NEWCASTLE RUGBY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1107851 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FALCONS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

The Newcastle Rugby Foundation work across the North East and Cumbria to make rugby the positive difference that changes lives for good.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE INHABITANTS OF TYNE AND WEAR, NORTHUMBERLAND, COUNTY DURHAM AND CUMBRIA AND THEIR SURROUNDING AREAS:-3. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND, INPARTICULAR, THE INHABITANTS OF THE NORTH EAST AND CUMBRIA AND THEIR SURROUNDINGAREAS:-3.1. TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THEPLAYING OF RUGBY UNION, RUGBY LEAGUE AND OTHER SPORTS ("FACILITIES" IN THIS CLAUSE 3MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES);3.2. TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIMEOCCUPATION OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIRYOUTH, AGE, ETHNICITY, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMICCIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THEOBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND3.3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH SUCH MEANS AS THETRUSTEES THINK FIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF CHARITY.

Area of benefit: TYNE AND WEAR, NORTHUMBERLAND, COUNTY DURHAM AND CUMBRIA

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 the charity reported a net deficit of £76,808 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £253,852. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £205,721, which is above the stated target requirement of £175,000. The trustees confirmed adequate resources to continue in operational existence on a going concern basis.

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 4 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 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 (76% 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: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID IAIN RAMAGE
• Jack Spoor
• Jeffrey Andrew Ball · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lisa Jayne Hamilton-Murray
• MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER HOGAN
• ROBERT WILLIAM VICKERS
• STEPHEN PAUL SAVAGE · trustee of 1 other charity
• SUNIL MEHRA
• Tracy Lynch

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

Operates in: Gateshead · Middlesbrough · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEWCASTLE UNITED FOUNDATION.

• NEWCASTLE UNITED FOUNDATION income £7.9m
• CENTRE WEST (NEWCASTLE) income £535k
• NEWCASTLE BENFIELD JUNIORS FOOTBALL CLUB income £253k
• Gloucester Rugby Foundation income £873k
• NORTHUMBERLAND JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE LIMITED income £424k
• LEEDS RUGBY FOUNDATION income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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