Community & Social Justice Health & Wellbeing 2023
Celtic FC Foundation

Annual Report Year Ended 30 June 2023

Celtic FC Foundation (SC024648) is the charitable arm of Celtic Football Club, based at Celtic Park in Glasgow. The 2022/23 Annual Report covers 7,000+ individuals across 22 projects, with new cost-of-living initiatives including Paradise Pit Stop and an in-house Fuel Bank. The Christmas Appeal raised £385,000 and the CashBack for Communities project secured a further three years of funding for criminal justice rehabilitation work with young adults aged 16-24.

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Paradise Pit Stop (launched January 2023, Monday and Thursday evenings at Celtic Park, free two-course meal and advice, children's zone with homework support and arts and crafts); CFCF Fuel Bank (launched Winter 2022, pre-payment meter top-up vouchers £49, 3,000+ individuals supported); Winter Warmer (500 packs with heated throws, gloves, scarves, hand and foot warmers); Paradise Recovery Café (weekly at Celtic Park, 90+ individuals, substance misuse recovery, peer support and alternative therapies); Holiday Home (purchased 2022 at Wemyss Bay Holiday Park, fully booked for 2023/24 season, second home purchased at year end); Lions' View Sensory Room (full match day use resumed, dementia midweek use added); Ability Counts (Glasgow Down Syndrome/Autism and 18+ strands, resumed Donegal delivery); Lions' Lunch Breaks (Glasgow and Edinburgh, dementia, twice-weekly, music/arts/crafts/interactive games); CashBack Gateway to Employment (three-year Phase 6 funding secured, Celtic Park core delivery, prison outreach, in-house counselling); Gateway to Health and Opportunity; Joy of Moving (primary schools, Glasgow's most deprived areas); Community Games (Glasgow/London/Ireland, October and Easter breaks included); Festive Friends; Football for Good Fund (food, fuel, mental health); New York partnerships; Fundraising: Arctic Trek, Liverpool FC Foundation charity match at Anfield (March 2023), 'Night with Scott Brown and Mikael Lustig' at OVO Hydro, Road to Seville Cycle, Machu Picchu Trek, New York Gala, Glasgow Sporting Dinner

📊Key Metrics

Charity income £2,571,460 and expenditure £2,813,074 (year ended 30 June 2023, SC024648); in-kind support from Celtic FC valued at £279,403; UK income decreased from £2,796,845 in 2021/22 mainly due to timing of London Gala; overall group level income on par with prior year when Celtic FC Foundation Inc. (USA) included Key Metric 1
Over 7,000 individuals supported across 22 projects; Football for Good Fund supported over 2,000 individuals through 10 partner organisations; 500 Winter Warmer packs delivered; Paradise Recovery Café supported over 90 individuals; Fuel Bank supported over 3,000 individuals with £49 top-up vouchers Key Metric 2
2022 Christmas Appeal raised net total of £385,000 — most successful to date at the time — benefiting 987 families, 844 children, 428 pensioners and 32 trusted charity partners across Scotland, Ireland, London, Ottawa and other areas Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • 7,000+ individuals across 22 projects; Christmas Appeal £385,000 net benefiting 987 families, 844 children and 428 pensioners; CashBack for Communities project secured three further years' funding; Holiday Home fully booked through 2024 within first year
  • Paradise Pit Stop and Fuel Bank launched as new bespoke initiatives responding to cost of living crisis; second Holiday Home purchased at year end to accommodate extensive waiting list; Lions' Lunch Breaks and Ability Counts fully restored post-COVID; charity match at Anfield vs Liverpool FC Foundation raised funds
  • £279,403 in-kind value of Celtic FC support (kit, tickets, merchandise, human resource, office space); supporters raised funds via Arctic Trek, Road to Seville Cycle, Machu Picchu Trek; Supporters' Committee hosted Dinner Dance and other events; New York and London committees contributed significantly

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Scotland

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