Company Registration No. 07331384
Registered Charity No. 1137208
The Premier League Charitable Fund
Report and Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 July 2024

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Contents
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Off icers and professional advisers
Report of the Trustees (including the Strategic Report)
Trustees, responsibilities statement
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Independent auditor's report
19
Statement of financial activities
23
Balance sheet
24
Cashflow statement
25
Notes to the Financial Statements
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Officers and Professional Advisers
Board of Trustees
Tim Godwin OBE QPM
William Bush (Premier League- resigned-15 July2024)
Christine Davies CBE
Gail Scott-spicer
Maheta Molango (Professional Footballers, Association)
Rupen Shah (resigned-27 June 2024)
Toni Thorne
Clare Sumner (Premier League- appointed- 10 May 2024)
Chief Executive
Ruth Shaw (career break between l June 2023- 31 October 2023)
Acting Chief Executive
Alex White (l June 2023- 31 October 2023)
Legal status
The Premier League Charitable Fund ("PLCF") is a company limited by guarantee (Company
number 07331384) incorporated in the United Kingdom and registered in England and Wales. It
is registered with the Charity Commission under registration number 113720&
Registered Office
Brunel Building
57 North Wharf Road
London
W2 IHQ
Bankers
Barclays Bonk PLC
I Churchill Place
London
E14 5HP
Solicitors
Mccormick's Solicitors
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
Auditor
Deloitte LLP
London
UK

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Report of the Trustees (including the Strategic Report)
The trustees, who are also directors of the company, present their report (including the
Strategic Report) and financial statements of The Premier League Charitable Fund (PLCF) for
the year ended 31 July 2024.
The trustees have complied with the provisions of the statement of Recommended Practice
(SORP) (FR5102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities, issued in 2019, the Charities Act 2011
and the Companies Act 2006, in preparing the financial statements of this Charity. The Charity
is a public benefit entity.
Structure, governance and management
The Premier League Charitable Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales (No.
1137208) and was incorporated (Company No. 07331384) on 30July2010 bya Memorandum
and Articles of Association. It is a company limited by guarantee. The registered off ice of
the Premier League Charitable Fund is 57 North Wharf Road, London W2 IHQ.
Thetrusteesduring theyear under reviewand upto the dateof this reportwere:
Tim Godwin OBE QPM
William Bush (Premier League- resigned- 15 July 2024)
Christine Davies CBE
Gail Scott-spicer
Maheta Molango (Professional Footballers. Association)
Rupen Shah (resigned 27 June 2024)
Toni Thorne
Clare Sumner (Premier League - oppointed - 10 May 2024)
The Chief Executive Off icer is Ruth Shaw who was on a career break between l June - 31
October 2023. The Interim Chief Executive for the period l June 31 October 2023 was Alex
White.
The Chief Executive is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Charity's affairs,
implementing policies agreed by the trustees and ensuring that the organisation is meeting its
aims and needs. The Chief Executive is also responsible for ensuring that the Charity remains
financiallyviable and that all funds are:
used and allocated wisely;
used only to further Premier League Charitable Fund objettives;
used in accordance with the law and accounting requirements," and
audited annually in line with current legislation.
The appointment and re-election of trustees to the Board is made by agreement from a simple
majority of the Premier League Charitable Fund's Members in a general meeting. Mr R Masters,
Premier League Chief Executive, is identified as a person with significant control with the right
to appoint and remove trustees. Prior to his resignation, Mr W Bush was identified as a person
with significant control with ownership of no more than 25 /0 (but not more than 50 % ) of the
voting rights. Following her appointmenttothe Board, Ms Clare Sumner is identified as a person
with significant control with ownership of more than 25°A (but not more than 50 /0) of the voting
rights.
On appointment, new trustees receive a formal induction overseen by the Head of
Governance and Operations which includes a meeting with the Chair and Chief

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Executive and distribution of key information to support trustees to fulfil their duties.
Ongoingtrainingandsupportisprovidedtoensurethe Premier League Charitable Fund
continuesto be governed effectively.
Trustees are reimbursed for ony expenses properly incurred in the performance of their
duties. The trustees did not receive any remuneration for their services to the Charity
during theyear (2023: nil).
Remuneration of key management personnel is set by the trustees. Key management
personnel is defined as onlythe trustees and the Chief Executive as disclosed on note 6.
Information ontrustee remuneration is included in note 11.The Premier League Charitable
Fund believes in rewarding staff fairly for the jobs they do and fostering a positive working
environment. The Charity has set salaries and employee terms and conditions to reflect this.
Staff are employed on the basis of specific skills that they bring to their particular role and pay
is set in accordance with benchmarked roles in relevant sectors.
The principal stakeholders of the Premier League Charitable Fund are its grant recipients and
beneficiaries, its funding partners and staff, all of whom are fundamental to the success of the
charity. Stakeholder interests are considered in all decisions taken by the Board. Grantees are
regularly consulted through network meetings and forums and participant voice is embedded
in all grant-moking processes and monitoring and evaluation activities. The Premier League
and Professional Footballers, Association (PFA) are represented on the Board and six-monthly
funder meetings are held to report on the impact and value of their investments and to gather
feedback on interests and priorities. staff engagement and wellbeing systems and processes
are in place to ensure that all voices can be heard and that staff feel valued and supported, and
have the resources required to discharge their duties.
Audit and Risk Committee
The Audit and Risk Committee (ARC) was established in 2018 to support the Board and the
Chief Executive in ensuring the adequacy of risk management, internal controls and
governance arrangements, and that charitable funds are being used efficiently and
effectively. The ARC assists in formulating the assurance needs of the Premier League
Charitable Fund and assesses how comprehensive and reliable those assurances are.
The ARC is a committee of the Boord, chaired by Christine Davies and is serviced bythe
Premier League Charitable Fund executive team which provides the information to be
considered.The ARC reports on its work to the full Board at each meeting. In 2023/24, the
ARC meton threeoccasions in November 2023, February 2024, and May 2024. During the year,
the committee considered issues including reviewing the Articles of Associations, risk
management, qualty assuran￿, safeguardirg impact measurement, and grant
managementand monitoring systems,aswellashavingoversightand responsibilityfor
reviewing the Management Accounts and the arrangements to produce the Annual
Reportond Accounts.TheTermsof Reference of the ARC are available to the public on
request.
uali
Diversi
and Inclusion Committee
The Equality, Diversityand Inclusion (EDI) Committeewas established in October2021
to supportthe Premier League Charitable Fund'scommitmentto embedding a culture
of EDI at all levels of the PremierLeague Charitable Fund and f u nd ed projects. Reporting
direttly to the Board, the EDI Committee is chaired by Gail Scott-spicer and leads on
the monitoring and implementation of the Premier League Charitable Fund EDI Strategy
and Action Plan, reviews strategic risks around EDI, and considers new and emerging EDI
priorities forthe Charity. In 2023/24, the EDI Committee met on two occasions, in September
2023 and in February 2024.

