CONGLETON RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED

Registered charity 1155987 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CONGLETON BEARS

The over-riding ambition of the club is to bring the principles of the game: teamwork, respect, enjoyment, discipline and sportsmanship to a wider audience and to ensure that children and adults in the Congleton area can access a top quality sporting experience without having to travel outside of the Town.

Objects

TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR PLAYING RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL (AND OTHER SPORTS) ('FACILITIES' MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES);TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH SUCH MEAN AS THE DIRECTORS THINK FIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF CHARITY.

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cheshire East, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £32,165 for the year ended 31 May 2026, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £355,237 to £323,072. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Unrestricted free funds stood at £294,981, which the trustees consider sufficient to enable the charity to operate.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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)

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/05/2023 (received 19/06/2024, 80 days after the 31/03/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08510437
• Trading subsidiary: IF YOU’RE GONNA BE A BEAR BE A GRIZZLY LIMITED Companies House 13584077 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Congleton Rugby Club (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.

• MANN, James Cameron — director, appointed 21/09/2026on trustee list
• CARDALL-IRVING, Emily Frances — director, appointed 21/09/2026on trustee list
• BECKENHAM, James Percival — director, appointed 15/09/2025on trustee list
• WOOD, Greg Neil — director, appointed 15/09/2025on trustee list
• GEAR, Kevin Darren — director, appointed 16/09/2024on trustee list
• BYGRAVE, Andrew David — director, appointed 18/09/2023on trustee list
• LEA, Jeremy Simon, Dr — director, appointed 12/09/2022on trustee list
• GALLIMORE, John — director, appointed 13/09/2021on trustee list
• PROCTER-LEESE, Aimee Suzanne — director, appointed 13/09/2021not on trustee list
• DAVIES, Michael James — director, appointed 12/08/2019on trustee list
• BERNARDI, Paul Vernon — director, appointed 12/08/2019on trustee list
• LOWE, Carrie Ann — director, appointed 10/06/2019on trustee list
• BERNARDI, Paul Vernon — secretary, appointed 01/09/2020

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Aimee Suzanne Proctor-Leese
• Andrew David Bygrave
• Carrie Ann Elizabeth Lowe
• Dr Jeremy Simon Lea
• Emily Cardall-Irving
• Greg Neil Wood
• James Mann
• James Percival Beckenham
• John Gallimore
• Kevin Darren Gear
• Michael James Davies
• Paul Vernon Bernardi

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

Operates in: Cheshire East

Income and spending

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