Blackburn Rugby Union Football Club

Analysis

Blackburn Rugby Union Football Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackburn. It was registered in February 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Blackburn Rugby Union Football Club reported income of £152k and spending of £107k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £117k to £152k (+30%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2025, when income rose by 21%. 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, Blackburn Rugby Union Football Club sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dudley Caribbean and Friends Association (£152k), Robert B Massey Memorial Trust (£153k) and Gorefield Playing Field Association (£152k).