AFC Fylde Community Foundation

Analysis

AFC Fylde Community Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in October 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09411676). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending May 2025, AFC Fylde Community Foundation reported income of £628k and spending of £620k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £360k to £628k (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, AFC Fylde Community Foundation sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alty FC Foundation Limited (£625k), South Dorset Community Sports Trust Limited (£633k) and Don Catchment Rivers Trust (£623k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £219k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.