LYMM RFC LIMITED

Registered charity 1172259 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for playing rugby football union and other sports.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CLUB IS ESTABLISHED ARE:(A) TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR PLAYINGRUGBY UNION FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS (FACILITIES MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT ANDORGANIZING SPORTING ACTIVITIES);(B) TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIMEOCCUPATION 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 ATLARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OFLIFE.

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 the charity recorded a small surplus of £2,904 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with unrestricted funds totaling £1,409,825. The trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient forecast income and available reserves to cover ongoing activities for the foreseeable future. However, the report notes that rising costs in the trading subsidiary have made it increasingly challenging to generate historical surpluses.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lymm Rugby Club (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~42.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (80% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW LEACH
• Anthony Wright
• DAVID SIMPSON
• JOHN CARTWRIGHT
• Malcolm Pritchard
• Richard John Colin Johnson

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

Operates in: Cheshire East

Income and spending

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