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Risk Mana
ement
The trustees confirm that exposure to risks is regularly reviewed, and appropriate and
effective systems have been established to minimisethem.The Premier League Charitable
Fund's management of risk recognises that the Premier League Charitable Fund works in a
complex multi-stakeholder environment, whereby external events have an impact on
deliveryand organisationalobjectives,andcreateriskswhich the charitymust manage
to the best of its ability.
The Premier League Charitable Fund has identified risks that mightpreventthe Charity
from achieving strategic priorities, with the objective of bringing each risk down to an
acceptable level at which it can be managed or controlled. A regularly maintained,
comprehensive risk register sets out responsibility within the Premier League Charitable Fund
for risk management, assigning risk managers and identifying measures that have
been taken, or are yet to be taken, to mitigate each risk
The Premier League Charitable Fund executive tea m is responsible for day-to-day
monitoring of risk and reporting to the ARC. The ARC oversees a review of risks to the
Premier League Charitable Fund from our policies and operations as well as risks
related to the CCOS we fund. The ARC reports risks into the Premier League Charitable
Fund Boardwho maintain overall responsibility.
The principal risks identified during 2023/24 relate to funding dependency and the lack
of diversification of income streams, risks arising from safeguarding incidents within
funded projects, introduction of a new grant management and monitoring system, and
workforce capacity and workload challenges.
Whistleblowin
The Premier League Charitable Fund is committed to conducting its business with
honestyand integrity and expects all staff to maintain the highest standards. However,
all organisations face the risk of things going wrong, and the Premier League
Charitable Fund operates a culture of openness and accountability in order to prevent
such situations occurring and to address them if they do occur. The Premier League
Charitable Fund encouragesstaff to report suspected wrongdoing as soon as possible,
in the knowledge that their concerns will be taken seriously and investigated as
appropriate, and that their confidentiality will be respected, and provides staff with
guidance asto howto raise those concerns. Premier League Charitable Fund staff are
advised thatthey can raise genuine concerns without fear of reprisals, even if they turn
out to be mistaken.
The Board of Trustees has overall responsibility for the Premier League Charitable
Fund'swhistleblowing policyand forreviewing itseffectiveness.The Chief Executive has
day-to-day operational responsibility, including to ensurethatall staff receive regular
and appropriate training in relation to whistleblowing.
Modern Slave
The Premier League Choritable Fund hasa zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery
and is committed to acting ethicallyand with integrity in all its business dealings and
relationships. This includes the implementation and enforcement of effective systems
and controls toensure modern slavery is nottaking place anywhere in the Charityor in
anyof the Charity'ssupplychains. Itiscommittedtoensuringthere istransparency in its
approach totackling modern slaverythroughoutits supplychains.The Premier League
Charitable Fundexpectsthe same high standardsfrom all itscontractors, suppliers and
grantees. As part of any contracting process, where appropriate, specific prohibitions

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against the use of forced, compulsoryor trafficked labour, oranyone held in slavery or
servitude (whetheradultsorchildren)are included and it isexpectedthatsupplierswill
hold their own suppliers to the same high standards.
This applies to all persons working for the Premier League Charitable Fund or on its
behalf in any capacity, including employees at all levels, directors, officers, agency
workers, seconded workers, volunteers, interns, agents, contrattors, external consultants,
third-party representatives and business partners.
The Board of Trustees, advised by the ARC, has overall responsibility for ensuring this
policycomplieswith itslegalandethicalobligations, and that all those under its control
comply with it.
The Chief Executive has primary and day-to-day responsibility for implementing this
policy, monitoring its use and effectiveness, dealing with any queries about it, and
auditing internal control systems and procedures to ensure they are effective in
countering modern slavery.
Management ot oll levels are responsible for ensuring those reporting to them
understand and comply with this policy and are given adequate and regular training
on it and the issue of modern slavery in supply chains.
Environmental Sustainabili
The Premier League Charitable Fund is committed to reducing its environmental impact and
supporting the organisations it funds to become more sustainable. As part of this work, the
charity has established an internal environmental sustainability steering group and appointed
an environmental sustainability lead to establish and deliver a long-term strategy and plan for
the Premier League Charitable Fund. Funded organisations are required to comply with the
Capability Code of Practice which includes environmental sustainability requirements and
recommendations, developed in partnership with experts. The Charity has taken proactive
steps to reduce the environmental impact of its operations and activities, in line with our legal
obligations as a charitable company. This has included reducing the use of single-use plastics
and increasing the use of sustainable products at our events and activities, investing in longer
lasting and more sustainable materials for promotional purposes, such as water bottles, bibs
and banners, reducing printed publications in favour of digital versions, and encouraging staff
to recycle, reduce waste and think about carbon emissions when travelling, taking public
transport where possible and car sharing rather than travelling alone where possible.
The Premier League Charitable Fund shares offices and office services with the Premier League,
who assess and report on all sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy usage as
required under The Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports)
Regulations 2008 as amended. The Premier League Charitable Fund is considered a low energy
user, with energy consumption less than 40,000 kwh in 2023/24. Emissions are calculated
according to the GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard (revised
edition). All emissions factors have been sourced from the UK Government's GHG Conversion
Factors for Company Reporting, 2022.
Through the implementation of waste management and energy eff iciency measures in the
Premier League offices, the Premier League Charitable Fund are actively working towards
environmental goals. The Charity's focus extends beyond operations, embedding sustainability
into funded programmes, using football to promote environmental awareness and climate
resilience, including through resources for youth social action on climate change. While this is
the first year the Premier League Charitable Fund have reported on environmental and
sustainability commitments the Charity is committed to setting measurable targets for
continued improvement, reporting annually on these in the future, and to working in
collaboration with the Premier League, club community organisations, and other partners to
drive sustainability across the Premier League Charitable Fund's work.

