THE RUGBY SCHOOL GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 528756 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust raises and applies funds for the benefit of such charitable purposes connected with Rugby School as the Trustees shall in their discretion determine.Provided that the requirements of Rugby School have been considered first, funds may also be applied for such other charitable purposes as the Trustees shall decide.

Objects

1. THE TRUST FUND IS TO BE USED FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH RUGBY SCHOOL AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE; OR 2. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR SUCH CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS (WHETHER OR NOT CONNECTED WITH THE SCHOOL). AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN LIKE MANNER DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Rugby, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £356,764 for the year ended 30 June 2025, a significant increase from the previous year. The charity holds minimal unrestricted reserves, as all incoming resources are gifted to the Governing Body of Rugby School in the period. The trustees and auditor confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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.

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 30/06/2022 (received 28/05/2023, 28 days after the 30/04/2023 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 School General Charitable Trust (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 Arnold Foundation — “This includes boarders whose fees (and extras) are covered by the Arnold Foundation which supports talented children with a need for boardin…” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gareth Patrick John Parker-Jones
• James Dean White
• Jeremy Christopher Catterall Maddocks · trustee of 3 other charities
• Nicholas Patrick Bacon · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RUGBY SCHOOL COMBINED WAR MEMORIAL FUND.

• RUGBY SCHOOL COMBINED WAR MEMORIAL FUND income £33k
• Rugby Borough Sports Trust Limited income £198k
• RUGBY THEATRE income £323k
• TAG RUGBY TRUST income £210k
• WINSCOMBE RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB income £114k
• THE WELSH SCHOOLS' RUGBY UNION income £157k

Side by side with its peers

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