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

BLACKBURN RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL CLUB

The promotion of community participation in rugby union. Provide facilities for sport within the community. Encourage and value volunteering to the delivery of rugby union. To work with other sporting organisations, schools, colleges etc to widen particiation in rugby union. To advance the education of children and young people as to the values of the sport.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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

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
31/05/22		£121,512	£95,233	£26,279	20
31/05/21	*	£116,643	£68,213	£48,430	25
31/05/20		£116,643	£68,213	£48,430	0
31/05/19	*	£73,910	£48,719	£25,191	40

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

www.brufc.com

info@brufc.com

01254 247669

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Amateur Sport

GiG Classification

Sports activities

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Blackburn With Darwen, Lancashire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
20 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
Sport England - COVID19 - Active Together (Crowdfunding)
£0	16/02/2021	Funding under Sport England's Crowdfunder Initiative, 'Active Together'. This was an online crowdfunding campaign which Sport England contributed towards, with a pledge value of £8,000. They ....more Funding under Sport England's Crowdfunder Initiative, 'Active Together'. This was an online crowdfunding campaign which Sport England contributed towards, with a pledge value of £8,000. They achieved themselves an additional crowdfund raise value of £22,764 from 220 supporters ('the crowd'). The campaign's description was: 'Crowdfunder is waiving its platform fees for community and charity crowdfunding projects during the coronavirus crisis.' Their campaign page can be viewed here: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/blackburn-rugby-club-restoration-preservation
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£7,324	08/12/2020 3	Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project lists its main activity as Rugby Union

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDREW MORRIS Appointed: 2022

CATHERINE ALEX HANSON Appointed: 2023

DAVID MOSSMAN SCOTT Appointed: 2018

DENISE NEWMAN Appointed: 2023

DINO EDUARDO RADICE Appointed: 2018

DAVID PORTER Appointed: 2020

EDWARD PAUL WESTHEAD Appointed: 2018

IAN JOHN HOLCROFT (Chair) Appointed: 2018

JAMES RICHARD YATES Appointed: 2018

MICHELLE ALLANSON Appointed: 2023

PETER WHITMAN Appointed: 2023

ROGER HUGH GRAHAM Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/02/2018, number: 1177142

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

4 returns made; AR21: 5 days late, AR19: 83 days late,

Main office

BLACKBURN RUGBY CLUB
RAMSGREAVE DRIVE
BLACKBURN
BB1 8NB

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CLUB ARE:3.1.1 TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR PLAYING RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL (FACILITIES MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES);3.1.2 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; AND3.1.3 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF CHARITY (THE OBJECTS).

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