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Ob'ectives and octivities for
ublic benefit
The Premier League Charitable Fund is an independent charity which exists to distribute
funds on behalf of the Premier League ond its partners. Estoblished in 2010 it is now one of
the largest sports charities in the world, supporting a network of 106 professional football
club community organisations across the Premier League, English Football Leogue,
Notional League and the Women's Super League and Women's Championship.
The Premier League Charitable Fund's charitable objects are specifically restricted to the
following:
to support the mental, educational, cultural, moral and physical development, health and
improvement of the inhabitants of England and Wales without discrimination and in order
that they can develop their full capacities as responsible individuals whilst contributing
positivelyto society as community members with improved conditions of life and health,. and
to benefit such other exclusively charitable objectives and purposes as the Charity might
determine from time to time, and those charitable objectives and purposes that have a
connection with the football clubs competing in the Premier League, the Football League or
the National Football League.
The Premier League Charitable Fund works in the following ways to achieve its charitable
objectives:
In partnership with the Premier League which drives strategy and objectives; with the
police and other partners and funders, who support the work of the Charity,. and with
club community organisations and their parent football clubs, who deliver programmes
for participants funded and supported by the Premier League Charitable Fund.
Through support for club community organisations, primarily through funding, but also
through training, guidance, and networking opportunities. This contributes delivery of
programmes with value for money, and to sustainably respond to need within their
communities.
By funding programmes that deliver outcomes for participants. The wide-ranging and
popular appeal of football, combined with clubs, own connections and platform, gives
club community organisations a unique opportunity to connect with people and offer
them a sense of belonging and identity.
The Board of Trustees confirm due regard has been paid to the public benefit guidance
published by the Charity Commission. A summary of the main projects that were undertaken in
2023124 is contained in note 8 to the accounts.
Grant Makin
Poli
The Premier League Charitable Fund Board has ultimate collective responsibility for all grant-
making decisions in line with the Charity's charitable purposes and any criteria agreed with its
funding partners. Trustees may assign certain decision-making responsibilities to staff under a
process of delegation. Such delegated decisions may be subjectto scrutiny and all decisions are
reported back to the Board.
Grants are made primarilyto club community organisations connected to professional football
clubs in the Premier League, English Football League and National League in England and
Wales. Club community organisations are able to apply for funding by invitation only and
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community organisations do not have to be a registered charity to apply, but funding is always
allocated in support of Premier League Charitable Fund's charitable purposes and activity
which is charitable in law.
Trustees expect that grants will normally support one or more of the following objectives:
Services and activities
helping club community organisations to maintain, expand or
provide new services that meet the needs of beneficiaries, with an emphasis on quality and
effectiveness.
Stronger organisations- organisational development and strengthening club community
organisations overall.
All grants are subject to and conditional upon the acceptance of and ongoing compliance with
the grant agreement and the Premier League Charitable Fund's General Terms and Conditions.
Trustees may apply conditions to a grant which will be set out in the grant agreement between
the Premier League Charitable Fund and grant recipient. All club community organisations in
receipt funding are required to achieve and maintain a satisfactory level of compliance with the
Capability Code of Practice. Any areas of development are monitored through individual
continuous improvement action plans.
Club community organisotions are required to report progress against agreed key performance
indicators (KPIS) and shall record data on number and demographics of participants, activities
delivered and outcomes achieved through the Charitys monitoring system (Salesforce) and via
bi-annual written monitoring reports. At the end of a grant agreement, funded projects are
required to submit a written End of Grant Report detailing the overall outcomes and impact of
the funded activities.
Strate
icRe
ort
This year has been another positive year for the Premier League Charitable Fund and the
network of 106 club community organisations the Charity SUPPOrts. By working on behalf of the
Premier League and other funding partners, the Premier League Charitable Fund is uniquely
placed to support club community organisations to develop as sustainable charities, working
with their respective local partners to use football as a force for good and positively influence
hundreds of thousands of people across England and Wales every year.
Performance and achievements
In 2023/24, the Premier League Charitable Fund received income of £38.08m (2023: £39.Om),
£29.67m of which was provided by the Premier League and £8.4m come from the Professional
Footballers, Association (PFA) as part of the Premier League and PFA partnership agreement.
Income of £15k (2023: £39k) was received through additional charitable donations. Expenditure
for the year was £37.80m (2023: £36.86), of which £32.60m (2023: £32.80m) was distributed as
grants to support the delivery of 487 projects directly benefiting over 265,000
participants across England and wales.core funding underpins key infrastructure and
a network of over 5,000 staff and volunteers contributing to o far greater reach of
people benefiting from wider Ccoactivity.
The Premier League Charitable Fund could not achieve this alone and benefits greatly from
the strategicdirection and funding provided by the Premier League, togetherwith other
funding partners including the PFA. Partner support and collaboration underpins
everything the Charity does. The shared vision of the Premier League Charitable Fund
and our partners creates and supports activities that inspire participants to achieve
their potential and positively impact their communities. By working together, the
Premier League Charitable Fund and club community organisations are better placed
to deliver high-quality programmes thatoffervaluefor money and effectively respond
to need in local communities.

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In addition to grant funding, the Premier Leogue Charitable Fund hos supported the
network with strategic direction and thought leadership, monitoring and oversight,
and training, guidance ond networking opportunities to help club community
organisations become stronger, moresustainableorganisations. Thisyear,the Premier
League Charitable Fund delivered 104 training and development opportunities free of
charge benefitting 1,549 CCO staff. The Premier League Charitable Fund undertook 79
quality assurance visits to assess the quality and effectiveness of provision and audited
the safeguarding arrangements of 21 club community organisations, monitoring
compliance against the Premier League Charitable Fund's safeguarding standards
and providing recommendations to further standards. The reasons for quality assurance
visits are varied and may be triggered due to a performance issue, safeguarding concern or
serious incident or complaint. They may also take place for newly funded projects, as a routine
check or where positive practice is identified.
In June, the Premier League Charitable Fund held the inaugural Community
Safeguarding Conference at Molineux Stadium, supporting delegates from 76 club
community organisations with workshops on topics including successful independent
safeguarding reviews, safeguarding training, safeguarding supervision, and effective trustee
engagement.
The Premier League Charitable Fund continues to support the Premier League's Equality,
Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) objectives and campaigns including No Room for Racism and
Rainbow Laces through developing education resources and community activity, as well as
through delivery of the Premier League Charitable Fund EDI strategy and action plan which has
four pillars: to champion a culture of inclusion,. to diversify the workforce- to deliver inclusive
programmes,. and to collaborate with EDI partners and funders. All funded club community
organisations are required to have an EDI action plan in place and a dedicated lead for EDI at
both Board and Executive level to ensure EDI is embedded at every level.
