Gloucester Rugby Foundation

Analysis

Gloucester Rugby Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucester. It was registered in January 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Gloucester Rugby Foundation reported income of £873k and spending of £931k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £183k to £873k (+377%), an average of +48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 118%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Gloucester Rugby Foundation sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wirral Multicultural Organisation (£872k), Shipston Home Nursing (£873k) and Sandwell Asian Family Support Service Limited (£872k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 66%, charitable activities 20% and trading 15%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £26k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 23 people.