Overall GiG Score: 7 ?
Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 1
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +1

RUGBY FOOTBALL FOUNDATION 

-provide grants and loans for capital improvements -provide and assist in the provision of money, materials or other help;-organise and assist in the provision of conferences, courses of instruction, exhibitions,lectures and other educational activities;-publish educational and instructional matter;-promote,encourage,carry out or commission research making the useful results available.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 20 years

https://www.englandrugby.com/about-rfu/rfu-ch

rugbyfootballfoundation@rfu.com

02088317790

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/06/22£19,793£19,138£655£68£10,553£10,4726.600
30/06/21£23,905£14,692£9,212£0£9,897£9,746800
30/06/20£24,523£25,080£-556£0£685£3380.200
30/06/19*£31,569£31,979£-410£0£1,241£6470.200
30/06/18£30,459£30,693£-234£0£1,651£5780.200
30/06/17£30,812£30,803£9£0£1,885£5320.200
30/06/16£28,630£27,768£862£0£1,876£4310.200
30/06/15£25,822£25,209£614£96£1,014£1800.100
30/06/14£17,707£22,479£-4,771£79£952£7290.400
30/06/13£23,041£20,579£2,463£68£5,724£1,4150.800
30/06/12£17,900£16,447£1,453£152£3,261£1,308110
30/06/11£15,281£15,201£79£153£1,808£1,1690.910
30/06/10£14,372£14,118£253£49£1,728£1,0590.900
30/06/09£17,187£17,133£54£91£1,545£1,0620.700
30/06/08£16,440£16,515£-75£68£1,491£7750.610
30/06/07£17,067£16,844£223£40£1,566£1,0810.800
30/06/06£10,721£10,595£126£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05£844£496£348£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04*£620£305£314£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 60%
Liabilities/Income: 80%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 6.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 0.2
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Dulverton Trust - Replacement Septic tank and soakaway
£5,000 23/10/2019
Replacement Septic tank and soakaway
Dulverton Trust - Towards Stow Rugby Football Club CASC No.00963
£8,000 04/02/2015
Towards Stow Rugby Football Club CASC No.00963
Sport England - All Schools Proper 2012
£100,000 31/10/2012
Funding under Sport England's Sportsmatch funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'All Schools Proper 2012'. This project lists its main activity as Rugby Union.
Sport England - All Schools Plan - trials
£36,230 20/09/2011
Funding under Sport England's Sportsmatch funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'All Schools Plan - trials'. This project lists its main activity as Rugby Union.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-77
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/10/2003, number: 1100277
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/12/2002, number: 04608134
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR19: 22 days late, AR04: 72 days late,
Main office

Rugby Football Union
200 Whitton Road
Twickenham
TW2 7BA

Objectives

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO:1. PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR PLAYING RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS (FACILITIES MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES);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, 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. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF CHARITY; AND4. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF RUGBY FOOTBALL AND ITS ANTECEDENTS, IN PARTICULAR BY ESTABLISHING OR MAINTAINING A MUSEUM FOR THE PERMANENT EXHIBITION AND PRESERVATION OF ITEMS OF EDUCATION AND/OR HISTORIC VALUE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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