Funding from the Premier League combined with national and local partner support continues
to underpin the success of five key programmes: Premier League Kicks, Premier League Primary
Stars, Premier League Inspires, the Premier League and PFA Community Fund, and the Premier
League Fans Fund (introduced in 2023/24). These initiatives harness the power of football to
support schools, engage diverse communities, empower young people, and drive positive,
meaningful impact across England and Wales.
The tables below present headline statistics from these programmes, including participant
engagement, demographic and location data. The widespread appeal of the Premier League
and professional football club community organisations, continues to foster strong
engagement, with participation targets consistently exceeded across initiatives.
Premier League Primary Stars expanded its reach, directly delivering sessions in over 2,400
schools, with a greater emphasis on supporting the most deprived communities. Despite a
modest decline in unique participant numbers (due in part to stricter counting methodologies),
the programme engaged over 114,000 young people and those engaged in targeted
interventions increased.
Premier League Kicks maintained a strong focus in high-need areas, with a higher proportion of
venues situated in the top 30 /0 most deprived communities. Fewer unique delivery venues were
recorded, partly due to a reduction in 'one-off' locations, however, overall session numbers
increased. The number of unique participants saw a slight decline, but the programme still
exceeded targets and reached over 105,000 young people, within increased numbers of
participants engaged in volunteering.
Premier League Inspires, which primarily engages secondary school students, grew its reach,
with increases in session delivery, venues, and participation levels- particularly among female
and ethnically diverse groups.
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The Premier League and PFA Community Fund participant numbers also increased, with a
higher proportion of female participants, along with those from ethnically diverse
backgrounds.
The newly introduced Premier League Fans Fund, which began in 2023/24, has already reached
thousands of participants across 160+ venues, with a diverse and expanding participant base.
When aggregating participation figures across all programmes, the overall number of unique
participants is lower than the total sum of participants from individual programmes. This is
because individuals engaged in multiple initiatives are only counted once in the overall PLCF
participation statistics. Overall, the number of female participants and those from ethnically
diverse communities now both stand at around one third of all participants.
Programme statistics
01/08122
31107/23
01108123
31107/24
Overall participant statistics
Number of unique participants engaged across all programmes
Percentage of participants that identify as female"
Percentage of participants from ethnically diverse communities"
Percentage of participants that reported being disablecf
Premier League Primary Stars
Number of CCOS delivering programme
Number of schools directly engaged in programme
Number of sessions delivered
271,943
30%
265,480
35%
32/0
33%
5%
4/0
88
88
2,437
118,880
130,326
43%
Percentage of delivery in top 30 /0 most deprived communities
Number of participants engaged in core programme
Number of participants engaged in targeted interventions
Percentage of participants that identify as female"
Percentage of participants from ethnically diverse communities"
Percentage of participants that reported being disablecf
Number of teachers directly supported by CCOS
Number of schools engaged to date by digital offer
Number of teachers engaged to date by digital offer
Reach of Premier League Primary Stars digital offer
Premier League Kicks
Number of CCOS delivering programme
Number of sessions delivered
40/0
119,490
114,518
37,720
49,892
46/0
49%
30/0
26%
2%
2/0
3,978
3,655
18,945
19,160
66,006
71,621
I,ioo,000
1,370,000
89
64,694
66,265
Number of delivery venues
Percentage of delivery in top 30 /0 most deprived communities
Number of participants engaged
Number of participants engaged in volunteering
1,533
1,280
60%
58/0
116,021
105,956
1,338
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Programme statistics
01/08/22
31107/23
01/08123
31107/24
Percentage of participants that identify as female"
Percentage of participants from ethnically diverse communities"
Percentage of participants that reported being disablecf
Premier League Inspires
Number of CCOS delivering programme
Number of sessions delivered
23/
23%
34/
36%
7/0
4/0
45
32,164
40,386
Number of delivery venues
Percentage of delivery in top 30 /0 most deprived communities
Number of participants engaged
Percentage of participants that identify as female"
Percentage of participants from ethnically diverse communities"
Percentage of participants that reported being disablecf
Premier League PFA Community Fund
Number of CCOS funded
604
40/0
41%
11,580
16,122
43/0
46%
22/0
27%
12/0
13%
26
25
Number of projects delivered
Number of sessions delivered
89
87
41,554
36,769
Number of delivery venues
Percentage of delivery in top 30 /0 most deprived communities
Number of participants engaged
Percentage of participants that identify as female"
Percentage of participants from ethnically diverse communities"
Percentage of participants that reported being disablecf
Premier League Fans Fund
Number of CCOS funded
Number of sessions delivered
Number of delivery venues
Percentage of delivery in top 30 /0 most deprived communities
Number of participants engaged
Percentage of participants that identify as female"
Percentage of participants from ethnically diverse communities"
Percentage of participants that reported being disablecr
832
547
45/0
52%
23,734
24,036
42/
45%
34/
38%
12/
io%
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
81
4,547
164
50%
4,232
46/0
31%
11%
Gender and ethnicity data are well-reported, with improved data accuracy due to a small
proportion of participants where this information is unknown. In contrast, disability data has
historically lower reporting rates, with data capture challenges persisting, particularly within
Premier League Primary Stars. Given national trends, the actual percentage of participants
with a disability in this programme is likely closer to the national average for primary schools
than the reported data suggests. While challenges remain in collecting harder-to-obtain
participant characteristics such as disability Status, ongoing refinements to methodology will
aim to enhance data accuracy and completeness.
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Looking ahead, the new online monitoring system introduced in 2023/24 which may have
contributed to short-term under-reporting during the transition - is expected to drive further
improvements in data capture and quality. Continued refinements to data collection processes
will support club community organisations in enhancing both accuracy and consistency in
reporting
Premier League Primary Stars
Premier League Primary Stars is the Premier League's primary school education
programme and uses the appeal of football to help children to be active and develop
essential life skills. This year, the Premier League Charitable Fund awarded grants to 88 club
community organisationsacross the Premier League and English Football League, delivering
the programme in 2,437 primary schools, supporting 3,655 teachers to deliver high-
quality physical education and targeted education interventions for 114,518 children.
The Premier League Charitable Fund also issued football kits to 4,175 primary schools
to help establish more girls. football teams.
