Goals Beyond Grass

Analysis

Goals Beyond Grass is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucester. It was registered in June 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Goals Beyond Grass reported income of £152k and spending of £225k, spending 148% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £151k to £152k (+0.7%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Goals Beyond Grass sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Polegate Community Association (£152k), Gorefield Playing Field Association (£152k) and The Core (£152k).