# WREXHAM AFC FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1130924
- **Other names:** CELTIC CRUSADERS FOUNDATION, THE RACECOURSE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, Wrexham AFC Community Trust
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Aug. 3, 2009
- **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=1130924


## Contact

- **Address:** THE RACECOURSE GROUND, MOLD ROAD, WREXHAM
- **Postcode:** LL112AH
- **Phone:** 01978294414
- **Email:** headofcommunity@wrexhamafc.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 3.1 TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIESFOR THE PLAYING OF RUGBY LEAGUE, ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING HEALTH ("FACILITIES" IN THIS CLAUSE 3 MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISINGSPORTING ACTIVITIES);3.2 TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASONOF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;3.3 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS THROUGH SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF CHARITY; AND3.4 FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHEREXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN EACH CASE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE".

**Activities:** OUR CHARITY PROMOTES WREXHAM FC ACROSS NORTH WALES AND PROVIDES CORE PROGRAMMES IN SCHOOLS AND TO LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS, IT HAS WORKED WITH SHOW RACISM THE RED CARD AND THE PRINCES TRUST OVER THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS AND THE OVERALL AIM FOR THE FOUNDATION IS TO PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITIES OF NORTH WALES TO ENGAGE WITH WREXHAM FOOTBALL CLUB.

**Area of benefit:** WALES




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Amateur Sport
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Areas of operation

- Cheshire West & Chester
- Conwy
- Denbighshire
- Flintshire
- Gwynedd
- Shropshire
- Wrexham



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £209396 | £129605 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £145623 | £131652 | — | — |
| June 30, 2022 | £102552 | £118934 | — | — |
| June 30, 2021 | £91776 | £104051 | — | — |
| June 30, 2020 | £127920 | £109267 | — | — |



## Trustees

- David Charles Toner — appointed Aug. 9, 2024
- David Humphrey Rivers Ker — appointed Nov. 1, 2021
- EVAN GEORGE POWELL — appointed Feb. 2, 2012
- Hilary Woodward — appointed July 1, 2024
- JONATHAN ROBERT MILLER — appointed Sept. 28, 2011
- John Andrew Harris — appointed May 8, 2019
- Mark Gannon — appointed July 1, 2024