## **THATCHAM RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB**
**Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended on 31 May 2025**
**Charity registration number: 1151545**
## **THATCHAM RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB**
## **Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended on 31 May 2025**
|**CONTENTS**
Reference and General Information
Report of the Trustees
Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities
Independent Examiner's Report
Statement of Financial Activities
Balance Sheet
Notes to the Financial Statements|**PAGE**|
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## **THATCHAM RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB**
**Reference and General Information for the Year Ended on 31 May 2025**
**Chairman** David John Hamilton **Trustees** Russell Adamson John Dixon David Langford Mark Littechild Jack Moore Mark Smith James Thorogood Nicholas Rance Jenny Abery Jennifer Walker **Charity Registration Number** 1151545 **Principal Office** 3 Magpie Close Thatcham Berkshire RG19 3RZ **Independent Examiner** Tax Avenue Turnfields Gate, Turnfields Thatcham RG19 4PT
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## **THATCHAM RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB**
## **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended on 31 May 2025**
The trustees present the annual report together with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended on 31 May 2025.
## **Structure, governance and management**
## **Recruitment and appointment of trustees**
Each year two trustees stand down and two new ones are appointed. The trustees standing down may stand again if they are elected by the club members at the AGM. The trustees are a mix of club members and external people. New trustees appointed at the AGM were: Nicholas Rance, Jenny Abery and Jennifer Walker.
## **Organisational structure**
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and is governed by the constitution dated 15 February 20213.
## **Objectives and activities**
## **Obejctives and aims**
The charity was set up to enable the local catchment area of Thatcham and the surrounding villages to benefit from the cost effective sporting recreational activities through the playing and coaching of rugby union. The trustees have had due regard to guidance published by the Charities Commission on public benefit. The charity offers the opportunity to take part in all forms of the rugby union game from mini rugby starting at under 6 age group (mixed) through to junior rugby, under 11 - under 16 (male teams)
This is in addition to maintaining two senior rugby teams and a walking rugby side.
A number of club volunteer coaches give up more of their time to coach in local after school clubs to further benefit the local community. Thatcham Rugby Club host an annual schools rugby festival, covering the whole of the community and surrounding areas.
## **Public benefit**
The turstees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charities Commission for England and Wales.
## **Financial review**
## **Policy on reserves**
The reserves held at 31 May 2025 will be used to improve the welfare facilities within the sports pavilion during the year to 31 May 2026. The pavilion is owned by the charity. Going forward a reserve fund will be implemented to deal with emergency situations with the pavilion.
The annual report was approved by the trustees of the charity on 10th November 2025 and signed on its behalf by
Russell Adamson Trustee
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## **THATCHAM RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB**
## **Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities**
## **Trustees responsibilities**
The trustees are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with the UK Accounting Standards and applicable laws and regulations.
The law applicable to charities requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of afffairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and appliation of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply then consistently;
- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable accounting standards have been followd, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy the financial position of the charity at any time.
The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detaction of fraud and other irregularities.
The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company's website.
Approved the the trustees of the charity on 10th November 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
Russell Adamson Trustee
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## **THATCHAM RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB**
## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees for the Year Ended on 31 May 2025**
I report to the trustees of Thatcham Rugby Football Club on my examination of the club's Financial Statements for the year ended on 31 May 2025,
## **Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and the Examiner**
As the trustees of Thatcham Rugby Football Club you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('The Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the Thatcham Rugby Football Club's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(b)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent Examiner's Statement**
I have comleted my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1 accounting records were not kept in respect of Thatcham Rugby Football Club as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2 the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3 the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair view' which is not a matter considered as part of independent examination.
attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Mrs Monika Tabatabaian MAAT Tax Avenue Turnfields Gate, Turnfields Thatcham RG19 4PT
Date: 10 November 2025
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## **THATCHAM RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB**
## **Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended on 31 May 2025**
|**Notes**
**Resources arising**
Donations and legacies
**2**
Charitable activities
**3**
Other income
**4**
**Total resources arising**
**Resources used**
Charitable activities
**5**
**Total resources used**
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds**
Balance brought forward
Net movement in funds
Balance carried forward|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
12,656
48,102
10,444
71,202
(80,351)
(80,351)
(9,149)
332,729
(9,149)
323,580|**Total**
**2025**
**£**
12,656
48,102
10,444
71,202
(80,351)
(80,351)
(9,149)
332,729
(9,149)
323,580|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
25,135
40,133
11,496|
|---|---|---|---|
||||76,764|
||||(56,631)|
||||(56,631)|
|||||
||||20,133|
||||312,596
20,133|
||||332,729|
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## **THATCHAM RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB**
## **Balance Sheet for the Year Ended on 31 May 2025**
|**Notes**
**Fixed Assets**
Tangible assets
**6**
**Current Assets**
Debtors
**7**
Cash at bank and in hand
**8**
**Creditors: Amounts falling due within one y**
**9**
**Net Current Assets**
**Total Assets less Current Liabilities**
**Creditors: Amounts falling due after one yea**
**10**
**Net Assets**
**Funds of the Charity**
Unrestricted funds
**11**
Total funds|**2025**
**£**
349,420
-
17,758
17,758
(7,778)
9,980
359,400
(35,820)
323,580
323,580
323,580|**2024**
**£**
343,146
503
39,256|
|---|---|---|
|||39,759
(7,688)|
|||32,071|
|||375,217
(42,488)|
|||332,729|
|||332,729|
|||332,729|
The financial statements were approved by the trustees on 10 November 2025 and signed on their behalf by:
Russell Adamson Trustee
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## **THATCHAM RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended on 31 May 2025**
## **1 Accounting policies**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the second edition of the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice issued in October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard FRS 102 and the Charities Act 2011.
