MANCHESTER RUGBY UNION DEVELOPMENT GROUP

Registered charity 1171531 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MRUDG

Promote amateur sport by supporting schools, universities, colleges and clubs with coaching, equipment and organizing tournaments.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE MRUDG IS THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, COACHING, COMPETITIONS AND SIMILAR ACTIVITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF AMATEUR RUGBY UNION AT SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES AND CLUBS WITHIN GREATER MANCHESTER.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £78,559, while restricted funds stood at £39,595, resulting in total unrestricted and restricted reserves of £118,154. The trustees' report notes a policy to hold at least six months of regular expenditure in reserve, though the specific expenditure figure required to test this policy is not explicitly stated in the provided text. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified during the examination of the accounts.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Smail · trustee of 2 other charities
• Lloyd Smale
• Nicky Boothroyd

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

Operates in: Bolton · Bury · Manchester City · Oldham · Rochdale · Salford City · Tameside · Trafford · Wigan

Income and spending

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