UKAF RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB

Registered charity 1182887 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Rugby Union Training & Matches for Armed Forces personnel

Objects

TO PROMOTE MILITARY EFFICIENCY OF HER MAJESTY'S ARMED FORCES IN SUCH CHARITABLE WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO: A) INCREASING PHYSICAL HEALTH AND FITNESS; B) FOSTERING ESPRIT DE CORPS; AND C) RAISING MORALE; OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.IN PARTICULAR, (BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION), THE TRUSTEES MAY FURTHER THE OBJECT THROUGH ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING THE PARTICIPATION IN, AND PROVISION OF OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR, PLAYING RUGBY UNION WITHIN THE UK ARMED FORCES AND THE COMMUNITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE GAME AS PROMULGATED BY THE RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION (RFU).

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

Causes: Amateur Sport · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £167,313, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of one year's operating expenses (£160,000). The charity reported a net income increase to £46,479 from £35,819 in the prior year, supported by rising sponsorship income and donations.

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 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
• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Vodafone UK — “UK Armed Forces Rugby Announces Vodafone as Headline Sponsor for UKAF Rugby and IDRC 2025 The UK Armed Forces Rugby (UKAF) organisation is p…” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alun Roberts
• Andrew Geary
• Helena Clennell
• Ian Townsend
• Paul Godfrey
• Sarah Oakley

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DEVONPORT SERVICES RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB.

• DEVONPORT SERVICES RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB income £272k
• ARMY RUGBY UNION TRUST income £885k
• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE RUGBY UNION income £135k
• THE ARMY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION income £335k
• WINSCOMBE RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB income £114k
• RFU INJURED PLAYERS FOUNDATION income £2.1m

Side by side with its peers

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