ARMY RUGBY UNION TRUST

Registered charity 1149105 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ARU

1. PROMOTING THE PHYSICAL EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMY BY AFFORDING FACILITIES FOR ALL RANKS TO INDULGE IN SPORT IN GENERAL AND IN RUGBY FOOTBALL IN PARTICULAR. 2. MAKING GRANTS TO CHARITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF MEMBERS, BOTH PAST AND PRESENT OF HER MAJESTY'S FORCES OR THEIR DEPENDENTS

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Amateur Sport · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£885k

Latest spending

£865k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £20,990 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total funds carried forward reaching £2,102,887. The trustees acknowledge declining revenue from ticket sales and sponsorship but confirm the charity can meet its liabilities over the coming 12 months. The audit report confirms the financial statements give a true and fair view and identifies no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year's annual net operating costs (held: £2.0m)

“The Management Board continue to endorse a revised Reserve Strategy to grow the Trust's Reserves to cover one year's annual net operating costs.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The Army Rugby Union (ARU) trustees have considered the three-year financial plan and the declining revenue from the Army V Navy ticket sales and considers the company will be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due over the coming 12 month, and hence these financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Turner & Co. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£885k

Total spending

£865k

Cost of raising funds

£45k

Reserves (reported)

£2.1m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~29.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (59% 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: 5.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (11/05/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr James Cookchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Andrew JC Geary OBE
Giles Malec
Marc Wilding

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£885k	£865k
31/08/2024	£1.0m	£941k
31/08/2023	£1.1m	£994k
31/08/2022	£1.1m	£796k
31/08/2021	£128k	£198k

Common questions

Is ARMY RUGBY UNION TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £20,990 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total funds carried forward reaching £2,102,887. The trustees acknowledge declining revenue from ticket sales and sponsorship but confirm the charity can meet its liabilities over the coming 12 months. The audit report confirms the financial statements give a true and fair view and identifies no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Turner & Co.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

UKAF RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB income £186k
THE ARMY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION income £335k
THE ARMY DEPENDANTS' TRUST income £2.1m
DEVONPORT SERVICES RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB income £272k
The Royal Corps of Army Music Trust income £159k
Rugby Borough Sports Trust Limited income £198k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ARMY RUGBY UNION TRUST	£885k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
UKAF RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB FY2025	£186k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ARMY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION FY2025	£335k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ARMY DEPENDANTS' TRUST FY2024	£2.1m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
DEVONPORT SERVICES RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB FY2025	£272k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
The Royal Corps of Army Music Trust FY2026	£159k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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