, Breaston (£179k) and Grangetown Baptist Church (£179k).

Income and spending

£0£45k£89k£134k£179k2021 Income: £132,2802021 Spending: £121,65320212022 Income: £143,8102022 Spending: £155,12020222023 Income: £156,2892023 Spending: £169,28420232024 Income: £150,2682024 Spending: £159,95220242025 Income: £178,9102025 Spending: £173,2552025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Community based football club serving Bury St Edmunds and the surrounding area. We provide football games and coaching within our teams for more than 600 children aged between 5 and 18. The club is also involved in the towns schools delivering lessons and after school clubs.

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Hope Church HuddersfieldHuddersfield£179k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Michael, BreastonDerby£179k
Grangetown Baptist ChurchCardiff£179k
Moggerhanger House Preservation TrustBedford£179k