DALLAGLIO RUGBYWORKS
Registered charity 1130353 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE DALLAGLIO FOUNDATION · also registered in Scotland as SC046140 (OSCR)
As Trustees report
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The charity reported a surplus of £18,531 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income increasing to £2,098,221 from £1,679,617 in the prior year. Free reserves stood at £549,947, which the trustees state equate to four months of future costs, sitting within their stated policy target of covering four to six months of expenditure. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“1 employee had emoluments over £60,000 in the year to 31 July 2025” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £550k; policy: four to six months of the costs of the management, support and administration, governance and the Rugby Programme)
“Our free reserves at 31% July 2025 were £549,947 (2024: £483,364) and equate to 4 months of future costs.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Dallaglio 8 received £6,600 for appearances by L B N Dallaglio, a director of the company.
“During the year, Dallaglio 8, a company in which L B N Dallaglio was a director, received £6,600 for the appearances of L B N Dallaglio at RugbyWorks events.” — page 34
“During the year, Sporting 8 Limited, a company in which the CEO of the charity, Zenna Hopson, is a director, operated events in order to raise funds for the charity.” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Sporting 8 Limited, a company in which CEO Zenna Hopson is a director, operated events to raise funds.
“During the year, Dallaglio 8, a company in which L B N Dallaglio was a director, received £6,600 for the appearances of L B N Dallaglio at RugbyWorks events.” — page 34
“During the year, Sporting 8 Limited, a company in which the CEO of the charity, Zenna Hopson, is a director, operated events in order to raise funds for the charity.” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Dallaglio Events Limited
“The charity owns the whole of the issued share capital of Dallaglio Events Limited, a company registered in England. The subsidiary is used for non-primary purpose trading activities.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Rogers Spencer. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Dallaglio RugbyWorks (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Rachel Maguire — Chair of the Board of Trustees (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£278k
Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (54% 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: 13.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Agnes Phuong-Mai Fenton
- Andrew Timothy Cook · trustee of 2 other charities
- John Verdi d'Abbro
- Keir Stephenson
- Nick Theakstone
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is DALLAGLIO RUGBYWORKS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £18,531 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income increasing to £2,098,221 from £1,679,617 in the prior year. Free reserves stood at £549,947, which the trustees state equate to four months of future costs, sitting within their stated policy target of covering four to six months of expenditure. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Rogers Spencer.
Who funds DALLAGLIO RUGBYWORKS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name DALLAGLIO RUGBYWORKS as a grant recipient include THE YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUST, IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION, GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION, THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, EAST HEAD IMPACT.
Known funders
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