RIBBLE VALLEY NETBALL CLUB

Registered charity 1175554 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RVNC

Sports club

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE EAST LANCASHIRE AREA BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING NETBALL.

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

Causes: Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Ribble Valley, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£114k
Latest spending
£110k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £4,123 for the year ended 31 August 2025, bringing total unrestricted funds to £44,069. The trustees have adopted a reserves policy targeting approximately £15,000 as a contingency, a level which the current unrestricted reserves significantly exceed. No material uncertainties or going concern issues were identified in the independent examiner's report.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately £15,000 (reserves figure: £44k)
“The Charity should hold an element of reserves as a contingency in case income levels reduce or additional costs are incurred, and would look to retain a reserve of approximately £15,000.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 25

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 18

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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2021 (received 01/07/2022, 1 day after the 30/06/2022 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Blackburn With Darwen · Bolton · Bury · Lancashire · Manchester City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£114k£110k
31/08/2024£133k£132k
31/08/2023£117k£103k
31/08/2022£63k£62k
31/08/2021£48k£41k

Common questions

Is RIBBLE VALLEY NETBALL CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £4,123 for the year ended 31 August 2025, bringing total unrestricted funds to £44,069. The trustees have adopted a reserves policy targeting approximately £15,000 as a contingency, a level which the current unrestricted reserves significantly exceed. No material uncertainties or going concern issues were identified in the independent examiner's report. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England20/07/2021£10kCOVID19 Return to Play

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WHITLEY BAY SPORTING CLUB.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RIBBLE VALLEY NETBALL CLUB£114k—0above—no doubt
WHITLEY BAY SPORTING CLUB FY2025£297k——above—no doubt
YORK RI FY2026£730k—0above—no doubt
ROTARY CLUB OF RUGBY BENEVOLENT FUND FY2025£35k—0unclear—no doubt
TEN-EM-BEE SPORTS DEVELOPMENT CENTRE FY2025£105kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
AMBER VALLEY AND EREWASH ATHLETIC CLUB FY2025£51k—0unclear—no doubt

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