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Premier League Charitable Fund
Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 July 2021
Company Registration No. 07331384
Registered Charity No. 1137208

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Report and financial statements 2021
Contents
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Off icers and professional advisers
Strategic report
Report of the Trustees
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Trustees. responsibilities statement
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Independent auditor's report
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Statement of financial activities, incorporating an income and expenditure
account
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Balance sheet
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Cash flow statement
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Notes to the financial statements
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The Premier League Charitable Fund
Company Re9iStration No.07331384
Off icers and professional advisers
Board of Trvstees
Tim Godwin, OBE QPM (Chair)
Bill Bush (Premier League)
8obby Barnes (Professional Footballers, Association)
Christine Davies, CBE
Gail Scott-spicer (McKay)
Tom Finn
General Manager
Ruth Shaw
Audit and Risk Committee
Tom Finn (Chair)
Christine Davies, CBE
Legal status
The Premier League Charitable Fund I"PLCF") is a company limited by guarantee (Company
number07331384) incorporated in the United Kingdom and registered in England and Wales. It
is registered with the Charity Commission under registration number 1137208.
Registered Office
8runel Building
57 North Wharf Road
London
W2 IHQ
Bankers
8arclays Bank PLC
I Churchill Place
London
E145HP
Solicitors
Mccormick's Solicitors
Wharfedale House
37 East Parade
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HGI 5LQ
Auditor
Deloitte LLP
Statutory auditor
Hill House
l Little New Street
London
EC4A 3TR

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Strategic report
A message from the Chair:
This year has not been without its challenges,. the
implications of the Covid-19 pandemic continue to
impact individuals, families and communities across the
nation. The support of the charitable sector has never
been more important and I'm proud ofthe support that
the PLCF, through the organisations it funds, has
offered to those that needed it most in this difficult year.
The Premier League Charitoble Fund Board took a
decision early on that PLCF would once again maintain
existing grant payments to Club Community
Organisations (CCOs} at originally agreed levels for the
2020-21 delivery year, to ensure CCOS across the
Premier League, EFL and National League, could
continue to support their workforce and communities. It
is a testament to the drive, determinotion and agility of the Clubs and CCOS that even in these
exceptional circumstances they were able to provide much needed support to their communities by
adapting delivery to meet local need. An example of this was the Premier League Kicks Holiday
Activity initiative. In partnership with Barclays, the initiative saw over 3,000 young people offered
three-days of Premier League Kicks multi-sports, workshops and nutritional meals in December 2020.
73 CCOS delivered the initiative and it also included the launch of the #WeAreOneTeam sociol action
project supported by England and Manchester United ployer, Marcus Rashford. An outstanding
example of the power of football to deliver change for good and one that l am proud the charity
could be a part of.
Collaboration and partnership continue to be key elements of ensuring we can continue to positively
impact and change lives. Over the year relationships have strengthened with colleagues and
partners such as the Premier League, National Football League, Professional Footballers,
Association, Sport England, Barclays, the Football Association (FA), BBC Children in Need and the
#iwill Fund, through a common purpose and real need.
This year has also been one of self-reflection for the charity and its Board, with a focus on its long-
term goals and objectives. These reflections saw the launch of a new five-year strategy as well as
strategies for two extremely important areas, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Mental Health
and Wellbeing ensuring both are embedded at the heart of everything we do from Board level to
on the ground delivery of programmes. We have taken strides to ensure our organisation, the
organisations we fund, and our programmes, are inclusive and prioritise positive mental wellbeing,
with a wealth of training opportunities and resources provided to both the CCOS and PLCF staff. We
understand that there is still more to be done and action plans and Committees have been created
to ensure this work continues to be driven forward.
Looking ahead to the 2021/22 season we want to continue to see young people in their communities
supported and given the opportunities they need to achieve their full potential. We will also mark
the 15-year anniversary of the Premier League Kicks programme and the five-year anniversary of
the Premier League Primary Stars Programme. We will take the opportunity to look back on the
positive impact the power of football has already had on so many lives and celebrate the individuals
and organisations that were instrumental in delivering this positive change. It will also be a chance
to reflect on those successes and take steps to ensure we continue to remain agile in a constantly
changing world to offer the best service possible to the beneficiaries we serve now, but also in the
future. It is my continued pleasure and privilege to lead the organisation as we celebrate these two
milestones, and I look forward to the ways in which the PLCF will continue to serve the needs of
children and young people and build stronger, safer and more inclusive communities for generations
to come.
