Community & Social Justice Health & Wellbeing 2025
Celtic FC Foundation

Annual Report Year Ended 30 June 2025

Celtic FC Foundation (SC024648) is the charitable arm of Celtic Football Club, based at Celtic Park in Glasgow. The 2024/25 Annual Report covers over 39,500 attendances across 37 projects in the UK and Ireland, with group income of £4.8 million. Highlights include 20,000+ free hot meals at Paradise Pit Stop, a record-breaking £412,000 Christmas Appeal, Ability Counts festivals across Scotland and Ireland, and continued support for addiction recovery, dementia care and criminal justice rehabilitation.

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Paradise Pit Stop (free two-course meals four days a week at Celtic Park, Monday/Wednesday/Thursday/Friday, over 20,000 hot meals served); Paradise Pit Stop Christmas Day (300+ vulnerable people welcomed on Christmas Day 2024, double prior year); CFCF Fuel Bank (Energy Advisor recruited, thousands of homes kept connected); Winter Warmer (500 packs, third consecutive year); Ability Counts (Glasgow and Ireland — Down Syndrome, neurodiverse and 18+ strands, Donegal/Derry/Mayo, second Ability Counts Festival at Lennoxtown); Community Games (average 60 vulnerable primary school children per day during school holidays, Scottish Government and SFA Extra Time funded, October and Easter breaks added); Paradise Recovery Café (third year, weekly at Celtic Park, substance misuse recovery); Holiday Home (two properties, both fully booked all year, second home added for waiting list); Lions' View Sensory Room (refreshed, elevated seating, digital music maker, match days and dementia midweek use); Lions' Lunch Breaks (Glasgow and Edinburgh, dementia, twice-weekly, music/arts/crafts/interactive games and lunch); CashBack Gateway to Opportunities (young adults 16-24, offending/at-risk, accredited training, prison outreach, in-house Trauma Counsellor, therapy room in Hub); Gateway to Health and Opportunity (disengaged adults, mental/physical health, positive destinations); Joy of Moving (primary schools, Glasgow's most deprived areas, health and nutritional awareness); Festive Friends; Football for Good Fund (feeding projects with 5 partner organisations, 5,000+ individuals); New York partnerships (Coalition for the Homeless Grand Central Feeding Project, Children's Aid NYC Dunlevy Community Centre); Dublin Gala Dinner (inaugural, 200 guests, Italia 90 squad); Fundraising events: Notre Dame charity dinner, Legends v Manchester United at Old Trafford, London Gala (470 guests), Camino de Santiago Trek (Neil Lennon and Peter Grant), New York Gala (365 guests), Artful Codgers exhibition, Dublin Gala, In the Footsteps of Cesar walk

📊Key Metrics

Charity income £4,211,975 and expenditure £4,012,291 (year ended 30 June 2025, SC024648); group income £4.8 million (including Celtic FC Foundation Inc. USA), up from £4.6 million in 2023/24; £904,713 in-kind support from Celtic FC in the year Key Metric 1
Over 39,500 attendances across 37 projects in UK and Ireland; 19,200 young people engaged at Hackney Marshes pilot project; over 20,000 hot meals served at Paradise Pit Stop; 500 Winter Warmer packs delivered to elderly and isolated individuals Key Metric 2
2024 Christmas Appeal raised over £412,000 — the most successful to date — benefiting 988 families, 581 children, 1,068 pensioners and 40 charity partners; Football for Good Fund supported over 5,000 individuals through 5 partner organisations; Fuel Bank supported thousands of homes Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Over 39,500 attendances across 37 projects; Christmas Appeal raised £412,000+ supporting 988 families, 581 children and 1,068 pensioners; Celtic Park opened Christmas Day for second year welcoming 300+ vulnerable people (double prior year)
  • Hub at Celtic Park (Lisbon Lions stand) fully operational following Spring 2024 refurbishment, including dedicated therapy room; both holiday homes fully booked for entire 2025/26 season; inaugural Dublin Gala Dinner introduced as new annual event; 43 staff and 51-100 volunteers
  • £904,713 in-kind support from Celtic FC (kit, tickets, merchandise, legal, finance, HR, marketing, catering, IT, retail, office space); Legends charity match vs Manchester United at Old Trafford; Artful Codgers exhibition featuring Jim Scullion, Danny McGrain and Tony Roper at Summerlee Museum attracted thousands of visitors over 10 weeks

📍Geography

Scotland

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