Of 7,660 Premier League Primary Stars porticipants surveyed, 70 % reported feeling
more inspired and engaged in school, 67 % had improved their confidence and self-
esteem, 65 /0 improved their education attainment and 64% improved their mental
health and well-being.
In 2023/24, the Premier League Primary Stars Under-11 mixed, Under-11 girls, and Under-11
national girls, football tournaments were held at Brentford FC'S Gtech Community
Stadium in June.
Premier League Primory Stars Under-11 mixed and Under-11 girls, Footboll Tournoments
This year,480 primaryschoolchildren representingall 20 PremierLeagueclubstookpart
in thetournaments at Brentford'sGtech Communitystadium. More than 9,600 children from
schools across England and Wales competed for their chance to represent their clubs in
this year's finals, which gave those taking part the opportunity to experience the life of
a Premier League footballerforthe day and compete underthewatchfuleyeof Premier
League and Women's Super League match officials. This season's winners in the girls,
tournament were Everton, with Brighton and Hove Albion winning the mixed
tournament.
Premier League Primory Stars Under-11 Notionol Girls Footboll Tournoment
Primary school children representing 20 Premier League, English Football League and
National League clubstook partin the tournamentthisyear. Morethan 25,OOOgirlstook
part in qualifying rounds involving 103 professional football clubs from across England
and Wales, with Fleetwood Town the overall winners.
Premier League Kicks
Premier League Kicks uses the powerof football and sportto inspire young people to reach their
potential, in some of the most high-need areas in England and Wales. This year, the
programme was delivered by 89 club community organisations across the Premier League,
English Football League and National League, benefitting 105,956 children and young people.
Of 2,857 participants surveyed, 91 /0 enjoyed engaging in sportand physical activity more,
91 % felt their mental health and physical wellbeing had improved, and 92 /0 reported
participating in more competitive sport and physical activity.
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Premier League Kicks Cup
Morethan 300 young people from across England and Wales took part in the Under-16
girls, and Under-16 mixed Premier League Kicks Cup finals held at St George's Park
Football Centre in July. More than 1,100 participants representing over 80 professional
footballclubstookpartin the regional qualifying tournaments earlier in the year, in the
hope of earning thechanceto play inthe PremierLeague Kickscupfinals, inthe playing
kit of their professional football club side. The Under-16 tournaments are part of the
competition elements of the Premier League's flagship community programme and
celebrate the Premier League Charitable Fund's commitmentto providing safe places
to play.
Premier League Disability Footboll Festivols
More than 450 young people representing over 50 professional football clubs across
England and Wales took part in three Premier League Disability Football Festivals in
summer 2024. Staged as part of the Premier League Charitable Fund's year-round
commitment to providing access to football, the pan-disability football festivalscreate
opportunities for participants to develop their skills and confidence in a supportive
environment, catering forthe needs of people who are neurodivergent and those who
have sensory or physical disabilities.
Premier League Inspires
Premier League Inspires is a personal development programme which uses the power of
football to inspire young people aged 11-to-18 to develop the personal skills and positive
attitudes needed to succeed in life. This year, 46 club community organisations across the
Premier League and English Football League delivered the programme in 604 schools and
community venues, benefitting 16,122 children and young people. Of 1,284 participants
surveyed, 78/0 reported improved confidence and self-esteem, 76/0 felt more inspired and
engaged, 72 % reported having improved skills and knowledge and 69 /0 reported progression
in/into education, employment, or training.
Premier League Inspires Challenge
More than 200 young people from across England and Wales came together in April 2024 at
Wembley Stadium to showcase their ideas for raising mental health awareness in their local
communities, as part of the Premier League's Inside Matters campaign. The celebration event
was the culmination of this year'sPremier League Inspires Challenge, which empowers
participants to take on a social action project and make a difference to the world around them.
Teams representing 45 professional football clubs were in attendance, as they presented their
proposals, attended workshops and gained inspiration from other young people.
Premier League PFACommunity Fund
The Premier League and PFA Community Fund is administered bythe Premier League
Charitable Fund on behalf of the Premier Leogue and PFA and supports club
community organisations to develop partnerships to help tackle inequality and
respond to local challenges and need. This year, the Premier League Charitable Fund
supported 25 club community organisations in the Premier League and English Football
League to deliver 87 individual projects, benefitting 24,036 participants. Delivery took
place in 482 venues, with 52/0 of delivery located within the top 30% indices of multiple
deprivation. 711 player and academy scholar engagements took place, helping to engage
and inspire participants to achieve their goals.
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Premier League Fans Fund
The Premier League Fans Fund is administered bythe Premier League Charitable Fund on
behalf of the Premier League and provides grants to support football clubs at all levels of
the game to strengthen connections between them, their fans and local communities. The
new fund opened in September 2023, inviting applications from 120 professional football
club community organisations across the Premier League, English Football League,
National League, Women's Super League and Women's Championship. In December 2023,
the Premier League Charitable Fund awarded grants to 81 club community organisations to
deliver projects benefitting 4,232. Delivery took place in venues, with 50 /ts of delivery
located within the top 30 /0 indices of multiple deprivation.
Premier League Changemakers
Premier League Changemakers is delivered through Premier League Kicks and Premier
League Inspires and provides opportunities for girls and young women aged 11-18 to
access leadership training alongside sport and physical activity. The programme also
encourages participation in gender equality and mental health social action projects,
to increase participants confidence and support the development of vital life skills.
There are currently 32 club community organisations across the Premier League and
English Football League currently deliver the programme. More than 2,000 girls and young
women have engaged in Premier League Changemakers to date.
In March 2024, 60 girls and young women attended the Premier League Changemakers event,
as part of the Premier League and the Premier League Charitable Fund's commitment to
supporting women and girls. The event saw 12-15-year-olds from 27 professional football clubs
come together at the National Football Museum to explore gender equality and opportunities
for women within the football industry.
Protect the Planet
In November 2023, the Premier League Charitable Fund held a youth-led celebration event at
Liverpool Football Club to showcase the work of the 4,936 young people that participated in the
Protect the Planet Challenge. Funded by the Premier League and #iwill Fund, the Protect the
Planet Challenge inspires young people aged eight to 18-years old to develop and deliver
sustainability themed social action projects in their local community. In 2023/24, 91 club
community organisations participated in the challenge delivering 160 social action projects
across England and Wales.
