RUGBY AGAINST CANCER

Registered charity 1192284 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as R.A.C, RAC

1. TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF REGISTERED NON-PROFESSIONAL RUGBY PLAYERS WITH CANCER AND THEIR FAMILIES IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE. 2. TO RELIEVE THE SICKNESS OF PERSONS WITH CANCER AND PROMOTE THE GOOD HEALTH OF PEOPLE AT RISK OF HAVING CANCER IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Objects

1. TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF REGISTERED NON-PROFESSIONAL RUGBY PLAYERS WITH CANCER AND THEIR FAMILIES IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.2. TO RELIEVE THE SICKNESS OF PERSONS WITH CANCER AND PROMOTE THE GOOD HEALTH OF PEOPLE AT RISK OF HAVING CANCER IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Portsmouth, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£102k

Latest spending

£78k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remained financially stable with unrestricted funds increasing to £91,806 from £67,696 the previous year. The trustees report that the charity is run entirely by volunteers and has no formal reserves policy in place. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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.

Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 10

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 11/03/2024, 40 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 09/10/2023, 251 days after the 31/01/2023 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Rugby Against Cancer (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Aaron Beesleychair
Bryn Roberts
James Pearce
Jerry Cracknell Mr
Suzanne Le Voi

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£102k	£78k
31/03/2024	£51k	£76k
31/03/2023	£39k	£18k
31/03/2022	£119k	£30k

Common questions

Is RUGBY AGAINST CANCER financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity remained financially stable with unrestricted funds increasing to £91,806 from £67,696 the previous year. The trustees report that the charity is run entirely by volunteers and has no formal reserves policy in place. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE COVENTRY GENERAL CHARITY	1	£15k
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE TOY TRUST	1	£3k
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£1k
DUMBRECK CHARITY	1	£1k
THE DWF FOUNDATION	1	£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS WARWICK	1	£191

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COST OF CANCER.

COST OF CANCER income £24k
COVENTRY RUGBY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION LTD income £146k
RUGBY FOR HEROES income £227k
BARNES RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB income £399k
HUNSLET RUGBY FOUNDATION income £143k
ROTARY CLUB OF RUGBY BENEVOLENT FUND income £35k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RUGBY AGAINST CANCER	£102k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
COST OF CANCER FY2024	£24k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
COVENTRY RUGBY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION LTD FY2025	£146k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RUGBY FOR HEROES FY2025	£227k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BARNES RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB FY2026	£399k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HUNSLET RUGBY FOUNDATION FY2025	£143k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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