# THE SIR STANLEY MATTHEWS FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1092803
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** July 5, 2002
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1092803


## Contact

- **Address:** TINSDILLS SOLICITORS, HAYS HOUSE, 25 ALBION STREET, STOKE-ON-TRENT
- **Postcode:** ST1 1QF
- **Phone:** 01782652320
- **Website:** www.sirstanleymatthews.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO EDUCATE AND ASSIST YOUNG PERSONS IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF STOKE-ON-TRENT AND ELSEWHERE AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES (AND, IN PARTICULAR, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING THE GAME OF FOOTBALL) SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED USING IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF THE INSPIRATION AND EXAMPLE OF SIR STANLEY MATTHEWS (AND IN MEMORIAM OF HIM) TOGETHER WITH THE PRIDE OF THE CITY OF STOKE-ON-TRENT IN ITS ASSOCIATION WITH HIM AS INTER ALIA HIS BIRTHPLACE AND HOME OF STOKE CITY FOOTBALL CLUB IN ITS ASSOCIATION WITH HIM AS INTER ALIA ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL FOOTBALL CLUBS FOR WHICH HE PLAYED

**Activities:** The Sir Stanley Matthews Foundation provides young people with the opportunity to achieve through sport by providing financial aid or assistance.

**Area of benefit:** IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF STOKE-ON-TRENT AND ELSEWHERE AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources
- **What:** Amateur Sport
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Ghana
- India
- Northern Ireland
- Uganda
- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2025 | £35345 | £39492 | — | — |
| May 31, 2024 | £29842 | £40908 | — | — |
| May 31, 2023 | £40275 | £39998 | — | — |
| May 31, 2022 | £29667 | £41968 | — | — |
| May 31, 2021 | £59590 | £63465 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Alan David Baxter — appointed Dec. 11, 2018
- Amanda Hilton Bray — appointed Dec. 5, 2017
- Jean Frances Gough — appointed Aug. 5, 2015
- Matthew Robert GOUGH — appointed Sept. 11, 2014
- Paul Harbinson — appointed Aug. 10, 2023
- ROBERT WILLIAM GOUGH
- Samantha Jean Davis — appointed Dec. 5, 2017
- Stanley John Matthews — appointed Jan. 21, 2019