Premier League Youth Summit
In January 2024, 74 young people from 39 club community organisations attended the
Premier League Youth Summit at Burton Albion Football Club to share their views on the
issues that were affecting them and their communities. With the theme of Empowering
Future Leaders, the in-person summit encouraged participants to engage in discussions
around gender equality, anti-racism, LGBTQ+ issues and environmental sustainability, and
delivered interactive workshops to support them to develop key employability and
leadership skills.
Financial Review
Donation income for the year was £38.08m (2023: £39.CQm) and a total of £32.64m (2023:
£32.80m) was paid out for grants. The work of Premier League Charitable Fund is reliant mainly
on donations from the Premier League and the PFA (see note 2). Income from grants and other
sources for the year under review and expenditure expended are detailed in the Statement of
Financial Activities on page 23 .
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The net surplus for the period of £1.57m (2023: £2.80m) has been reflected in the available
reserves which resulted in restricted fund of £20.64m (2023: £19.04m).
Investment Poli
The Premier League Charitable Fund holds cash balances throughout the year as a result of
donations received from its funding partners. These cash balances represent short to medium
term funding requirements of the Charity. Accordingly, it is the policy of the Premier League
Charitable Fund to place these cash holdings in fixed term treasury deposits in order to
maintain liquidity and maximise the interest receivable. The length of term of these deposits
ranges from one-week to twelve-months depending on cash requirements in terms of grants
payable and day-to-day administration costs.
Reserves
Total reserves at the end of the reporting period are £20.62m (2023: £19.04m),' these are all
restricted. Please referto note 9 for the future commitments. Within each of the restricted funds,
management has agreed with the funding partners that the grant allocations of each
programme will only be calculated after the central and support costs of that programme have
been accounted for. Although all of the Premier League Charitable Fund's funds are restricted
and no unrestricted reserves are held, the agreement in place with the Premier League
Charitable Fund's key funder, Premier League, allows core costs to be appropriately allocated
to various projects.
The current reserves policy is that twelve months of the operational expenditure should be
covered by the reserves held. The policy has been considered by the Audit and Risk Committee
this season and is reviewed periodically by trustees to ensure it continues to meet the evolving
needs of the Premier League Charitable Fund
Goin
concern
The ARC, on behalf of the trustees, regularly reviews management information on budgets and
forecasts for income, expenditure and cash-flows. It does this for the organisation as a whole,
and on a project-by-project basis.
In respect of the season 2024/25, Premier League Charitable Fund have confirmed funding of
c£37.7m from the Premier League and PFA. While funding from the Premier League has
increased, other funding streams have ended. Any shortfall that this creates will be managed
through available reserves. Trustees have also reflected that the increase is due to a new fund
and so this is additional restricted income.
Trustees have taken account of the current and future operating environment including the
impact of inflation and increased cost of living and the wider economic climate. Having done so
and having reviewed the funding partnership agreement letter for funding for the next year,
the trustees have confidence that they have sufficient funding in place to cover core
expenditure for the next year. Total core expenditure for the current season was £1.83m (2023:
£1.51m). As noted in the principal risk mitigations should funding fall further then ultimately the
trustees retain the discretion to reduce the grant commitments.
The trustees consider the level of funding to be sufficient to meet the objectives of the Premier
League Charitable Fund. The trustees have a reasonable expectation that the organisation has
adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the
date of approval of the financial statements. Trustees continue to adopt the going concern
basis in preparing the financial statements.
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Trustees, responsibilities statement
The Trustees (who are also Directors of PLCF for the purposes of company law) are responsible
for preparing the Trustees, Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with
applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally
Accepted Accounting Practice) including FRS 102 Yhe Financial Reporting Standard applicable
in the UK and Republic of Ireland".
Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year
which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the
incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the
charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are
required to:
Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
Observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP,.
Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
State whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed,. and
Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to
presume that the charitable company will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with
reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable
them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are
also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking
reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial
information included on the charitable companls website. Legislation in the United Kingdom
governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from
leg islation in otherjurisdictions.
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Independent auditor's report to the members of The Premier League
Charitable Fund
Report on the audit of the financial statements
inion
In our opinion the financial statements of The Premier League Charitable Fund (the 'charitable
company,):
give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable company's affairs as at 31 July 2024
and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and
expenditure, for the year then ended,.
have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted
Accounting Practice, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 Yhe Financial Reporting
Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland"; and
have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
We have audited the financial statements which comprise:
the statement of financial activities (incorporating an income and expenditure account);
the balance sheet;
the cash flow statement; and
the related notes I to 15.
The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law
and United Kingdom Accounting standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The
Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" (United Kingdom
Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Basis for o
inion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAS
(UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in
the auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statementssection of our report.
We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements
that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK including the Financial
Reporting Council's (the 'FRC's') Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical
responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we
have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis foi our opinion.
Conclusions relatin
to
oin
concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees, use of the going
concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties
relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on
the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve
months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
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Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are
described in the relevant sections of this report.
Other information
The other information comprises the information included in the report of the Trustees, other
than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The trustees are responsible for
the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial
statements does not cover the other inforrmtion and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly
stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other
information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained
in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be Material￿ misstated. If we identify such
material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine
whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If,
based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of
this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
onsibilities of trustees
Res
As explained more fully in the trustees, responsibilities statement, the trustees (who are also the
directors of the charitable company for the purpose of company law) are responsible for the
preparation of the financial statements and foi being satisfied that they give a true and fair
view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the
preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to
fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable
CoMpan￿S ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to
going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend
to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but
to do so.
Auditoff s res
onsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives ore to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as
a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an
auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance,
but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAS (UK) will always detect
a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are
considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to
influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located
on the FRC'S website at: www.frc.or
auditorsres
onsibilities. This description forms part of
our auditor's report.
Extent to which the audit was considered ca
fraud
able of detectin
irre
ularities includin
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We
design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material
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misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures
are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below.
We considered the nature of the charitable componys industry and its control environment,
and reviewed the charitable company's documentation of their policies and procedures
relating to fraud and compliance with laws and regulations.
We also enquired of management and those charged with governance about their own
identification and assessment of the risks of irregularities, including those that are specific to
the charitable company's business sector.
We obtained on understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks that the charitable
company operates in, and identified the key laws and regulations that:
had a direct effect on the determination of material amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. These included the UK Charities Act and UK Companies Act," and
do not have a direct effect on the financial statements but compliance with which may be
fundamental to the charitable company's ability to operate or to avoid a material penalty.
These included the Charity Commission for England and Wales (Charity Commission)
regulations.
