Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2025

Grimsby Town Foundation is the official charity of Grimsby Town Football Club, based at Blundell Park in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire. The 2025 Annual Report covers the year ended 31 May 2025, highlighting growth in school delivery, new SEND provision, an expanded BTEC girls' programme, and community recreational sessions, alongside a mental health matchday campaign and the near-completion of a Heritage Fund project.

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📋About

School sports and education delivery including Premier League Primary Stars and Premier League Kicks; BTEC programme with Franklin College including new girls' programme; Sports Coaching Foundation degree with EFLitC and University of South Wales; Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) programme; disability sport via Ability Counts; Saturday morning community sessions; after-school clubs; mental health awareness matchday programme; Heritage Fund project preserving GTFC history Custom geography from upload: Yorkshire & The Humber

📊Key Metrics

Total income £605,497 and total expenditure £711,227 for the year ended 31 May 2025 Key Metric 1
Expanded school delivery into new schools, with a targeted focus on economically deprived areas and SEND schools introduced for the first time Key Metric 2
Deficit reduced to £105,730 (2025) from £125,085 (2024), with reserves of £185,075 held against a policy target of £119,000 Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • New PL Fans Fund mental health programme launched, signposting people to support services via matchday promotion with former player Nathan Arnold
  • BTEC girls' programme launched successfully; SEND school sessions delivered for the first time; Heritage Fund project substantially completed, preserving Grimsby Town FC history for future generations
  • Community recreational sessions expanded with new Saturday morning sessions alongside holiday courses and after-school clubs, with girls-only sessions and enhanced disability provision through Ability Counts

📍Geography

Yorkshire and the Humber

2025 Enhanced

Impact Review 2024/25

£3,112,419 raised to deliver projects in 2024/25; total income £2,920,000 and total expenditure £2,850,000 (year ended 31 August 2024)
Key Metric 1
28,692 people took part in activities; 307,544 visits to sessions; 17,793 sessions delivered
Key Metric 2
More than 16,000 young people engaged across early years and primary programmes; 34 Premier League Primary Stars partner schools; over 7,000 healthy meals provided on HAF camps
Key Metric 3
Blackpool FC Sports College A Team won the CEFA league title 2024/25; BFC School received 'Good' Ofsted rating in November 2024; Norbreck Primary Academy reached EFL Utilita Kids Cup National Final at Wembley, winning Regional Finals unbeaten
2025 Enhanced

Impact Report 2025

Total income £659,217 and total expenditure £674,216 (year ended 30 June 2025, charity no. 1137275); 10,252 individuals engaged across the 2024/25 season, with 9,713 being young people in schools
Key Metric 1
82% of participants reported positive impact on mental wellbeing; 84% on physical wellbeing; 82% on sense of community; 86% made new friends since joining
Key Metric 2
70% agreed they made positive changes to their life as a result of CUF activity; 63% of adult participants felt a strong sense of community/belonging, 2% above the national average; 78% agreed they feel more motivated to be physically active (Forever United older adults programme)
Key Metric 3
56.7% of young people hardly ever or never feel lonely vs national average; 94% of participants feel welcome, safe and included; CUF participants ranked higher than Cambridge and UK averages for happiness, life satisfaction and worthwhile life
2025 Enhanced

Impact Report 2024-25

6,744 participants engaged across education, social inclusion, employability, heritage and health programmes in 2024/25
Key Metric 1
37,357 hours of positive activity delivered; £3.9 million in social value generated
Key Metric 2
4,805 pupils supported across 58 education settings; 300+ young people referred across six Engage hubs in Northampton, Kettering, Corby and Milton Keynes
Key Metric 3
89% of young people attending Engage programme made positive steps; 92% of employability learners moved to positive progression