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Homeless World Cup Foundation

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC037091
Status
Active
Registered
Jan. 19, 2006
Legal form
Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Address

Address
23 Union Street
Edinburgh
EH1 3LR

Contact

Website
homelessworldcup.org
Website screenshot

Activities

'It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals','It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations','It carries out activities or services itself'

'the prevention or relief of poverty'

Overall objective is to end Global homelessness. Use football as away of engaging with homeless people in order to change their lives. Work with 70 member countries. Hold an annual football tournament. Impacted 1.5 million homeless people since it was established. Also aims to change the stereotypical image of homeless people. Runs an annual conference called 'Cities Ending Homelessness ' which is focussed on positive solutions with policy change and impact as its basis.

Objectives: The objects for which the Company is established are, by giving opportunities to homeless people to meet and interact with other people and to gain self respect and confidence. to relieve the poverty of, and to improve the health, living conditions and quality of life of, homeless people. to provide homeless people and young people with facilities and equipment for playing football. and to promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for playing sport.

Geography

Main operating location
City of Edinburgh
Geographical spread
UK and overseas

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Employees
Dec. 31, 2024 £496,754 £552,440 6
Dec. 31, 2023 £342,657 £327,637 -
Dec. 31, 2022 £103,547 £301,966 -
Dec. 31, 2021 £201,371 £310,808 -
Dec. 31, 2020 £374,237 £325,167 -