Charity registration number: 1192284
**RUGBY AGAINST CANCER TRUSTEES' REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
Eclipse Accountancy Ltd Chartered Accountants Fareham Innovation Centre Merlin House 4 Meteor Way, Lee-on-the-Solent Hampshire PO13 9FU
## **Rugby Against Cancer Contents**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Reference and Administrative Details|1|
|Trustees' Report|2—4|
|Independent Examiner's Report|5|
|Statement of Financial Activities|6|
|Statement of Financial Position|7|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|8—11|
|The following pages do not form part of the statutory accounts:||
|Detailed Statement of Financial Activities|12|
**Rugby Against Cancer Reference and Administrative Details For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
|**Trustees**|Mr Aaron Beesley - Chair|
|---|---|
||Mr Jeremy Cracknell|
||Mr Bryn Roberts|
||Ms Suzanne Le Voi|
||Mr James Pearce|
|**Charity Number**|1192284|
|**Principal Address**|13 Fearon Road|
||Portsmouth|
||PO2 0NJ|
|**Independent Examiner**|Anouska James ICAEW|
||Eclipse Accountancy Ltd|
||Chartered Accountants|
||Fareham Innovation Centre|
||Merlin House|
||4 Meteor Way, Lee-on-the-Solent|
||Hampshire|
||PO13 9FU|
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**Rugby Against Cancer Trustees' Report For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
The trustees present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.
## **Objectives and Activities**
## **Aims and Objectives**
The rugby family is a tribe. It is built on trust, teamwork, care and support. Rugby Against Cancer exists to support that family when it needs it most.
Cancer does not discriminate and can affect anyone. Rugby Against Cancer harnesses the power of the rugby community to raise funds, provide practical support, and deliver meaningful awareness to enhance the lives of individuals and families affected by cancer.
## **Significant Activities**
Throughout the reporting period, the charity delivered support, awareness and fundraising activity through:
• Direct support to individuals and families affected by cancer
• Fundraising events and endurance challenges
• Community-led awareness campaigns
• Rugby-based events and partnerships across grassroots and elite levels
## **Strategic Development - The 7 Pillar Approach**
During the 2024–2025 year, the trustees undertook a strategic review of how Rugby Against Cancer delivers support. Feedback from beneficiaries, volunteers, clubs and partners highlighted the need for a clearer, more structured approach to ensure no one faces cancer alone.
As a result, the trustees agreed a new 7-Pillar Strategy, which will guide the charity’s work from 2025 onwards. While some pillars are already well-established, others will be developed further in the coming years.
## **The Seven Pillars**
## **1. Direct Support**
Providing immediate, human support to individuals and families affected by cancer, including respite stays, support packs and regular check-ins.
## **2. Fitness, Movement and Recovery**
Encouraging physical activity and confidence-building movement to support recovery, wellbeing and mental health during and after treatment.
## **3. Family and Carer Support**
Supporting not just the individual with cancer, but also the families, carers and loved ones who support them through diagnosis, treatment and beyond.
## **4. Mental Health and Community**
Creating safe spaces for conversation, peer support and connection, recognising the emotional impact cancer has on individuals and their wider support network.
## **5. Practical Support**
Offering practical help where possible, including small acts of support that reduce pressure during treatment, recovery or bereavement.
## **6. Awareness and Education**
Delivering ongoing awareness campaigns focused on cancer education, early detection, and reducing stigma around asking for help.
## **7. Signature Events and Fundraising**
Using the power of rugby, endurance challenges and community events to raise funds, awareness and long-term sustainability for the charity.
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**Rugby Against Cancer Trustees' Report (continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **Achievements and Performance**
## **Main Achievements**
## **Direct Support – The RAC Shack**
The charity continues to own and operate The RAC Shack, a luxury holiday home located at Haven Rockley Park in Poole, Dorset. The property is offered free of charge to individuals and families currently affected by cancer, providing a space to rest, recharge and create positive memories together.
