RUSTON SPORTS AND SOCIAL CLUB

Registered charity 1173964 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity promotes participation in healthy recreation for the community. We provide sporting facilities and coaching for football, squash, bowls, tennis and provision can be made for other sports. We host other activities for the community, e.g. weight watchers, slimming world, tumble tots and county tournaments. We operate in Lincoln for the benefit of the local public.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS)ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:THE PROMOTION OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES IN COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF LINCOLN BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING AMATEUR SPORTS.

Area of benefit: LINCOLN

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 charity reported a net expenditure of £18,277 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £407,129 to £388,852. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Total unrestricted reserves stood at £177,945, while restricted reserves were £210,907.

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.

• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06481283

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• RODGERS, Iain — director, appointed 25/04/2026not on trustee list
• BISHOP, Maurice James — director, appointed 22/04/2026not on trustee list
• CHAPMAN, Malcolm John — director, appointed 22/04/2026not on trustee list
• JARVIS, Thomas William — director, appointed 01/04/2022not on trustee list
• MCDOWELL, Steven John — director, appointed 01/04/2022not on trustee list
• BELL, Stephen Clifford — director, appointed 01/04/2022on trustee list
• WALKER, Geoff — secretary, appointed 01/02/2016

Official officers record.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Robert Taylor
• Stephen Bell
• Steve McDowell
• Tom Jarvis

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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