Rugby Football Foundation

Analysis

Rugby Football Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesex. It was registered in October 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04608134). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Rugby Football Foundation reported income of £24.9m and spending of £25.1m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £23.9m to £24.9m (+4.1%), an average of +1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Rugby Football Foundation sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Greater Manchester Trust for Recreation (£22.9m), Get Golfing CIO (£25.2m) and Barnsley Premier Leisure (£22.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.5%. Reserves of £9.0m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate.

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.