Football for Humanity
What it does
Football for Humanity mobilises the power of football to support at-risk children and communities affected by conflict, disaster, or displacement. Guided by global priorities and grounded in local realities, we partner with local leaders and global networks to deliver targeted programmes that help them survive, learn, and be protected.
Its charitable purposes
3.1 TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING HEALTH (FACILITIES IN THIS ARTICLE 3 MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES); 3.2 TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, POVERTY OR POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, PARTICULARLY THOSE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY CIVIL UNREST, REBELLION, OR WAR, OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND 3.3 TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR PHYSICAL EDUCATION, WITH A FOCUS ON CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE DISPLACED AND TRAUMATISED BY WAR, WITH A VIEW TO HELPING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE DEVELOP AND GROW TO MATURITY AS MEMBERS OF SOCIETY BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Overseas aid and famine relief
- Human rights, equality and diversity
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Disabled people
- People of a particular ethnic or racial origin
- How it works
- Provides services
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
Where it works
- In Wales
- Isle of Anglesey
- Elsewhere
- Philippines
- St Helens
- Manchester City
- Liverpool City
- Akrotiri
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £3,515 and spent £3,393.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £3,515 | £3,393 | Not reported | 4 |
| 31 December 2024 | £6,780 | £6,778 | Not reported | 12 |
| 31 December 2023 | £14,525 | £14,550 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2022 | £15,407 | £15,196 | Not reported | 7 |
| 31 December 2021 | £35,434 | £35,131 | Not reported | 5 |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Down 90%, from £35,434 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £3,515 in the year to 31 December 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 97% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 December 2025: £1,771 from 1 grant. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £1,771 from 1 grant | Not reported |
| 31 December 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
3 trustees run the charity.
- Christopher Stephen ThomasChair
- Martin Owen Unsworth
- William Carlsen
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | 31 October 2026 | Received 25 October 2026, 6 days early | Received 25 October 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | 31 October 2025 | Received 6 October 2025, 25 days early | Received 24 October 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | 31 October 2024 | Received 30 October 2024, 1 day early | Received 30 October 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | 31 October 2023 | Received 29 October 2023, 2 days early | Received 29 October 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | 31 October 2022 | Received 2 August 2022, 90 days early | Received 2 August 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1174192
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 9 August 2017
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 09 AUG 2017AMENDED ON 01 DEC 2017 as amended on 23 Oct 2020
- Company number
- CE010739This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- www.footballforhumanity.org.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Isle of Anglesey
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.