Newcastle Rugby Foundation

Analysis

Newcastle Rugby Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in January 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05271148). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Newcastle Rugby Foundation reported income of £706k and spending of £783k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £463k to £706k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Newcastle Rugby Foundation sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Care Options (£705k), Art Shape Limited (£707k) and Municipal Charities of Stratford-Upon-Avon (£705k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 76%, charitable activities 21% and trading 2.5%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.4%. Reserves of £206k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.

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.