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Impact Report 2024/25

Argyle Community Trust is the official charity of Plymouth Argyle Football Club, based at Home Park in Plymouth, Devon. The 2024/25 Impact Report covers delivery across Plymouth and Cornwall, supporting 12,693 local people across health, education, sport and social action programmes. Highlights include winning the EFL Community Project of the Season award for ACTing With Children, a five-year Argyle FIT contract with Cornwall Council, and generating £70 of social value for every £1 spent.

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About

Premier League Primary Stars and EFL Joy of Moving (4,414 primary school students); Premier League Kicks and Youth Zone open-access sessions; Premier League Inspires; ACTing With Children (children with a parent in prison, winner of EFL Community Project of the Season 2025); Argyle FIT weight management (five-year Cornwall Council contract); Talk & Tackle men's mental health football sessions; cancer walking football; Project 35 food poverty initiative with Ginsters; Holiday Activities and Food; Ability Counts disability sport; Argyle4Autism; Extra Time Hub; Compassionate Café; Dementia Café; veteran support; Mum's Stay and Play

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 12,693 local people supported; 1,049,668 contact hours delivered across all provisions; £70 of social value created for every £1 spent (total social value £70,423,462 in 2023/24)
Key Metric 2 Total income £7,260,000 and total expenditure £4,740,000 for the year ended 30 June 2024
Key Metric 3 52% of participants from the 40% most deprived areas nationally; 38% of participants identify as female; 196 staff and 52 volunteers

Key Outcomes

  • ACTing With Children programme: 114 vulnerable young people supported; 86% reduction in school absenteeism; 75% now attend school regularly; 68 referrals to specialist support — winner of EFL Community Project of the Season 2025
  • Project 35: 50,508 food items shared with those facing food insecurity; 23,395 food items donated to children on holiday hunger programmes; 907 Christmas hampers delivered; 8,832 volunteer hours completed by Pledge 35 volunteers
  • 1,890 children in receipt of free school meals provided with 9,072 nutritious lunches through HAF, Time2Move and Fit and Fed programmes; 1,734kg lost on weight management programmes; over £26,500 raised through community fundraising events

Geography

South West

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
Delivered 11,474 sessions supporting 12,949 individuals across 40 programmes, generating 324,160 total engagements in 2025
Key Metric 2
Health & Wellbeing programmes delivered 270 sessions supporting 1,168 individuals, generating 7,315 engagements
Key Metric 3
Raised £50,714.49 net through the Foundation Fixture 2025 and £36,156.03 through the Fundraising Dinner (GBP)
Talking Tactics mentoring participant Jamie's confidence, aspirations and self-esteem grew significantly through one-to-one mentoring and mental health support
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
754 unique young people registered for Sport and Life Skills programmes (+114% vs 2022-23)
Key Metric 2
16 Locally Trusted Organisations delivered the programme, up from 9 in 2022-23
Key Metric 3
2,650 sessions held by delivery organisations in 2023-24
72% of young people reported 'getting on better at school or college' following engagement
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
Close to 2,000 participants supported in 2024/25 across youth, prison and environmental programmes
Key Metric 2
826 students from 10 state schools took part, 67% female, with 70% of partner schools in the most deprived areas (IMD 1-4)
Key Metric 3
184 serving or released prisoners engaged through the 'Boats not Bars' reducing-reoffending programme
85% of young people improved their mental wellbeing and 83% felt more confident through the youth programme
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
21,212 people engaged with in 2024/25
Key Metric 2
17,708 people played some form of rugby through Foundation programmes
Key Metric 3
More than £9,000 raised through Foundation Day; 9,000+ given back to grassroots rugby clubs
88% of girls in the Girls Tackle Rugby programme reported feeling more confident, per independent research with Manchester Metropolitan University Institute of Sport