Fort Vale Foundation

Analysis

Fort Vale Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Burnley. It was registered in October 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10324140). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Fort Vale Foundation reported income of £80k and spending of £92k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £50k to £80k (+60%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Fort Vale Foundation sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Worksop Harriers & Athletics Club (£80k), Old Sharlston Cricket Club (£80k) and Gilling Castle Golf Club (£80k).

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.