The Rugby Fives Association

Analysis

The Rugby Fives Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in July 2010, 16 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 04837244). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Rugby Fives Association reported income of £47k and spending of £46k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £33k to £47k (+45%), an average of +9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 108%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Rugby Fives Association sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Towcester U3a (£47k), Seacourt Hall (£47k) and Awbridge Village Hall (£47k).