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Registered charity · Market Harborough

The Rugby Development Foundation

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £59k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Amateur Sport, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.rugby-foundation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Rugby Development Foundation
Registered
2013

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£59k£59k
  • 2024£104k£121k
  • 2023£82k£121k
Earlier years
  • 2022£76k£51k
  • 2021£76k£53k
Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (OBJECTS) ARE (IN EACH CASE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC):3.1.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL TRAINING)OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) IN RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL;3.1.2 TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BY FACILITATING THE PLAYING OF RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL AT AN AMATEUR LEVEL;3.1.3 TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN NEED BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES OR OTHER SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE;3.1.4 TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION (INCLUDING PROVIDING EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND ELIMINATING DISCRIMINATION)OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY; AND3.1.5 TO PROMOTE THE SOCIAL INCLUSION OF OTHER MEMBERS OF ANY SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY OF WHICH SUCH CHILDREN OR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE MEMBERS WHO ARE THEMSELVES SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY;IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) IN LEICESTERSHIRE (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY:(A) PROVIDING AND ENABLING ACCESS TO EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) IN RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF MEANS-TESTED BURSARIES AND OTHER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE;(B) PROMOTING PARTICIPATION IN RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL AND ARRANGING FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE TO ATTEND, OR ASSISTING THEM TO ATTEND, ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT OR SUCH OTHER INSTITUTION OR SPONSORING OR PAYING FEES IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, COACHING OR ANY SPECIALIST TEACHING IN RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL; AND(C) PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ALLOW FOR THE PURCHASE OF SPORTS EQUIPMENT FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, THE EXPRESSION 'YOUNG PEOPLE' IN THESE OBJECTS MEANS ANY INDIVIDUAL UNDER THE AGE OF 21 YEARS.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

4 trustees on the board

11y median 12y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

29.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Amateur Sport 4Education/training 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4

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 6Finance 4Hospitality 3

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£59k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1154222
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18 SEP 2013
Companies House
Company number 08695683 · Active
Contact on the register
07979244487 · sales@rugby-foundation.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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