Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +0
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

TOPSHAM RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB 

The objects of the Club are to promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for playing rugby union football and other sports which involve physical or mental skill or exertion; and to provide or assist in the provision of facilities for sport, recreation or other leisure time occupation of such persons who have need for such facilities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/22£168,801£129,260£39,541100
31/03/21*£205,848£86,463£119,385100
31/03/20£192,211£203,454£-11,24350
31/03/19£26,273£40,515£-14,242120
31/03/18£0£0£00
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.topshamrugby.co.uk

charity@topshamrugby.co.uk

01392873651

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Sports activities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Devon,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 100 volunteers

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
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Topsham Rugby Football Club
£1,923 23/10/2021
We would like to purchase a waste management system to allow us to offer camping facilities over the summer months. This will bring additional tourists into our town, supporting many local businesses.
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£9,000 26/05/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Rugby Union

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/09/2017, number: 1174681
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR21: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from TOPSHAM RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB on 22/10/2020
Main office

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Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CLUB ARE:1) TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR PLAYING RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS WHICH INVOLVE PHYSICAL OR MENTAL SKILL OR EXERTION (FACILITIES MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES); AND2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF 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.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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