We discussed among the audit engagement team regarding the opportunities ond incentives
that may exist within the organisation for fraud and how and where fraud might occur in the
financial statements.
As a result of performing the above, we identified the greatest potential for fraud in relation to
revenue recognition over Premier League funding, and our specific procedures performed to
address it are described below:
Comparison of expected income perthe main Premier League agreement tothe income
recognised on the ledger to determine that the value is accurate and restrictions have
been appropriately recognised;
Review of in-year minutes and communications received from the Premier League with
regard to any amendments to funding in the year; and
Review of communication from Premier League regarding future funding to determine
that cut-off has been appropriately applied.
In common with all audits under ISAS (UK), we are also required to perform specific procedures
to respond to the risk of management override. In addressing the risk of fraud through
management override of controls, we tested the appropriateness of journal entries and other
adjustments,. assessed whether the judgements made in making accounting estimates are
indicative of a potential bias,- and evaluated the business rationale of any significant
transactions that are unusual or outside the normal course of business.
In addition to the above, our proceduresto respond to the risks identified included the following:
reviewing financial statement disclosures bytesting to supporting documentation to assess
compliance with provisions of relevant laws and regulations described as having a direct
effect on the financial statements,.
performing analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships that
may indicate risks of material misstatement due to fraud,.
enquiring of management concerning actual and potential litigation and claims, and
instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations," and
reading minutes of meetings of those charged with governance.
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Report on other legal and regulatory requirements
inions on other matters
rescribed b the Com
anies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
the information given in the trustees. report, which includes the strategic report and the
directors, report prepared for the purposes of company law for the financial year for which
the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the strategic report and the directors, report included within the trustees, report have been
prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable companyand its environment
obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified any material misstatements in the
strategic report or the directors. report included within the trustees. report.
Matters on which we are re
uired to re
ortb
tion
exce
Under the Companies Act 2006 we are required to report in respect of the following matters if,
in our opinion:
adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have
not been received from branches not visited by us," or
the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
certain disclosures of trustees, remuneration specified by law are not made; or
we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
We have nothing to report in respect of these matters.
Use of our re
ort
This report is made solely to the charitable companws members, as a body, in accordance with
Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that
we might state to the charitable company's members those matters we are required to state
to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law,
we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and
the charitable company's members as a body, for our audit work for this report, or for the
opinions we have formed.
Helen Wildman ACA (Senior statutory auditor)
For and on behalf of Deloitte LLP
Statutory Auditor
London, United Kingdom
Date: Monday 14 April 2025
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Statement of f inancial activities (incorporating an income and
expenditure account)
For the year ended 31 July 2024
Restricted
Funds
2024
Restricted
Funds
2023
Notes
Income from;
Donations
Investments
38,085,796 39,009,356
1,299,688
688,666
Total income
39J85,484 39,698,022
Expenditure on;
Charitable activities;
Community Cohesion
Education
24,437,230 23,954,763
13,370,785 12,907,620
Total expenditure
37,808,015 36,862,383
Net surplus for the year
1,577,469
2,835,639
Funds brought forward
19,047,084 16,211,445
Funds carried fonNard
20,624,553 19,047,084
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 from continuing activities.
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Balance sheet
As at 31 July 2024
2024
2023
Notes
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash at bank and in hand
22,915,558 21,428,686
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Accrued Costs
Trade Creditors
Deferred Income
(454,413) (540,411)
(166,592) (171,191)
(1,670,000) (1,670,000)
Total assets less current liabilities being net
current assets
20,624,553 19,047,084
Restricted funds
20,624,553 19,047,084
Total funds
20,624,553 19,047,084
These financial statements of the charity Premier League Charitable Fund registered charity
number 1137208 were approved by the trustees and authorised for issue on Monday 14 April
2025 and signed on their behalf by,.
Tim God,.,
T Godwin
Chair of the Board of Trustees Premier League Charitable Fund
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Cash flow statement
For the year ended 31 July 2024
2024
2023
Notes
Net cash flow from operating activities
12
187,184 4,982,324
Cash flows from investing activities:
Interest received
12
1,299,688
688,666
Increase in cash and cash equivalents in the year
1,486,872 5,670,990
Cash and equivalents brought forward
13
21,428,686 15,757,696
Cash and equivalents carried fonNard
13
22,915,558 21,428,686
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Notes to the f inancial statements
For the year ended 31 July 2024
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 (SORP
2019) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities (SORP 2019), applicable to charities preparing
their accounts in accordance with financial reporting standard applicable in the UK and
Republic of Ireland (FRS 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 satisfied 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 income for 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 page
16 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 8.
Income
All income is included in the Statement of Financial Attivities ('SOFA') when the charitable
company is legally entitled to the income and the amount can 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 be 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 inThis income is generated come is
accrued,. and
Investment income is recognised on a receivable basis. This income is generated from short
to medium term treasury deposit movement during the year.
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 monitoiing grants. It also includes support
costs representing staffing and associated costs.
All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis ond 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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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 instalments of the grants.
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 Charitys activities. These costs are shown in note 5.
Pension costs
For defined contribution pensions the amount charged to the statement of financial activities
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 allocated to the same category as
the associated expense.
Financial assets and liabilities
Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when the Charity becomes o paty to
the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial ossets ore derecognised when and only when (a) 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 (c) the Charity,
despite having retained some, but not all, significant risks and rewards of ownership, has
transferred control of the asset to another paty.
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 i nterest in the assets of the Charity after deducting al l its liabilities. Al I fi nancial 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 present value of the 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 are
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 at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.
Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the Charitys 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. Actual 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
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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.
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Donations
Income from donations comprises:
2024
2023
Grant income- FA Premier League
Grant income- PFA
Grant income-#iwill Fund"
Grant income- Comic Relief""
Other donations
29,670,000
8,400,000
30,070,000
8,400,000
500,000
35,000
4,356
5,000
10,796
Total
38,085,796
39,009,356 |
'The #iwill Fund is an England wide joint investment thot brings together funding from the
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and The National Lottery Community Fund,
creating a central investment pot.
'£5k (2023: £35k) of funding from this funder is the result of a tripartite agreement with BT
Group.
