THE FYLDE RUGBY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1187581 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The promotion of community participation in healthy recreation for the benefit of the inhabitants of theFylde Coast of Lancashire and surrounding areas by the provision of facilities for playing rugby union.The advancement of the amateur sport of rugby union on the Fylde Coast of Lancashire and surroundingareas, for the public benefit by the provision of, or assistance in the provision of, f

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE FYLDE COAST OF LANCASHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING RUGBY UNION.THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE AMATEUR SPORT OF RUGBY UNION ON THE FYLDE COAST OF LANCASHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF, OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF, FACILITIES FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE SPORT OF RUGBY.TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY OF YOUNG PEOPLE ON THE FYLDE COAST OF LANCASHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN HEALTHY RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £7,401 for the period, with total funds carried forward increasing to £135,011. The trustees maintain a minimum cash reserve policy, having increased their target from £80,000 to £90,000 to reflect organizational growth. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed related-party transactions or trustee remuneration.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Fylde Rugby Community Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Gerry Richardson Trust — “The Gerry Richardson Trust” (source page)
• The Vera Wolstencroft Children and Animal Charitable Trust — “The Vera Wolstencroft Children and Animal Charitable Trust” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Joseph Cravenchair
• Anthony John Attard OBE
• David Christopher Wiseman
• David John Young
• Mark Merrick
• Martin Thomas Long
• Sir William Blackledge Beaumont CBE DL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Victoria Thompson

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• FRAMPTON COTTERELL RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB income £134k
• KENDAL RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED income £82k
• HARROGATE RUFC LIMITED income £1.8m
• SURREY COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £1.6m
• ALDWINIANS RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL CLUB income £189k
• BRIDGNORTH RUGBY CLUB LIMITED income £183k

Side by side with its peers

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