Rfu Injured Players Foundation

Analysis

Rfu Injured Players Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesex. It was registered in December 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06438698). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Rfu Injured Players Foundation reported income of £2.1m and spending of £2.5m, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £519k to £2.1m (+299%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 283%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Rfu Injured Players Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Vegetarian Society of the United Kingdom Limited (£2.1m), Forum CIO (£2.1m) and The Mary Frances Trust (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 85% and investments 15%. Charitable activities took 85% of spending and raising funds 15%. Grants to other organisations totalled £85k. Reserves of £7.7m would cover about 37 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.