Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

GLOUCESTER RUGBY FOUNDATION

The Gloucester Rugby Foundation aims to Engage, Educate & Inspire the local community to bring about positive social impact & new opportunities for all through sport.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/06/23£292£303£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/22£294£288£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/21£183£188£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/20£280£276£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/19£385£321£64n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/18£265£211£53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/17£173£222£-49n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years

www.gloucesterrugbyfoundation.org

foundation@gloucesterrugby.co.uk

01452872275

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Bath And North East Somerset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Somerset, Wiltshire, Worcestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
Henry Smith Charity£84,900
National Lottery Heritage Fund£83,100
Ministry of Defence£72,214
National Lottery Community Fund£33,740
Sport England£25,650
DCMS£19,700
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust£7,770
Crisis UK£3,850
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - MH – ‘Rugby in the Community’
£9,400 28/07/2023
The funding will be used to provide community rugby sessions for young people. The project aims to improve fitness skills and confidence while also providing an alternative to anti-social behaviour.
Sport England - Off the Bench
£6,750 21/03/2023
This project will provide physical activity to adults with long term health conditions. The project will run for 50 weeks with a total of 3 hours of activity a week. The core objective of ‘Off the Bench’ is to equip participants with the ....more
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£26,383 14/10/2022
"The Armed Forces Covenant aims to: 1) the Armed Forces Covenant defines the enduring, general principles that should govern the relationship between the Nation, the Government and the Armed Forces community. 2) It aims to encourage all parties ....more
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£9,750 12/08/2022
"The Armed Forces Covenant aims to: 1) the Armed Forces Covenant defines the enduring, general principles that should govern the relationship between the Nation, the Government and the Armed Forces community. 2) It aims to encourage all parties ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Together at the Shed
£9,470 08/07/2022
The funding will be used to deliver three weekly one-hour sessions to residents aged 55+ including digital skills rugby reminiscence and a participant led session. The project aims to support people to form new social friendships learn new skills ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Gloucester Rugby Foundation
£84,900 15/06/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Holm Again‘ project, supporting older men (in-particular those living alone) aged 55+ from disadvantaged communities within Gloucester, Gloucestershire .
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Team Mate
£8,250 18/05/2022
This project will provide weekly wellbeing sessions to homeless and vulnerably housed participants though two 90 minute sessions per week for 50 weeks.
Ministry of Defence - OVA Afghanistan Veterans' Fund
£18,825 11/03/2022
To increase capacity in services and initiatives that offer supportive comradeship, engagement and wellbeing efforts for those in the Armed Forces community impacted by events in Afghanistan, and the wider veterans community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Pass It On
£5,020 25/10/2021
This group will use the funding to empower young people with the knowledge and confidence to act on climate change. They will educate and promote messages that reinforce the importance of sustainability environment and climate change. They will ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Gloucester Rugby Foundation
£83,100 09/09/2021
‘150 Years of Memories’
Sport England - TGC CF Glowstars
£6,150 17/08/2021
12
This project will aim to engage with 60 women aged 16+ - predominantly working Mums aged 26-40 in twice-weekly Rugby sessions to benefit their physical, mental and social wellbeing along with a children's multisport session.
Sport England - Toyota Parasport
£2,250 15/07/2021
Funding under Sport England's Toyota Parasport Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Toyota Parasport. This project is a Wheelchair Rugby project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£9,486 18/06/2021
For local projects that reduce isolation and promote integration
National Lottery Community Fund - Be Inspired
£9,850 16/04/2021
The organisation will use the funding to support children and young people living with physical and learning disabilities their siblings and parents to access activity sessions and social activities.
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£2,250 16/02/2021
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project is a Wheelchair Rugby project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£12,200 17/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - COVID IMPACT FUND
£7,770 25/06/2020
Funding enabled the group which has an established Veterans Activity Hub move activities to an online service providing a safe space for veterans who are unemployed to learn new employability skills and interact with local businesses
Ministry of Defence - Covid-19 Impact Fund
£7,770 15/06/2020
To maintain services and activities where organisations' finances had been impacted by Covid
Crisis UK - Grant to Gloucester Rugby Foundation
£3,850 20/04/2020
Repurpose Wellbeing Officer who works in partnership with local night shelter/food bank to lead volunteer workforce
DCMS - UK Youth Fund YAF
£5,000 28/02/2020
ƒAll Ability Rugbyƒ
DCMS - UK Youth Fund YAF
£2,500 28/02/2020
ƒAll Ability Rugbyƒ. The wider aim of the scheme is: To deliver onward grants to increase positive activities for young people by delivering extra sessions in youth clubs for the financial year 2019/20
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Gloucester Rugby Community Charity
£18,540 11/09/2019
24
towards two years' running costs of a rugby based intervention project, 'Into Touch', for men with mental health issues in Gloucestershire
Sport England - First Tackle
£9,120 16/07/2019
11
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled First Tackle. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
National Lottery Community Fund - Team Mate
£9,260 04/07/2019
12
The funding will be used to run a range of support services for young people at risk of homelessness. The project aims to teach the young people skills that will teach them about employability, resilience and improving wellbeing.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

  • ALEX BROWN Appointed: 2023
  • CAREY WEEKS Appointed: 2024
  • HEYMA RITA HOLMES Appointed: 2019
  • IAN EDWARD WILLIAM RENOUF-WATKINS Appointed: 2019
  • JUDITH ST QUINTON Appointed: 2024
  • NICHOLAS ANTHONY MARK BROADY (Chair) Appointed: 2023
  • STEPHEN BAILEY Appointed: 2024
  • ZAK MITCHELMORE Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/01/2016, number: 1165303
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

GLOUCESTER RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB
KINGSHOLM ROAD
GLOUCESTER
GL1 3AX

Objectives

TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF RUGBY AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND IN PARTICULAR, YOUNG PEOPLE WITHIN GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL) OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY: PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES.TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH MAY BE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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