Tim Godwin 08E QPM
PLCF Chair of Trustees

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The Premier Leagve Charitable Fund
Company Registration No. 07331384
Statement of financial activities (incorporating an income and expenditure account)
For the year ended 31 July 2021
Restricted
Funds
2021
Restricted
Funds
2020
Notes
Income from,.
,Donations
linvestments
30,182,761 40,361,322
8,603
144,756
Total income
30,191,364 40,506,078
Expenditure on;
Charitable activities,.
Community Cohesion
IEducation
22,964,469 23,200,470
10,595,822 11,380,569
Total expenditure
33,560,291 34,581,039
Net (expenditure)/income for the year before
and after tax
13,368,927) 5,925,039
Funds brought forward
21,209,754 15,284,715
Funds carried forward
17,840,827 21,209,754
There were no other recognised gains or losses other than those listed above and the net
income for the year. All income and expenditure derives f rom continuing activities.
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The Premier Leagve Charitable Fund
Company Registration No. 07331384
Balance sheet
As at 31 July 2021
2021
2020
Notes
Current assets
Debtors
8,478
Cash and cash equivalents
Short term deposits
|Cash at bank and in hand
14
21,500,000
36,942
18,188,739
18,188,739 21,545,420
'Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
1347,912) 1335,666)
Total assets less current liabilities being net
current assets
17,840,827 21,209,754
Restricted funds
17,840,827 21,209,754
Total fvnds
17,840,827 21,209,754
These f inancial statements of the charity Premier League Charitable Fund registered charity
number 1137208 were approved by the Trustees and authorised for issue on 15 December 2Qkkl
signed on their behalf by..
T Godwin
Chairman, PLCF
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The Premier Leagve Charitable Fund
Company Registration No. 07331384
Cash flow statement
For the year ended 31 July 2021
2021
2020
Notes
Net cash inflow from operating activities
13
13,356,806) 1,556,787
Cash flows from investing activities:
,Changes to short term deposits over 3 months
linterest received
21,500,000 {2,500,0001
8,603
144,756
Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash
equivalents in the year
18,151,797 (798,4571
Cash and equivalents brought forward
14
36,942
835,399
Cash and equivalents carried forward
14
18,188,739
36,942
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The Premier Leagve Charitable Fund
Company Registration No. 07331384
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 July 2021
Accounting policies
The Premier League Charitable Fund, a public benefit entity, is incorporated in England and
Wales as a company limited by guarantee not having a share capital.
The Trustees comply with the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice ISORP
20191 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities ISORP 20191, applicable to charity preparing their
accounts in accordance with financial reporting standard applicable in UK and Republic of
Ireland IFRS 102), effective l January 2019, and Companies Act 2006.
The principal accounting policies adopted, which have been applied consistently in the current
year, are described below. These financial statements have been prepared on a going concern
basis as the Trustees are satisf led that the Charity has sufficient financial resources for at least
12 months from the date these accounts were signed. This assessment has been made taking
regard of the current levels of cash, the known incomefor the next 12 months and assessing the
likely level of charitable expenditure over the same time period within each restricted fund,.
please refer to the 'Reserves" and "Going concern" sections of the report of the trustees on
pages 26-27 for additional informatiorL
The functional currency of the charity is sterling, being the currency of the country in which it
operates.
Accounting convention
These accounts are prepared under the historical cost convention.
Fund accounting
Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed
by the donor.
Further details of each fund are disclosed in note 9.
Income
All income is included in the Statement of Financial Activities I'SOFA,) when the charitable
company is legally entitled to the income and the amount con be quantified with reasonable
accuracy. The following specific policies apply to categories of income:
Donations are recognised in the SOFA when receivable unless the donor specifies that the
grant or donation must only be used in particular financial accounting years or the donor has
imposed conditions which must met before the charity has unconditional entitlement, in
which case the income is deferred,.
