WYMONDHAM COMMUNITY RUGBY TRUST

Registered charity 1172480 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WYMONDHAM RUGBY COMMUNITY TRUST

Rugby club and associated activities

Objects

OBJECT THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: A) TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN WYMONDHAM AND SOUTH NORFOLK, AND THEIR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING FACILITIES AND COACHING FOR THE PLAYING OF AMATEUR RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL. B) 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, 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. NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

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

Causes: Amateur Sport · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: South Norfolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£967k
Latest spending
£939k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a consolidated net surplus of £28,146 for the year ended 30 June 2025, reversing a previous deficit. Free reserves stood at £281,352, which is above the trustees' stated minimum reserve policy target of £235,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £235,000 (reserves figure: £281k)
“The Trust's reserves policy was revised by the Board of Trustees in November 2024 setting a level of £235,000 as the minimum reserve level” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee connection
“Sponsorship income totalling £5,000 + VAT, pre-match hospitality totalling £1,258 + VAT and event income totalling £3,783 + VAT was received from Strand Development Limited in the 2024/25 year of which a trustee is a person of significant control.” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Price Bailey LLP. 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.

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 30/06/2025

  • Volunteers: 320
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024

  • Volunteers: 300
  • Government income: £500 — grants £500 (1); under 1% of the £769,678 total gross income on the same return
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023

  • Volunteers: 250
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wymondham RFC RUOK Player Welfare (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income
£967k
Total spending
£939k
Cost of raising funds
£428k
Reserves (reported)
£235k
Employees
19

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (73% 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: 44.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£967k£939k
30/06/2024£770k£825k
30/06/2023£695k£733k
30/06/2022£683k£661k
30/06/2021£4.5m£276k

Common questions

Is WYMONDHAM COMMUNITY RUGBY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a consolidated net surplus of £28,146 for the year ended 30 June 2025, reversing a previous deficit. Free reserves stood at £281,352, which is above the trustees' stated minimum reserve policy target of £235,000. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Price Bailey LLP.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COVENTRY RUGBY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WYMONDHAM COMMUNITY RUGBY TRUST£967k—0unclear—no doubt
COVENTRY RUGBY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION LTD FY2025£146k—0unclear—no doubt
ROTARY CLUB OF RUGBY BENEVOLENT FUND FY2025£35k—0unclear—no doubt
WORTLEY RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED FY2026£33k—0unclear—no doubt
SAXMUNDHAM SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL CLUB FY2025£75k—0unclear—no doubt
COBHAM RUGBY & SPORT ASSOCIATION FY2025£277k—0above—no doubt

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