DORKING RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED

Registered charity 1129119 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity's objects are to promote community participation in healthy recreation by the provision of facilities and an inclusive environment for all ages and genders for the playing of rugby union football and also to promote any purpose that is charitable according to the laws of England and Wales

Objects

TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL AGES AND GENDERS FOR THE PLAYING OF RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE MOLE VALLEY (AREA OF BENEFIT) ANDTO PROMOTE ANY PURPOSE THAT IS CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR SOLE DISCRETION.

Area of benefit: MOLE VALLEY

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 £51,660 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in a decrease in total fund balances from £1,853,098 to £1,801,438. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting. Unrestricted reserves stood at £1,769,648, which the trustees describe as sufficient to cover member deposits and future development, though no specific numerical policy target is stated.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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 expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (63% 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: 35.1% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MR JIM EVANSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• David John Hemmings
• JOHN MERRIMAN AARVOLD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mark Edward Bell
• Matthew George Noble
• Shaun Hammond
• Tarek Sherazee

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRIDGNORTH RUGBY CLUB LIMITED.

• BRIDGNORTH RUGBY CLUB LIMITED income £183k
• BARNES RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB income £399k
• TOPSHAM RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB income £401k
• KESWICK COMMUNITY RUGBY TRUST LIMITED income £330k
• HACKNEY RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED income £153k
• WINSCOMBE RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB income £114k

Side by side with its peers

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