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Club Survey - Club Finances and Corporate Governance
Survey
This survey is being conducted by the Independent Football Regulator (IFR) to gather information from football clubs in the top five tiers of English men's football around their club finances and corporate governance.
This information will help to inform the IFR’s 'State of the Game’ report, as well as informing its overall approach to policy and supervision.
By providing this information and helping to build the IFR’s understanding of the industry, you will help to ensure that the IFR is able to take a proportionate and effective approach to regulation that minimises burden on clubs.
Important Note:
All survey responses must be based on information from the 2025/26 season (the current football season).
How to respond
You can submit your response to the questions by filling out the survey below.
At the beginning of the survey, you will be asked to enter your club-specific code. This code was provided to you via email along with the link to this page.
Confidentiality
We do not intend to publish any individual responses. Information contained in responses may be used or summarised in public documents (i.e., aggregated and anonymised findings).
Personal Data
We accept the right for responses to remain anonymous and a response that wishes to remain confidential should be appropriately marked. We may contact an individual to discuss their request for confidentiality further and ask for reasons.
We are subject to the rules set out in the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Data Protection Act (DPA) and the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR).
Section 1 of FOIA gives a general right of access to information held by public authorities, and the Act adds the IFR to the list of ‘public bodies’ which fall within the remit of FOIA.
The EIR requires public authorities to make available on request the environmental information they hold.
EIR (reg. 2(2)) defines “public authority” by direct reference to FOIA. Personal data collected as part of the consultation process will fall within the remit of the DPA.
Section 7(1)(a) defines “public authority” by direct reference to FOIA. Whilst we may publish data about the number of responses we receive, it must not disclose the personal information of any of the respondents during this process.
Survey Duration and Deadline
To help you plan, we estimate this survey will likely take between 30 and 45 minutes.
Note: For the final section on club finances, input from a finance director will likely be required to complete the survey.
All responses must be submitted by 19th December 2025.
Survey
This survey is being conducted by the Independent Football Regulator (IFR) to gather information from football clubs in the top five tiers of English men's football around their club finances and corporate governance.
This information will help to inform the IFR’s 'State of the Game’ report, as well as informing its overall approach to policy and supervision.
By providing this information and helping to build the IFR’s understanding of the industry, you will help to ensure that the IFR is able to take a proportionate and effective approach to regulation that minimises burden on clubs.
Important Note:
All survey responses must be based on information from the 2025/26 season (the current football season).
How to respond
You can submit your response to the questions by filling out the survey below.
At the beginning of the survey, you will be asked to enter your club-specific code. This code was provided to you via email along with the link to this page.
Confidentiality
We do not intend to publish any individual responses. Information contained in responses may be used or summarised in public documents (i.e., aggregated and anonymised findings).
Personal Data
We accept the right for responses to remain anonymous and a response that wishes to remain confidential should be appropriately marked. We may contact an individual to discuss their request for confidentiality further and ask for reasons.
We are subject to the rules set out in the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Data Protection Act (DPA) and the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR).
Section 1 of FOIA gives a general right of access to information held by public authorities, and the Act adds the IFR to the list of ‘public bodies’ which fall within the remit of FOIA.
The EIR requires public authorities to make available on request the environmental information they hold.
EIR (reg. 2(2)) defines “public authority” by direct reference to FOIA. Personal data collected as part of the consultation process will fall within the remit of the DPA.
Section 7(1)(a) defines “public authority” by direct reference to FOIA. Whilst we may publish data about the number of responses we receive, it must not disclose the personal information of any of the respondents during this process.
Survey Duration and Deadline
To help you plan, we estimate this survey will likely take between 30 and 45 minutes.
Note: For the final section on club finances, input from a finance director will likely be required to complete the survey.
All responses must be submitted by 19th December 2025.
Important Note: All survey responses must be based on information from the 2025/26 season (the current season).
To help you plan, we estimate this survey will likely take between 30and 45 minutes. For the first section on club finances, input from a finance director will likely be required to complete the survey.
You will be able to return to a previous page at any point during the survey by clicking the 'previous' button, and if you need to close and complete any of the questions later, you will be able to do this by logging back in.
Once you have submitted your responses you will be unable to edit them.