THE RUGBY FIVES ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1136872 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RFA

Acting as the Governing body for the game of Rugby Fives. Organising open tournaments and matches for the public and for schools and ensuring all activities are for the public benefit.

Objects

A TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN THE SPORT OF RUGBY FIVES AND SUCH OTHER AMATEUR SPORTS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF RUGBY FIVES (FACILITIES MEANS, LAND BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES)B TO ADVANCE PHYSICAL EDUCATION OF YOUNG PERSONS BY ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING AND LEARNING OF RUGBY FIVES IN SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL.

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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Registered contact address: Oxford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds stood at £104,930, representing a net increase from the previous year. The trustees confirm the charity has a reasonable expectation of continuing in operation and meeting its liabilities through July 2026. Total incoming resources increased to £47,487, driven by higher donations and the introduction of Gift Aid income.

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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04837244

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.

• MATHIEU, Rupert James — director, appointed 17/09/2026not on trustee list
• KEATES, Lewis Graham — director, appointed 19/09/2024on trustee list
• LYONS, William James — director, appointed 19/09/2024on trustee list
• TUNKS, Helena Grace — director, appointed 08/01/2024on trustee list
• TILSTON, James Alexander David — director, appointed 12/05/2021on trustee list
• BUTLER, David — director, appointed 23/09/2020not on trustee list
• MATHIAS, Louise Marion — director, appointed 04/09/2019on trustee list
• BROOKS, Charles Galt — director, appointed 08/09/2011on trustee list
• KIRBY, Stuart James — director, appointed 08/09/2011on trustee list
• SMITH, Alexander David Bentley — director, appointed 15/06/2005on trustee list
• BUCHANAN, Neil Hamish — director, appointed 16/06/2004on trustee list
• BLAKELEY, Christopher Richard, Dr — secretary, appointed 05/04/2022

Official officers record.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• ALEXANDER DAVID BENTLEY SMITH
• Andrew David Passey
• Charles Galt BROOKS
• HAMISH BUCHANAN
• Helena Grace Tunks
• James Alexander David Tilston
• Lewis Graham Keates
• Louise Marion Mathias
• Stuart James KIRBY
• William James Lyons

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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• WINSCOMBE RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB income £114k
• THE ETON FIVES ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £421k
• THE RUGBY SCHOOL GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST income £358k
• HARROGATE RUFC LIMITED income £1.8m
• RUGBY THEATRE income £323k
• ASHFIELD RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED income £56k

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