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Leeds Rugby Foundation

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1112580LeedsDisability
Income£1.5m2025-10-31
Spending£1.5msame year
Spent / received98%5-year average
Size in its cause94th pctDisability
Registered2005Charitable company
Employees38latest return

Analysis

Leeds Rugby Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in December 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03364718). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Leeds Rugby Foundation reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.5m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.5m (+32%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Leeds Rugby Foundation sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sexual Trauma and Recovery Services - Dorset Rape Crisis (£1.5m), Possability People Limited (£1.5m) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Barnabas Woodside Park (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 66%, donations and legacies 22% and trading 12%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 0.8%. Reserves of £479k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 38 people.

Income and spending

£0£380k£760k£1.1m£1.5m2021 Income: £1,147,5272021 Spending: £1,103,04320212022 Income: £1,391,6162022 Spending: £1,301,73220222023 Income: £1,356,2442023 Spending: £1,345,91920232024 Income: £1,465,9722024 Spending: £1,456,20420242025 Income: £1,511,6942025 Spending: £1,520,8092025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 22%
  • Charitable activities 66%
  • Trading 12%
  • Investments 0.6%

In the charity's own words

Leeds Rugby Foundation is Leeds Rugby's Registered Charity. The Foundation was formed with the aim of providing high quality sports, health and educational opportunities to people living in Leeds and Yorkshire. The Foundation employs a team of full time Rugby and Sports Development Officers, working with over 300 schools and 80 rugby clubs throughout the Leeds and Yorkshire.

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Sexual Trauma and Recovery Services - Dorset Rape CrisisDorset£1.5m
Possability People LimitedBrighton£1.5m
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Barnabas Woodside ParkLondon£1.5m
Worthwhile Occupational and Recreational Krafts LimitedSheffield£1.5m