Students Rugby Football Union

Analysis

Students Rugby Football Union is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in August 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04240029). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Students Rugby Football Union reported income of £87k and spending of £100k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £17k to £87k (+425%), an average of +51% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 361%. Over the whole period it spent 151% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Students Rugby Football Union sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Instow Village Hall (£87k), West Bowling Youth Initiative (£88k) and Birmingham BMX Club (£87k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.