Where income is received in advance of its recognition, it is deferred and included in creditors,.
Where entitlement occurs before income is received, the income is accrued,. and
Investment income is recognised on a receivable basis.
Donated staff time received from the Premier League has not been recognised in the financial
statements as it is not practicable to quantify the cost.
Cost of charitable activities
This includes all expenditure directly related to the objects of the Charity. This consists mainly
of assessing grant applications and making and monitoring grants. It also includes support
costs representing staff ing and associated costs.
All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings
that aggregate all costs related to that category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to
particular headings, they have been recognised as support costs and allocated to activities on
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Docusign En¥ÈlopÈ ID." 1EA02A6&853W49D&AE2D-D4D1650BFB69
The Premier Leagve Charitable Fund
Company Registration No. 07331384
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 July 2021
a basis consistent with use of resources. The allocation of support cost is agreed on an annual
basis by the Trustees, as part of the budget process. No support costs have been applied to
Other programmes as minimum grant making activity and stafF time has been spent on these
activities.
Grants are charged to the SOFA when a constructive obligation exists. Where grants are
awarded over a number of years, future instalments of the grants are dependent upon the
satisfactory fulfilment of the PLCF'S monitoring and quality assurance requirements. PLCF
reviews projects at least annually to approve future instolments of the gronts.
Governance costs
Governance costs are the costs associated with the governance arrangements of the Charity.
Included within this category are costs associated with the strategic as opposed to day to day
management of the Charity's activities. These costs are shown in note 5.
Pension costs
For defined contribution pensions the amount charged to the prof it and loss account in respect
of pension costs and other post-retirement benefits is the contributions payable in the year.
Differences between contributions payable in the year and contributions actually paid are
shown as either accruals or prepayments in the balance sheet.
Irrecoverable VAT
Irrecoverable VAT is charged as an expense in the SOFA and ollocated tothe same category as
the associated expense.
Financial assets and liabilities
Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when the Charity becomes a party to
the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets are derecognised when and only when la) the contractual right to the cash
flows from the financial asset expires or is settled, (b) the Charity transfers to another party
substantially all of the risks and rewards of ownership of the financial asset, or Ic) the Charity,
despite having retained some, but not all, significant risks and rewards of ownership, has
transferred control of the asset to another party.
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the
contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a
residual interest in the assets of the Charity after deducting all its liabilities. All financial assets
and liabilities are initially measured at transaction price (including transaction costs) unless the
arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, when the financial asset or financial liability
is measured at the presentvalue ofthe future payments discounted at a market rate of interest
for a similar debt instrument.
Financial liabilities are derecognised only when the obligation specified in the contract is
discharged, cancelled or expires.
Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due. Cash at bank
and cash in hand includes cash highly liquid investments. Creditors and provisions ore
recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will
probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the
obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally
recognised ot their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.
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The Premier Leagve Charitable Fund
Company Registration No. 07331384
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 July 2021
Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the Charity's accounting policies, which are described in this note, the
trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying
amounts of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The
estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors
that are considered to be relevant. Artual results may differ from these estimates. The
estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to
accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision
affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects
both current and future periods. There are no critical accounting judgments or key sources of
estimation uncertainty at the reporting date.
Donations
Income from donations comprises:
2021
2020
|Grant income- FA Premier League
|Grant income- PFA
|Grant income- Sport England
|Grant income- #iwill Fund '
|Grant income- Barclays PLC
|Grant income- Comic Relief,"
Grant income- South Yorkshire Police
Grant income- Children In Need
|Grant income- MOPAC
|Other donations
Total
20,192,500
8,400,000
30,430,000
8,400,000
107,733
500,000
500,000
125,000
125,000
108,300
135,000
666,667
666,667
150,000
23,594
13,622
30,182,761
40,361,322
'The #iwill Fund is an England wide joint investment that brings together funding from the
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and The National Lottery Community Fund,
creating a central investment pot.
