Community & Social Justice Health & Wellbeing 2024
Celtic FC Foundation

Annual Report Year Ended 30 June 2024

Celtic FC Foundation (SC024648) is the charitable arm of Celtic Football Club, based at Celtic Park in Glasgow. The 2023/24 Annual Report covers over 33,000 attendances across 24 projects in UK and Ireland, with group income of £4.6 million. Key milestones include Paradise Pit Stop expanding to four days a week, Celtic Park opening its doors on Christmas Day for the first time, a record Christmas Appeal of nearly £400,000 and a new Hackney Marshes pilot reaching 19,200 young people.

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Paradise Pit Stop (expanded to four days a week — Monday/Wednesday/Thursday/Friday lunchtime sittings added; 19,000+ hot meals, no questions asked); Paradise Pit Stop Christmas Day (first ever Christmas Day opening, 150 adults and children welcomed); CFCF Fuel Bank (5,000+ individuals supported with top-up vouchers since launch); Winter Warmer (500 packs, second consecutive year); Ability Counts (Glasgow Down Syndrome/Autism/18+ strands, resumed Donegal delivery, added Derry and Mayo, inaugural Ability Counts Festival at Lennoxtown); Community Games (doubled in size with Scottish Government and SFA Extra Time funding, also delivered in Ireland and London reaching traveller community and refugees); Paradise Recovery Café (social activities offsite added including cold water therapy and golf trips); Holiday Home (second home purchased, both fully booked for 2024/25 season); Lions' View Sensory Room (facelift, high-level seating and digital music maker); Lions' Lunch Breaks (Glasgow twice weekly and Edinburgh, dementia); CashBack Gateway to Opportunities (three strands: Celtic Park core delivery, prison outreach, in-house Trauma Counsellor; dedicated therapy room in new Hub); Gateway to Health and Opportunity; Joy of Moving; Festive Friends; Hub at Celtic Park (refurbished Spring 2024, Lisbon Lions stand, includes therapy room); Football for Good Fund (food, fuel and mental health focus, 11,000+ individuals, 11 partners); New York partnerships; Fundraising events: James Forrest Testimonial trio (£significant donation), London Gala (Kenny Dalglish and Henrik Larsson Q&A, Rod Stewart supported), Celts in the Sahara trek (13 supporters including Tom Boyd and Simon Donnelly), Glasgow Sporting Dinner (450+ guests, Brendan Rodgers), New York Gala Dinner

📊Key Metrics

Charity income £3,941,484 and expenditure £3,638,449 (year ended 30 June 2024, SC024648); group income £4,605,973 (including Celtic FC Foundation Inc. USA), up from £3,388,681 in 2022/23; £869,535 in-kind support from Celtic FC Key Metric 1
Over 33,000 attendances across 24 projects in UK and Ireland; 19,200 young people engaged over six months at Hackney Marshes pilot project; over 19,000 hot meals served at Paradise Pit Stop; Football for Good Fund supported over 11,000 individuals through 11 partner organisations Key Metric 2
2023 Christmas Appeal raised net total of just under £400,000 — most successful to date at the time — benefiting 988 vulnerable families, 1,069 children (including 380 toys), 278 pensioners, 200 individuals and 31 charity partners; 500 Winter Warmer packs delivered for second year Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • 33,000+ attendances across 24 projects; Christmas Appeal raised £397,000 net benefiting 988 families, 1,069 children and 278 pensioners; Celtic Park opened on Christmas Day for first time; Football for Good Fund supported 11,000+ individuals
  • Hub at Celtic Park (Lisbon Lions stand) refurbished Spring 2024 with dedicated therapy room; second holiday home purchased (both fully booked for 2024/25); Paradise Pit Stop expanded to four days a week; Hackney Marshes 6-month pilot engaged 19,200 young people; consolidation of Celtic FC Foundation Inc. (USA) into group accounts for first time
  • £869,535 in-kind support from Celtic FC; James Forrest Testimonial events generated significant donation; Legends charity match vs Borussia Dortmund at Celtic Park; Celtic Park opened Christmas Day for first time in club history

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Scotland

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