Aston Villa Foundation
Charity 1152848
https://www.avfc.co.uk/foundation
Overview
Summary
Aston Villa Foundation appears to be a broad civic-development charity using sport, particularly football, as one route into health, education, inclusion and improved life chances. Its formal purposes combine direct provision of facilities and activities with the ability to direct funds to other charitable bodies. This suggests a potentially flexible role: both delivering community programmes and supporting wider charitable activity. However, the available evidence does not show which role predominates, where it operates, or which communities currently benefit.
Operational geography
No operational geography is currently available for this organisation.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Recreation
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who they help
- Children/young People
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Other Charitable Activities
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Sport appears to be a platform rather than the end goal
The organisation’s objects suggest that football and other sport may be used to improve health, social welfare, education and participation, rather than being pursued solely as sporting activity.
Why it matters
This frames the Foundation as a potential connector between sport and wider civic priorities. Organisations working in health, youth development, education or inclusion may therefore be relevant collaborators, even if they do not work in sport.
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“To promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for the playing of football and other sports capable of improving health.”
Source:Charity Commission“To advance the education (including academic, social and physical) of children, young people and adults.”
Source:Charity Commission“What the charity does includes education/training, advancement of health or saving of lives, amateur sport, economic/community development/employment, equality or diversity, and recreation.”
Source:Charity Commission
The Foundation may have a dual delivery and grant-making role
Its objects and stated activity indicate that it may both provide facilities, services and human resources directly, and apply funds to other charitable bodies or purposes.
Why it matters
This distinction affects how other organisations might engage with it: it could be a delivery partner, a source of charitable support, or both. The evidence does not establish whether external funding is currently a significant part of its practice.
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“To provide and assist in providing facilities for sport, recreation or other leisure time occupation.”
Source:Charity Commission“To pay or apply the funds of the organisation to such bodies and/or to such charitable purpose which are exclusively charitable in law.”
Source:Organisation“How the charity helps includes provides human resources, provides services, and other charitable activities.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its formal remit is broad, but its named beneficiary focus is narrow
The objects allow support for people affected by youth, age, disability, poverty and social or economic circumstances, while the recorded beneficiary groups name only children and young people and the general public.
Why it matters
This may indicate a broad capacity that is not yet visible in the available beneficiary classification. It would be worth examining whether groups such as older people, disabled people or people facing poverty are actively reached, and whether any are underrepresented.
Show evidence
“The charity may provide facilities for persons who need them by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, gender, poverty or social and economic circumstances.”
Source:Charity Commission“Who the charity helps: Children/young People, The General Public/mankind.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether the Foundation primarily delivers services itself, funds other charities, or combines both models.
- Which places, communities and demographic groups currently participate or benefit.
- Whether its broad equality, employment and social-welfare remit is reflected in active programmes.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or impact reports describing programmes, participant groups, locations, partners and outcomes.
- Information on grants, funded organisations, referral routes and delivery partnerships.
- Programme-level evidence showing how sport connects to education, health, employment and inclusion outcomes.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
To pay or apply the funds of the organisation to such bodies and/or to such charitable purpose which are exclusively charitabel in law and in such proportions and manner and subject to such terms and conditions as the directors may in their uncontrolled discretion determine.
Charity objects
3.1 TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING HEALTH (FACILITIES IN THIS ARTICLE MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES); 3.2 TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, GENDER, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; 3.3 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING ACADEMIC, SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL) OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO DEVELOP THEIR FULL CAPACITIES AND ENABLE THEM TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED; AND 3.4 TO PAY OR APPLY THE FUNDS OF THE CHARITY TO SUCH BODIES AND/OR TO SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE IN LAW AND IN SUCH PROPORTIONS IN SUCH MANNER AND SUBJECT TO SUCH TERMS