'£125k IFY20.' £75k) of funding from this funder is the result of a tripartite agreement with BT
Group.
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The Premier Leagve Charitable Fund
Company Registration No. 07331384
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 July 2021
Analysis of expenditure
Year ended 31 July 2021
Grants to
Direct Support
institutions
costs
costs
Total
2021
Community Cohesion.,
PL Kicks
PLPFA Community
Other
10,482,184
11,137,924
151,806
443,439
92,744
358,021 10,992,011
298,351 11,879,714
92,744
21,620,108
687,989
656,372 22,964,469
Education;
PL Inspires
PL Primary Stars
2,029,082
7,077,326
55,182
897,200
179,011 2,263,275
358,021 8,332,547
9,106,408
952,382
537,032 10,595,822
30,726,516 1,640,371 1,193,404 33,560,291
Support costs have been allocated on a basis consistent with use of resources,. no support costs
hove been allocated to Other as no direct activities were completed by PLCF staff on these
projects in the current year or prior year.
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The Premier Leagve Charitable Fund
Company Registration No. 07331384
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 July 2021
Analysis of expenditure (continued)
Analysis of expenditure
Year ended 31 July 2020
Grants to
Direct Support
institutions
costs
costs
Total
2020
Community Cohesion.,
PL Kicks
PLPFA Community
Other activities
10,770,500
11,120,815
233,550
410,023
92,869
312,389 11,316,439
260,324 11,791,162
92,869
21,891,315
736,442
572,713 23,200,470
Education;
PL Inspires
PL Primarystars
2,129,500
7,295,000
37,046
1,450,439
156,195 2,322,741
312,389 9,057,828
9,424,500
1,487,485
468,584 11,380,569
31,315,815
2,223,927 1,041,297 34,581,039
CCO Grant payment analysis
Number Number
of Non
of Non
cco
cco
2021
2020
Number Number
of CCO
of CCO
2021
2020
£0 to £500k
£501k to £lm
£lm+
67
26
29
Total
93
94
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The Premier Leagve Charitable Fund
Company Registration No. 07331384
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 July 2021
Analysis of expenditure (continued)
The above grants are paid to a number of organisations to carry out the approved projects.
CCOS and other orgonisations can apply for grants under a number of different programmes.
As described in the Trustees, report, PLCF invited applications from CCOS from the Premier
League, English Football League and Nationol League. The largest single programme grant
given in the year was £250k (2020: £250k) and the largest total grant given to a single CCO was
£961k (2020.. £1.12m).
Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging:
2021
2020
Fees payable to the company's auditor for the audit of the companls
annual accounts
14,400
10,920
Direct and support costs
Direct Support
costs
costs
2021
2021
Direct Svpport
costs
costs
2020
2020
Total
2021
Total
2020
Staff costs
External project support
other expenses
Office overheads
Governance Costs
885,433
885,433
1,640,371 2,223,927
200,871
92,700
14,400
661,735
661,735
2,223,927
275,942
92,700
10,920
1,¢540,371
200,871
92,700
14,400
275,942
92,700
10,920
1,6L10,371 1,193,404 2,833,775 2,223,927 1,041,297 3,265,224
staff costs and numbers
2021
2020
Employee costs during the year amounted to:
Wages and salaries
Social security
Pension
Other employee benefits
712,305
81,131
80,970
11,027
535,906 |
61,481 |
56,994 |
7,354 |
885,433
661,735
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The Premier Leagve Charitable Fund
Company Registration No. 07331384
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 July 2021
staff costs and numbers (continued)
The average headcount analysed by function was..
2021
No.
2020
No.
Administration and management
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During the current year, the following employees, emoluments {excluding employer pension
costs) exceeded £60,000:
Employees Employees
2021
2020
No.
No.
Band:
|£60,000 to £70,000
|£70,000 to £80,000
£ioo,000 to £llO,000
During the year, pension contributions on behalf of these staff amounted to£17,76812020:
£13,229)
Key management personnel are represented by one individual, being the General Manager of
the PLCF. The total remuneration {including Employers, Nl and pension costs) for key
management personnel in the period totalled £122,10012020: £122,633).
