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Registered charity · Huddersfield

Sport Cares

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £1.6m (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 3 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.rugbyleaguecares.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Sport Cares LTD
Registered
2013

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£1.6m£1.6m
  • 2023£1.6m£1.5m
  • 2022£1.3m£1.1m
Earlier years
  • 2021£1.0m£939k
  • 2020£885k£868k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 23%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC 1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR SPORT, IN PARTICULAR RUGBY LEAGUE FOOTBALL AND THE PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES BY PROMOTION, COORDINATION, AND THE PROVISION OF RESOURCES. 2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN RESPECT OF RUGBY LEAGUE FOOTBALL, GENERAL SPORT, HEALTHY RECREATION, PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES AND MENTAL HEALTH BY: A) THE PROVISION OF COURSES IN RESPECT OF SPORTS TRAINING, PLAYING, COACHING, OFFICIATING, HEALTH AND WELFARE AND/OR SUCH OTHER AS DETERMINED BY THE CHARITY TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME. B) THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN RESPECT OF ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE HERITAGE, HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF RUGBY LEAGUE FOOTBALL AND ITS ANTECEDENTS. 3. TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF TO THOSE WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH OR HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH GENERAL SPORT OR WHO PLAY OR WHO HAVE PLAYED OR WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE GAME OF RUGBY FOOTBALL LEAGUE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR OTHER FOREIGN JURISDICTION AND WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUPPORT BY REASON OF POVERTY, AGE OR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY.

Grants received

9 grants · £1,359,670 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9 trustees on the board

5.7y median 6y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (4)

9
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8Education/training 6Disability 3Arts/culture/heritage/science 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 20Health and social care 5Education 4

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£1.6m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

5.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.3 in 2020

17 from 7 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1150763
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08 AUG 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07/02/2013 as amended on 01 May 2025 as amended on 22 May 2026
Companies House
Company number 08172940 · Active
Contact on the register
07597098111 · info@rlcares.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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