Impact Report September 2023 – August 2024

Leyton Orient Trust is the official charity of Leyton Orient Football Club, based at Brisbane Road in Leyton, East London. The 2023-24 Impact Report covers September 2023 to August 2024, documenting £1.3 million invested across programmes in four London boroughs, engaging 10,000 individuals through education, health and wellbeing, employability, and sport provision including 129 partner schools and a range of funded community programmes.

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📋About

Premier League Primary Stars in 129 partner schools; Joy of Moving (3,620 pupils, 27 schools); Premier League Kicks youth outreach; Girls Emerging Talent Centre; Talking Tactics youth mental health mentoring (NELFT partnership); Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) in Waltham Forest and Redbridge; Chances mentoring (Sport England social investment bond); PL Inspires; BTEC further education (16–18, with Waltham Forest College); Community Health Champions; Coping Through Football mental health programme; Training Ground NEET employability; Game Changer employability programme; club liaison and fan engagement

📊Key Metrics

£1.3 million invested in the community; 10,000 individuals engaged across Waltham Forest, Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Redbridge Key Metric 1
Total income £1,340,000 and total expenditure £1,280,000 for the year ended 31 August 2024 Key Metric 2
129 partner schools engaged; 6,175 pupils engaged through Premier League Primary Stars; 1,237 participants in Premier League Kicks with 43 volunteers Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • 90 students enrolled on BTEC programmes; 87 achieved a qualification across all BTEC levels; retention and progression rates maintained
  • Chances programme delivered over 500 hours of 1:1 mentoring across 5 schools; 73 of 85 referrals achieved improved school attendance and 5 gained a qualification
  • Coping Through Football engaged 161 adults and 61 young people with mental health support; 25 young people supported through Talking Tactics early intervention mental health mentoring

📍Geography

London

2025 Enhanced

Impact Review 2024/25

£3,112,419 raised to deliver projects in 2024/25; total income £2,920,000 and total expenditure £2,850,000 (year ended 31 August 2024)
Key Metric 1
28,692 people took part in activities; 307,544 visits to sessions; 17,793 sessions delivered
Key Metric 2
More than 16,000 young people engaged across early years and primary programmes; 34 Premier League Primary Stars partner schools; over 7,000 healthy meals provided on HAF camps
Key Metric 3
Blackpool FC Sports College A Team won the CEFA league title 2024/25; BFC School received 'Good' Ofsted rating in November 2024; Norbreck Primary Academy reached EFL Utilita Kids Cup National Final at Wembley, winning Regional Finals unbeaten
2025 Enhanced

Impact Report 2025

Total income £659,217 and total expenditure £674,216 (year ended 30 June 2025, charity no. 1137275); 10,252 individuals engaged across the 2024/25 season, with 9,713 being young people in schools
Key Metric 1
82% of participants reported positive impact on mental wellbeing; 84% on physical wellbeing; 82% on sense of community; 86% made new friends since joining
Key Metric 2
70% agreed they made positive changes to their life as a result of CUF activity; 63% of adult participants felt a strong sense of community/belonging, 2% above the national average; 78% agreed they feel more motivated to be physically active (Forever United older adults programme)
Key Metric 3
56.7% of young people hardly ever or never feel lonely vs national average; 94% of participants feel welcome, safe and included; CUF participants ranked higher than Cambridge and UK averages for happiness, life satisfaction and worthwhile life
2025 Enhanced

Impact Report 2024-25

6,744 participants engaged across education, social inclusion, employability, heritage and health programmes in 2024/25
Key Metric 1
37,357 hours of positive activity delivered; £3.9 million in social value generated
Key Metric 2
4,805 pupils supported across 58 education settings; 300+ young people referred across six Engage hubs in Northampton, Kettering, Corby and Milton Keynes
Key Metric 3
89% of young people attending Engage programme made positive steps; 92% of employability learners moved to positive progression