ROYAL NAVY RUGBY UNION

Registered charity 1165153 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RNRU

The over-riding aim is to 'promote and foster' the game of rugby within the Naval Service by: Promoting the physical efficiency of members of the Naval Service by providing facilities and other encouragement to participate in the game of rugby football; Making grants for charitable purposes; Promoting amateur sport.

Objects

(A) PROMOTING THE PHYSICAL EFFICIENCY OF MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL NAVY, THE ROYAL MARINES, THE NAVAL RESERVE FORCES AND ALL OTHER FORCES AS DEFINED IN THE QUEEN'S REGULATIONS FOR THE ROYAL NAVY AS BELONGING TO THE NAVAL SERVICE BY PROVIDING FACILITIES AND OTHER ENCOURAGEMENT FOR ALL RANKS THEREOF TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GAME OF RUGBY FOOTBALL. (B) MAKING GRANTS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES THAT BENEFIT EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY MEMBERS BOTH PAST AND PRESENT OF THE NAVAL SERVICE. (C) PROMOTING AMATEUR SPORT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BY ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE GAME OF RUGBY FOOTBALL.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Amateur Sport · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £143k for the year ended 30 September 2025, with consolidated income rising to £1.42m and net assets increasing to £1.12m. The trustees report that the charity has sufficient cash resources to support the upcoming season without relying on reserves, grants, or loans, and forecasts continued solvency through September 2027. Per the trustees' report, the financial model is considered resilient, supported by a flagship match event and increased sponsorship.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Gibson Whitter Limited. 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~14.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (86% 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: 3.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/10/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• REAR ADM MATTHEW JOHN PARR CBchair
• ANGUS BUJALSKI
• Capt RN Ralph Aidan Riley
• Cdr Kirsty Marlor
• Emma Sinden
• James Godfrey Higham
• Sarah Ellen Oakley
• William Andrew Reid · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ROYAL NAVY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION.

• THE ROYAL NAVY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION income £193k
• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE RUGBY UNION income £135k
• TOPSHAM RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB income £401k
• ROYAL NAVY WINTER SPORTS ASSOCIATION income £700k
• BRIDGNORTH RUGBY CLUB LIMITED income £183k
• BARNES RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB income £399k

Side by side with its peers

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