CURFU

Registered charity 1174015 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION

To administer, foster, encourage, extend and control the playing of rugby union football for the moral, mental and physical development of students and others at the University and Colleges of the University of Cambridge. CURFU organises leagues and cup competitions, training and courses for referees and coaching.

Objects

TO ADMINISTER, FOSTER, ENCOURAGE, EXTEND AND CONTROL RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL FOR THE MORAL, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS AND OTHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £10,243 against a stated policy target of only £1,000, indicating a significant surplus above the required level. The charity reported a net income increase for the year, supported by income from the RFU and charitable activities, while noting that RFU funding has been cut severely. The trustees confirmed the entity is a going concern with sufficient expected income to meet obligations for the next 12 to 18 months.

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 policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2024 (received 09/05/2025, 9 days after the 30/04/2025 due date); year ending 30/06/2023 (received 24/06/2024, 55 days after the 30/04/2024 due date); year ending 30/06/2022 (received 04/05/2023, 4 days after the 30/04/2023 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 10145977

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.

• ISAAC, Philip — director, appointed 22/09/2022on trustee list
• PETT, Daniel, Professor — director, appointed 29/03/2021on trustee list
• JESSOP, Austin William — director, appointed 25/04/2016on trustee list
• TYLER, Richard Herbert — director, appointed 25/04/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr AUSTIN JESSOP
• Philip Isaac
• Professor Daniel Pett
• RICHARD TYLER

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STUDENTS RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION.

• STUDENTS RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION income £87k
• ENGLAND RUGBY FOOTBALL SCHOOLS' UNION income £26k
• UKAF RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB income £186k
• THE CUBC ROWING CHARITABLE FUND income £690k
• RUGBY FOOTBALL FOUNDATION income £24.9m
• CAMBRIDGE STUDENTS' UNION income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

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