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Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 May 2025

Grimsby Town Foundation is the official charity of Grimsby Town Football Club, based at Blundell Park in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire. The 2025 Annual Report covers the year ended 31 May 2025, highlighting growth in school delivery, new SEND provision, an expanded BTEC girls' programme, and community recreational sessions, alongside a mental health matchday campaign and the near-completion of a Heritage Fund project.

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About

School sports and education delivery including Premier League Primary Stars and Premier League Kicks; BTEC programme with Franklin College including new girls' programme; Sports Coaching Foundation degree with EFLitC and University of South Wales; Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) programme; disability sport via Ability Counts; Saturday morning community sessions; after-school clubs; mental health awareness matchday programme; Heritage Fund project preserving GTFC history Custom geography from upload: Yorkshire & The Humber

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Total income £605,497 and total expenditure £711,227 for the year ended 31 May 2025
Key Metric 2 Expanded school delivery into new schools, with a targeted focus on economically deprived areas and SEND schools introduced for the first time
Key Metric 3 Deficit reduced to £105,730 (2025) from £125,085 (2024), with reserves of £185,075 held against a policy target of £119,000

Key Outcomes

  • New PL Fans Fund mental health programme launched, signposting people to support services via matchday promotion with former player Nathan Arnold
  • BTEC girls' programme launched successfully; SEND school sessions delivered for the first time; Heritage Fund project substantially completed, preserving Grimsby Town FC history for future generations
  • Community recreational sessions expanded with new Saturday morning sessions alongside holiday courses and after-school clubs, with girls-only sessions and enhanced disability provision through Ability Counts

Geography

Yorkshire and the Humber

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
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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