GOWERTON RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED

Registered charity 1195627 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Gowerton Rugby Football Club (RFC) operates from Gowerton in Swansea. Our objectives and aims are to promote community participation in healthy recreation for the public benefit in Gowerton and the surrounding areas by the provision of facilities to participate in the amateur sport of rugby union.The club attracts new players of all ages, and is committed to engaging with the local community.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN GOWERTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE AMATEUR SPORT OF RUGBY UNION.FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE "FACILITIES" MEANS BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT, ACCESS TO COACHING AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a small surplus of £328 for the year, with total unrestricted income of £266,829 against expenditure of £266,501. Free reserves of £88k are held in cash, which exceeds the trustees' policy target of £70k required to meet three months' operating expenses. The trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern, noting the club trades without disruption to support charitable activities.

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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 12390951

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HARRIS, Richard John — director, appointed 04/05/2023not on trustee list
• JONES, Alan Rhys — director, appointed 04/05/2023on trustee list
• DAVIES, Thomas Berian — director, appointed 07/01/2020on trustee list
• HOWELLS, Stephen John — director, appointed 07/01/2020on trustee list
• JENKINS, Richard Gwyn — director, appointed 07/01/2020on trustee list
• THOMAS, Marshall Nigel — director, appointed 07/01/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stephen John Howellschair
• Alan Rhys Jones
• Marshall Nigel Thomas
• Richard Jenkins · trustee of 1 other charity
• Thomas Berian Davies · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: City Of Swansea

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Swansea City AFC Foundation.

• Swansea City AFC Foundation income £1.5m
• TOPSHAM RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB income £401k
• FOLKESTONE RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB income £106k
• DORKING RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED income £760k
• EGERTON FOOTBALL CLUB income £294k
• RUTHERFORD ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CLUB income £305k

Side by side with its peers

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