Analysis of expenditure
Year ended 31 July 2024
Grants to
Direct
Support
institutions
costs
costs
Total
2024
Community Cohesion;
PL Kicks
PLPFA Community
PL Fans Fund
Other
10,036,293
441,144
10,327,018 1,121,250
1,280,0(X)
549,279 11,026,716
549,279 11,997,547
91,546 1,371,546
41,422
41,422
21,643,311 1,603,815 1,190,104 24,437,230
Education:
PL Inspires
PL Primary Stars
3,333,596
99,191
7,670,393 1,626,779
183,093
3,615,880
457,732 9,754,904
11,003,989 1,725,970
640,825 13,370,785
32,647,300 3,329,785 1,830,930 37,808,015
Support costs have been allocated on a basis consistent with use of resources; no support costs
have 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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Analysis of expenditure
Year ended 31 July 2023
Grants to
Direct
Support
institutions
costs
costs
Total
2023
Community Cohesion:
PL Kicks
PLPFA Community
Other
10,625,250
10,685,399
441,000
430,172
908,759
29,266
455,409 11,510,831
531,311 12,125,468
470,266
21,751,649
1,368,197
986,720 24,106,566
Education;
PL Inspires
PL Primary Stars
3,254,937
7,765,677
78,387
1,125,505
151,803
3,485,127
379,508 9,270,690
11,020,614
1,203,892
531,311 12,755,817
32,772,263
2,572,089 1,518,031 36,862,383
CCO Grant payment analysis
Number
of Non
CCOS
2024
Number
of Non
CCOS
2023
Number
of CCOS
2024
Number
of CCOS
2023
£0 to £500k
£501k to £lm
£lm+
66
31
67
30
Total
97
97
Analysis of expenditure (continued)
The above grants are paid to a number of organisations to carry out the approved projects.
CCOS and other organisations 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 National League. The largest single programme grant
given in the year was £230k (2023: £230k) and the largest total grant given to a single CCO was
£962k (2023: £993k).
Net (expenditure) is stated after charging:
2024
2023
Fees payable to the company's auditor for the audit of the company's
annual accounts
25,000
20,400
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Direct and support costs
Direct Support
costs
costs
2024
2024
Direct Support
costs
costs
2023
2023
Total
2024
Total
2023
Staff costs
External project SUPPOrt
Other expenses
Off ice overheads
Governance costs
1,391,914 1,391,914
3,329,785 2,572,089
294,016
120,000
25,000
1,243,802 1,243,802
2,572,089
161,129 |
92,700 |
20,400 |
3,329,785
294,016
120,000
25,000
161,129
92,700
20,400
3,329,785 1,830,930 5,160,715 2,572,089 1,518,031 4,090,120
External project support consists of costs relating to external resources purchased to carry out
the programme activities.
staff costs and numbers
2024
2023
Employee costs during the year amounted to:
Wages and salaries
Social security
Pension
Other employee benefits
1,110,945
127,734
143,560
9,675
983,412 |
113,551 |
136,596 |
10,243 |
Total
1,391,914 1,243,802 |
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Staff costs and numbers (continued)
The average headcount onalysed by function was:
2024
No.
2023
No.
Administration and management
21
19 |
During the current year, the following employees. emoluments (excluding employer pension
costs) exceeded £60,000:
Employees
2024
No.
Employees
2023
No.
Band:
'£60,000 to £69,999
,£70,000 to £79,999
|£80,000 to £89.999
|£90,000 to £99,999
£IOO,000 to £llO,000
During the year, pension contributions on behalf of these staff amounted to £32,780 (2023:
£23,780)
Key management personnel are represented by two individuals (2023: two individuals), being
the Chief Executive (9 months) and the Interim Chief Executive (3 months) of the PLCF. The total
remuneration (including Employers, Nl and pension costs) for key management personnel in the
period totalled £142,675(2023: £127,270).
The pension liability outstanding at year-end was Nil (2023: Nil).
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
Accruals
Trade Creditors
Deferred Income.
454,413
540,411
166,592
171,191
1,670,000 1,670,000
Total
2,291,005 2,381,602
'Deferred Income represents advanced payment received from the Premier League for PL
Fans project
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||Balance|Internal||
|---|---|---|---|
||Balance|Internal|**Balance**|
||B/F|transfers|**C/F**|
|**Project**|£|£|**2024**|
|PL Kicks|4,203,597|150,000|4,353,597|
|PL and PFA Community Fund|6,480,955|(118,000)|6,362,955|
|PL Primary Stars|4,092,764|220,000|4,092,764|
|Other|1,326,887|(252,000)|1,074,887|



***Note - Internal transfers are approved by the PLCF Board and any funding partners of those programmes.** 

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Premier League Kicks
Premier League Kicks derived from the original °Kick2" programme which began in 2006.
Premier League Kicks looks to engage 8 to 19 years olds from 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.
Premier League PFA Community Fund
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.
Premier League Inspires
Premier League Inspires is an education programme developed by the Premier League and
professional football clubs and introduced in 2019. The programme works with young
people aged between 11-25 in educational settings and uses the unique characteristics of
professional football club staff, along with learning and experience from a number of other
educational programmes, to positively affect change in those most in need.
Premier League Primary Stars
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 (PSHE) 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 flexibly 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 connett 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.
Premier League Primary Stars is available to every primary school in England and Wales.
Future project funding
The PLCF has a two-yeor grant agreement with the Premier League for seasons 2023/24 and
2024/25, which was signed in September 2023 for £37.67m per year. PLCF intends to continue its
programme of project funding over the next twelve months and has issued one year grant
agreements to the CCOS. PLCF grant payments to CCOS is 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. CCOS will be required to provide information on underspend from the grants
provided in season 2023/24which will be off set against grant payments in season 2024/25.
10. Taxation
PLCF is a registered charity, No. 1137208, which benefits from corporation tax 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.
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11. Related party transactions and trustees, remuneration
All trustees give their time freely 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 strittly on the basis of expenses incurred necessarily and wholly for
the purposes of the Charity's expenses, being principally travel and accommodation expenses.
Three trustees received expenses totalling £935 in the year (2023: £402). 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.
12. Reconciliation of net cash flow from operating activities
2024
2023
Net profit for the year
Interest received
(Decrease)/lncrease in creditors
Decrease in debtors
1,577,469
2,835,640 |
(1,299,688) (688,666) |
(90,597) 1,952,017 |
883,333 |
Net cash inflow from operating activities
187,184 4,982,324 |
13. Analysis of cash and cash equivalents
2024
2023
Cash at bank and in hand
22,915,558 21,428,686
Total
22,915,558 21,428,686
Post Balance Sheet Events
There is no subsequent event to report
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