ENGLAND RUGBY FOOTBALL SCHOOLS' UNION

Registered charity 1095798 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ERFSU

Administer, foster, encourage, extend and control the game of Rugby Union Football for the moral, mental and physical development of schoolboys and schoolgirls attending schools within England.

Objects

TO ADMINISTER, FOSTER, ENCOURAGE, EXTEND AND CONTROL RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL FOR THE MORAL, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF SCHOOL BOYS AND SCHOOL GIRLS ATTENDING SCHOOLS WITHIN ENGLAND WHICH EXPRESSION WHEN USED HEREAFTER SHALL INCLUDE THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND THE ISLE OF MAN.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED BUT IN PRACTICE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND THE ISLE OF MAN

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased to £154,655, which the Trustees calculate is approximately 42 months of expenditure at current levels, significantly exceeding their stated reserves policy target of 12 months. Despite a net deficit of £17,580 for the year, the charity maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence, as confirmed by the independent examiner.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04534141

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BUOY, Nicholas James — director, appointed 01/07/2026on trustee list
• GEE, Keith — director, appointed 01/07/2017on trustee list
• WINTER, David Arthur George — director, appointed 06/07/2014on trustee list
• LOWE, Charles Mark Christopher — director, appointed 04/07/2009on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• KEITH GEEchair
• DAVID ARTHUR GEORGE WINTER
• FREDERICK URQUHART BATCHELOR
• MR MARK LOWE · trustee of 1 other charity
• NIGEL ROBERT ORTON
• Nicholas James Buoy

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

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