THE BATH RUGBY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1101868 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Enhancing the lives of young people through sport, focusing on those with social and other disadvantages. Imparting the values of camaraderie, loyalty, discipline and respect found in rugby. Motivating, raising self esteem and confidence, and improving life skills in young people by impacting positively on educational achievement and social interaction.

Objects

3.1 TO ADVANCE AND ASSIST IN ADVANCING EDUCATION;3.2 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THOSE FOR WHOM THE FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED;3.3 TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND DISABILITY AND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH; AND3.4 TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER PURPOSE WHICH IS CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO ENGLISH LAW

Area of benefit: BATH AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Amateur Sport · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bath and North East Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus on unrestricted funds of £114,646, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £259,659. This figure is reported to be in line with and just over the Trustees' stated policy target of approximately £200,000, which represents three months of operational costs. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by ML Audit LLP. 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2021 (received 03/05/2022, 3 days after the 30/04/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bath Rugby Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• OPRO — “We’re incredibly proud to support Bath Rugby Foundation and the brilliant work they do in the community. By providing free mouthguards for t…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (43% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 22.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Scotlandchair
• CHRISTOPHER EDWARD POTTER
• Clare Louise England
• EMMA HAINES
• Emma-Louise Davis
• Esther Dorien McMorris
• Louise Harvey
• Mark Edward Blackman
• Rebecca Laura Brown
• Tarquin Mcdonald
• Tim Rutherford

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Somerset · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TEAM BATH ATHLETIC CLUB.

• TEAM BATH ATHLETIC CLUB income £161k
• BARNES RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB income £399k
• THE BATH GENERAL PRACTICE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH TRUST income £122k
• LONDON RUGBY LEAGUE FOUNDATION income £145k
• COVENTRY RUGBY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION LTD income £146k
• HUNSLET RUGBY FOUNDATION income £143k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.