TOPSHAM RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB

Registered charity 1174681 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the Club are to promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for playing rugby union football and other sports which involve physical or mental skill or exertion; and to provide or assist in the provision of facilities for sport, recreation or other leisure time occupation of such persons who have need for such facilities.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CLUB ARE:1) TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR PLAYING RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS WHICH INVOLVE PHYSICAL OR MENTAL SKILL OR EXERTION ("FACILITIES" MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES); AND2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF 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, POVERTY 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.

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 FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £70,306 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income rising to £401,315 from £310,571 the previous year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £314,895, which exceeds its stated policy target of three months' operating costs. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, and the trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: TOPSHAM RFC BAR LTD Companies House 09494070

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.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/10/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Darren Oxland
• Freyja Wilkinson
• Hannah Cottle
• Mark Philip David Dixie
• Mercedes Osborne
• Nigel Robert Francis Deasy
• Peter Hawley
• Professor Katie Sarah Lunnon
• Sebastian Stewart

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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• BARNES RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB income £399k
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• KESWICK COMMUNITY RUGBY TRUST LIMITED income £330k
• The National Football Trust income £12.0m

Side by side with its peers

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