Rugby Borough Sports Trust Limited

Registered charity 1165821 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RUGBY BOROUGH SPORTS TRUST (CHARITY), RUGBY TOWN JUNIOR FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED, RUGBY TOWN SPORTS TRUST

Education, association football and multi sports environment facilities in the community and surrounding areas

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT GENERALLY BUT WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE INHABITANTS OF RUGBY AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS:3.1 TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF FOOTBALL AND SUCH OTHER SPORTS OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES WHICH IMPROVE FITNESS AND HEALTH (FACILITIES IN THIS ARTICLE 3 MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES);3.2 TO ADVANCE AMATEUR SPORT BY PROMOTING FOOTBALL AND SUCH OTHER SPORTS OR GAMES WHICH PROMOTE HEALTH BY INVOLVING PHYSICAL OR MENTAL SKILL OR EXERTION AND WHICH ARE UNDERTAKEN ON AN AMATEUR BASIS;3.3 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY AND FACILITIES FOR PLAYING ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AND SUCH OTHER SPORTS OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES WHICH IMPROVE FITNESS AND HEALTH SO TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO THE FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

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: Rugby, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£198k
Latest spending
£100k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £78,509 for the year, resulting in total funds carried forward of £2,997,742. The trustees are satisfied with the financial position and consider reserves appropriate to safeguard continuity, with no material uncertainties affecting the going concern assumption.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a level considered appropriate to safeguard the continuity of the charity's activities (reserves figure: £3.0m)
“The trustees maintain reserves at a level considered appropriate to safeguard the continuity of the charity's activities” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Has a trading subsidiary

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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2024 (received 10/07/2025, 10 days after the 30/06/2025 due date); year ending 31/08/2022 (received 03/07/2023, 3 days after the 30/06/2023 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£198k£100k
31/08/2024£239k£114k
31/08/2023£125k£58k
31/08/2022£61k£52k
31/08/2021£236k£69k

Common questions

Is Rugby Borough Sports Trust Limited financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £78,509 for the year, resulting in total funds carried forward of £2,997,742. The trustees are satisfied with the financial position and consider reserves appropriate to safeguard continuity, with no material uncertainties affecting the going concern assumption. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Rugby Borough Sports Trust Limited?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Rugby Borough Sports Trust Limited as a grant recipient include THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England24/08/2016£2kNew Pitches and Secondary Drainage at Kilsby Lane
Sport England15/08/2016£371kCommunity Sports Pitch
Sport England17/06/2014£65kNew Pitches and Secondary Drainage at Kilsby Lane
Sport England13/11/2012£9kMore Games More Participation Project
Sport England22/12/2011£50kMore Games More Participation Project
Sport England14/09/2010£7kSports Facilities Equipment

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE RUGBY SCHOOL GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Rugby Borough Sports Trust Limited£198k—0unclear—no doubt
THE RUGBY SCHOOL GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£358k—0below—no doubt
R1 SPORTS FOUNDATION FY2025£79k—0below—no doubt
BARROW ISLAND COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST LTD FY2025£68k—0unclear—no doubt
COVENTRY RUGBY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION LTD FY2025£146k—0unclear—no doubt
BARNES RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB FY2026£399k—0above—no doubt

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