The pension liability outstanding at year-end was nil12020: Nil).
Debtors: amounts falling due within one year
2021
2020
Prepayments and accrued income
8,478 |
8,478 |
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Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 July 2021
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2021
2020
Accruals
347,912
335,666 |
347,912
335,666 |
Restricted funds
Balance
BIF from Donation Investmen
2020
Income
t Income
Direct and
support
costs
Total
C/F
2021
Grants
paid
PL Kicks
7,867,088
9,684,167
PL PFA Community 6,959,430 11,824,258
PL Inspires
2,252,474
2,185,742
PL Primary Stars
3,366,267
6,115,000
'other' Restricted
funds
764,495
373,594
2,581 110,482,184) 1509,828) 6,561,824
2,151 111,137,924) 1741.7901 6,906,125
1,290 12,029,082) 1234,1931 2,176,231
2,581 {7,077,3261 {1,255,2211 1,151,301
{92,7431 1,045,346
Total restricted
funds
21,209,754 30,182,761
8,603 130,726,516) 12,833,775) 17,840,827
Restricted funds (2020)
Direct
and
support
cost5
Balance
8/F from Donation
2019
Income
Total
C/F
2020
Investment
Income
Grants
paid
PL Kicks
4,805,407 14,334,693
PLPFA Community 6,246,820 12,246,991
PL Inspires
1,152,486 3,401,016
PL Primary Stars
2,165,668 10,215,000
Players, Kits
Scheme,
'other' Restricted
funds
43,427
36,189
21,713
43,427
110,770,500) 1545,9391 7,867,088
111,120,815) 1670,3471 6,738,838
{2,129,5001 1193,2411 2,252,474
{7,295,0001 11,762,828) 3,366,267
220,592
693,742
220,592
{92,869) 764,495
163,622
Total restricted
funds
15,284,715 40,361,322
144,756
{31,315,815113,265,224121,209,754
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Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 July 2021
Restricted funds (continued)
'As at the start of the Yinancial Year 202L these programmesweremerged/transferred as
per following.
Total
C/F
2020
Merge
with
Transfer
amount
Surplvs
PL Kicks
PL PFA Community
PL Inspires
PL Primary Stars
7,867,088
6,738,838
2,252,474
3,366,267
7,867,088
6,959,430
2,252,474
3,366,267
220,592
PLPFA
Community
Players, Kits Scheme
'other' Restricted funds
220,592 {220,592)
764,495
764,495
Total restricted f unds
21,209,754
21,209,754
Note- Internal transfers are approved by the PLCF Board and any funding partners of those
progrommes.
Funds received f rom principal donors are for specific projects including external project support
and general administration costs. The internal transfer represents the agreed reallocation of
the fund to its related programme.
The main projects represent:
PL Kicks
PL Kicks derived from the originol 'Kicks' programme which began in 2006.
PL Kicks looksto engage 8t0 19 years oldsfrom high need areas in football and other sports.
Sport acts as the engagement tool allowing the positive CCO role models to provide
guidance and opportunities such as volunteering and qualifications to enable young people
on the programme to move into positive pathways, be it in sport or education/employment.
Delivered by 91 clubs, PL Kicks combines sports participation to promote a sporting habit for life
with positive social outcomes, such as contributing towards a reduction in crime and anti-social
behaviour.
PLPFA Community
The Premier League Professional Footballers, Association Community Fund empowers
individual professional football clubs to work in collaboration with local strategic partners
to meet the needs of their local communities in key areas such as education, community
cohesion and sports participation.
PL Inspires
PL Inspires is an education programme for 11 to 18 years olds that uses the workings of a
football club and its brand to introduce young people to the basic principles of business and
enterprise.
The programme has been running for over eight years.
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Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 July 2021
The PL currently partners with Sport Reliefto deliver the programme.
The partnership includes the Premier League and Sport Relief Enterprise Challenge, an annual
event where teams of young people work with clubs to develop solutions to a real football
business task.