## **Depreciation**
Depreciation is provided on tangible fixed assets so as to write off the cost or valuation, less any estimated residual value, over their expected useful economic life as follows:
**Asset Class Depreciation method and rate** Freehold property 2% straight line basis Plant and equipment 25% straight line basis
## **Charitable activities**
Charitable expenditure comprises costs incurred by the Charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.
## **2 Income from donations and legacies**
|Fundraising and sponsorship
Grants
**me from charitable activities**
Subscriptions
Tickets
Sale of purchased goods - kit
Club dinner|**Total**
**Total**
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
7,669
6,865
4,987
18,270
12,656
25,135
**Total**
**Total**
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
33,206
30,912
12,849
5,980
512
681
1,535
2,560
48,102
40,133|
|---|---|
## **3 Income from charitable activities**
## **4 Other income**
|Room hire
Sundry income
Distribution from Red and Blue Trading Limited|**Total**
**Total**
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
8,934
9,023
240
1,032
1,270
1,441
10,444
11,496|
|---|---|
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## **5 Expenditure**
|Travel and subsistence
Physio and consumables
Training courses
Marketing and PR
Insurance
RFU fees and fines
Kit
Pitch hire
Tickets
Referees
Club dinner and trophies
Post match food and hospitality
Professional fees
Depreciation
Rates
Telephone and internet
TV licences
Repairs and maintenance|**Total**
**Total**
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
1,465
400
3,037
2,940
184
490
984
96
2,117
2,044
660
260
9,909
2,752
8,900
8,451
13,345
5,980
455
455
3,611
2,074
2,623
1,135
1,110
3,553
17,275
11,838
2,561
3,052
598
526
5,805
5,607
5,712
4,978
80,351
56,631|
|---|---|
## **6 Tangible fixed assets**
|**Cost**
at 1 June 2024
Additions
at 31 May 2025
**Depreciation**
at 1 June 2024
Charge for the year
at 31 May 2025
**Net book value**
At 31 May 2025
At 31 May 2024
**7 Debtors**
Other debtors|**Freehold**
**Property**
£
406,235
-
406,235
67,381
8,125
75,506
330,729
338,854|**Furniture &**
**equipment**
£
14,851
23,549
38,400
10,559
9,150
19,709
18,691
4,292
**Total**
**2025**
**£**
-|**Total**
£
421,086
23,549|
|---|---|---|---|
||||444,635|
||||77,940
17,275|
||||95,215|
||||349,420|
||||343,146|
||||**Total**
**2024**
**£**|
||||503|
**8 Cash and cash equivalents**
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|Cash at bank
Short-term deposits|**Total**
**Total**
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
17,758
33,002
-
6,254
17,758
39,256|
|---|---|
## **9 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
|Other loans
Accruals|**Total**
**Total**
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
6,668
6,668
1,110
1,020
7,778
7,688|
|---|---|
## **10 Creditors: amounts falling due after one year**
|Other loans|**Total**
**Total**
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
35,820
42,488|
|---|---|
The loan from Rugby Football Club Foundation is secured on the pavilion.
## **11 Funds**
|**Unrestricted Funds**
Balance bfwd
Resources arising
Resources used
Balance cfwd|**Total**
**Total**
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
332,729
312,596
71,202
76,764
(80,351)
(56,631)
323,580
332,729|
|---|---|
## **12 Related party transactions**
Thatcham Rugby Football Club owns 100% of shareholding in Red and Blue Trading Limited. The limited company runs the club's bar facilities and distributes profits to the club. Distributions in the year to 31 May 2025 totalled £1,270 (2024 - £1,441). At the balance sheet date the amount due from Red and Blue Trading Limited was £0 (2024 - £503)