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.

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Latest income
£706k
Latest spending
£783k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

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

Reserves policy: two months wages, three months operating costs plus staff redundancy costs (held: £206k)
the currently requirements being two months wages, three months operating costs plus staff redundancy costs.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Total income
£706k
Total spending
£783k
Cost of raising funds
£3k
Reserves (reported)
£206k
Employees
19

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£706k£783k
30/06/2024£626k£664k
30/06/2023£603k£638k
30/06/2022£640k£675k
30/06/2021£463k£385k

Common questions

Is NEWCASTLE RUGBY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England25/09/2024£14kFalcons Fit
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/02/2020£99k"History of North East Rugby League"
Sport England12/02/2016£85kRugby League Local Development Project 2016-17

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Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NEWCASTLE RUGBY FOUNDATION£706kaboveno doubt
NEWCASTLE UNITED FOUNDATION FY2025£7.9maboveno doubt
CENTRE WEST (NEWCASTLE) FY2025£535k0unclearno doubt
Gloucester Rugby Foundation FY2024£873kbelowno doubt
LEEDS RUGBY FOUNDATION FY2025£1.5maboveno doubt
NEW DIRECTIONS (RUGBY) LIMITED FY2025£6.9munclearno doubt

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