Premier League Primary Stars (PLPS)
Premier League Primary Stars focusses on providing children and young people with a
holistic whole person offer. It incorporates access to high quality coaching opportunities in
football and multi-sport delivered by clubs, leading to enhanced physical literacy and
fundamental movement skills. In addition, it also involves the delivery of Personal, Social,
Health and Economic {PSH E) education, literacy and numeracy, all using the unique assets
of Clubs to engage young people.
Funding is used to deliver in-school activity and is utilised f lexibly at a local level to ensure
that CCOS can provide an offer that meets the needs of partner schools.
The PLPS offer includes highly developed Premier League digital resources which can be
used by teachers in areas that are geographically remote from clubs, as well as adding
value to club delivery. The website includes resources covering English, maths, PE and PSHE.
The resources also connect learning to the real world of sport, helping teachers to enthuse
pupils when tackling challenging topics such as resilience, diversity, self-esteem and fair
play.
The final element of delivery is built around competitions, events and incentives. These
range from national football tournaments to creative writing competitions, whilst
registered schools have been able to apply for free sports kit and equipment, book boxes
and PL values packs.
10. Future project funding
Following the three year agreement with the Premier League, which was signed in October
2019, PLCF intends to continue its programme of project funding over the next ￿e1ve months.
This is expected to total £96.Im over three years of which c£65m has been paid out as grants.
The remaining amount of £31.Im is to be paid out in season 2021/22. However, future
instalments of the grants are dependent upon the satisfactory fulfilment of the PLCF'S
monitoring and quality assurance requirements for the duration of the grant agreement and
funding being received from funding partners to enable the PLCF to provide the grants. Due to
the continued negative impact of COVID-19, there has been a c.£240k underspend from the
grants provided in season 2020/21 which will be off-set against grant payment in season
2021/22.
11. Taxation
PLCF is a registered charity, No. 1137208, which benefits from corporation tox exemptions
available to charitable bodies. On the basis that its activities fall within its charitable purposes
and its funds are applied only for these purposes, no provision for corporation tax or deferred
tax is made.
12. Related party transactions and Trustees. remuneration
All Trustees give of their time f reely and no Trustee remuneration was paid in the year. One
Trustee is a paid Director of Premier League,. he is not remunerated for his role as a Trustee.
Trustee expenses are reimbursed strictly on the basis of expenses incurred necessarily and
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The Premier Leagve Charitable Fund
Company Registration No. 07331384
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 July 2021
wholly for the purposes of the Charity's expenses, being principallytravel and accommodation
expenses. Due to COVID-19,there were no trustee expensesduring this financial year12020.' two
trustees, £1,762). There are no other related party transactions. Two members of the board of
trustees are also a member of the PLCF'S key funding partners. We are satisfied that conflicts
are managed in a satisfactory manner.
13. Reconciliation of net income/(deficit) to net cash inflowfrom operating activities
2021
2020
Net (deficit)/income for the year
Interest received
Decrease/(increase) in creditors
Decrease in debtors
(3,368,927) 5,925,039 |
18,6031 1144,756)1
12,246 14,348,51811
8,478
125,022
Net cash {outflow)/inflow from operating
activities
{3,356,8061 1,556,787
14. Analysis of cash and cash equivalents
Short-
term
deposits
over
Total 3 months
2021
2020
Short-term
deposits
over
3 months
2021
Cash
2021
Cash
2020
Total
2020
Short-term
deposits over
3 months
21,500,000
21,500,000
Total Short-
term deposits
21,500,000
21,500,000
Cash at bank
and in hand
18,188,739 18,188,739
36,942
36,942
Total
18,188,739 18,188,739 21,500,000
36,942 21,536,942
15. Post Balance Sheet Events
Due to the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been notified that in the
season 2021/21 the funding from PL will be reduced by £2m. Whilst conditions continue to be
challenging, the Premier League hos received Government supportforan Exclusion Orderwhich
will enable their current domestic broadcast agreementsto be extended foranother three year
period from the season 2022/23. Subject to further discussions, agreements and unforeseen
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The Premier Leagve Charitable Fund
Company Registration No. 07331384
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 July 2021
circumstances, the Premier League have stated the intention to return donations to the PLCF
to pre-pandemic levels in the 2022-25 funding-cycle.
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