RESTART RUGBY

Registered charity 1113160 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PRA BENEVOLENT FUND, RESTART, THE RPA BENEVOLENT FUND

RESTART IS THE CHARITY OF THE RUGBY PLAYERS ASSOCIATION (RPA) PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR PRESENT AND FORMER PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS SUFFERING FROM SERIOUS INJURY, ILLNESS OR HARDSHIP.

Objects

(I) TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS, OF MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY, OF STRESS AND OF HARDSHIP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED OR WERE FORMERLY INVOLVED IN THE PLAYING OF RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL WHO BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, INFIRMITY, DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE NEED OF SUCH RELIEF; AND (II) TO ADVANCE THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH OF BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS BY ENCOURAGING AND ASSISTING THE PROVISION OF OPPORTUNITIES AND FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL AT ALL LEVELS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £87,318, and the charity reports a net expenditure of £120,300 for the year. The Trustees note that the charity is largely dependent on fundraising events and restricted funding from stakeholders like the RFU and PRL for its sustainability.

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 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
• Investment
• 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05179792

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Restart (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• JONES, Megan Elizabeth — director, appointed 01/12/2025on trustee list
• CURTIS, Dean Allen — director, appointed 05/11/2025on trustee list
• ALABASTER, Catherine Phyllis Mary — director, appointed 08/05/2025on trustee list
• LAMBERT, Mark David — director, appointed 04/03/2025on trustee list
• ROBERTS, Claire-Marie, Dr — director, appointed 17/10/2023on trustee list
• COOK, Dean Spencer — director, appointed 17/10/2023on trustee list
• JACKSON, Edward Thomas Bentley — director, appointed 01/08/2018not on trustee list
• CAMPION, David Mark — director, appointed 14/07/2004on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (55% 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: 20.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Catherine Phyllis Mary Alabaster
• DAVID MARK CAMPION
• Dean Cook
• Dean Curtis
• Dr Claire-Marie Roberts
• Ed Jackson
• Mark Lambert
• Megan Jones

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 RFU INJURED PLAYERS FOUNDATION.

• RFU INJURED PLAYERS FOUNDATION income £2.1m
• STUBS LIMITED income £30k
• RAPID RELIEF TEAM income £2.8m
• ROTARY CLUB OF RUGBY BENEVOLENT FUND income £35k
• OLD RUTLISHIANS' ASSOCIATION income £1.1m
• RUGBY AGAINST CANCER income £102k

Side by side with its peers

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