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Lutterworth Athletic Football Club

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1175765LeicestershireAmateur sport and recreation
Income£1.3m2023-07-31
Spending£1.4msame year
Spent / received102%3-year average
Size in its cause99th pctAmateur sport and recreation
Registered2017CIO
Employees4latest return

Analysis

Lutterworth Athletic Football Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicestershire. It was registered in November 2017, 9 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.

In the financial year ending July 2023, Lutterworth Athletic Football Club reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.4m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2023, income grew from £96k to £1.3m (+1254%), an average of +268% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 763%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Lutterworth Athletic Football Club sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 98% 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 Whitlingham Charitable Trust (£1.3m), The English Schools' Football Association (£1.3m) and Richmond Gymnastics Association (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 25% and trading 12%. Charitable activities took 1.6% of spending and raising funds 98%. Reserves of £7,529 would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.

Income and spending

£0£350k£700k£1.0m£1.4m2021 Income: £96,4972021 Spending: £46,72520212022 Income: £151,3112022 Spending: £134,71920222023 Income: £1,306,3392023 Spending: £1,399,9652023
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 25%
  • Trading 12%
  • Other 63%

In the charity's own words

The Promotion of community participation in healthy recreation for the inhabitants of Lutterworth, to promote both mental and physical well being by the provision of facilities for playing football.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Whitlingham Charitable TrustNorfolk£1.3m
The English Schools' Football AssociationStafford£1.3m
Richmond Gymnastics AssociationRichmond£1.3m
The Town Moor CharityNewcastle upon Tyne£1.3m