During the reporting period, over 18 families were supported with either weekend or week-long respite stays. All stays were provided free of charge thanks to donations and fundraising support.
## **Support Kit Bags**
Rugby Against Cancer continued to distribute support kit bags to adults and children undergoing cancer treatment. These kits are designed to provide both practical and emotional comfort during hospital visits and treatment sessions. Each kit includes items from the charity range, alongside wellbeing and distraction resources.
## **Rugby and Community Engagement**
The charity continued to strengthen its presence within the rugby community. Fundraising rugby matches, club partnerships and ambassador involvement remained central to activity throughout the year.
## **Elite Rugby Sevens**
Building on entry into elite rugby sevens in 2023, Rugby Against Cancer competed successfully during the period, including:
- Two National Cup wins
- One National Cup runners-up finish
The charity expanded to include both men’s and women’s squads, increasing visibility, reach and engagement across the rugby community.
## **Awareness Campaigns**
Awareness remained a key focus throughout the year. The charity delivered regular campaigns highlighting different cancers, the importance of early detection, and the support available to those affected. Trustees believe awareness activity is now a core strength of the organisation and will continue to be expanded.
## **Financial Review**
## **Financial Position**
During the reporting period, Rugby Against Cancer remained financially stable and continued to direct funds toward charitable activities and support delivery.
## **Reserves Policy**
The charity does not currently operate a formal reserves or restricted funds policy. The trustees recognise the importance of establishing such policies and intend to address this as part of future governance development.
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
## **Governing Document**
Rugby Against Cancer is governed by its trustees, who are responsible for setting strategy, ensuring good governance, and overseeing the charity’s activities and finances.
The charity is run entirely by volunteers. Trustees and committee members give their time freely, motivated by personal experiences of cancer affecting themselves, their families, friends, or teammates. Day-to-day operations are delivered through a small volunteer committee, supported by a growing network of ambassadors and club partners within the rugby community.
## **Other Information**
## **Plans for the Future**
Looking ahead, the trustees are committed to:
- Embedding and developing the 7-Pillar Strategy
- Expanding support reach while maintaining quality and personal connection
- Growing the club partner and ambassador network
- Strengthening governance, financial planning and sustainability
- Ensuring Rugby Against Cancer remains a trusted pillar of support within the rugby community and beyond
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**Rugby Against Cancer Trustees' Report (continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
The trustees' report was approved by the board of trustees and signed on its behalf by:
Aaron Beesley (Jan 28, 2026, 12:58pm)Mr Aaron Beesley Trustee 28th January 2026
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## **Rugby Against Cancer Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Rugby Against Cancer For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Rugby Against Cancer (the Trust) for the year ended 31 March 2025.
## **Responsibilities and Basis of Report**
As the charity trustees of the Trust 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 Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent Examiner's Statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material 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 the Trust 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 applicable requirements concerning the form and contents 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 an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Anouska James (Jan 28, 2026, 12:25pm) Anouska James ICAEW 28th January 2026 Fareham Innovation Centre Merlin House 4 Meteor Way, Lee-on-the-Solent Hampshire PO13 9FU
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## **Rugby Against Cancer Statement of Financial Activities For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
|**Notes**
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:**
Donations and legacies
**3**
Charitable activities
**4**
**EXPENDITURE ON:**
Raising funds
**6**
Charitable activities
**6**
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
**NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS:**
Total funds brought forward
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
**12**|**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
91,827
9,891|**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
50,520
-|
|---|---|---|
||101,718|50,520|
||(60,598)
(17,010)|(66,891)
(9,444)|
||(77,608)|(76,335)|
||24,110|(25,815)|
||24,110
67,696|(25,815)
93,511|
||91,806|67,696|
The notes on pages 8 to 11 form part of these financial statements.
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## **Rugby Against Cancer Statement of Financial Position As At 31 March 2025**
|**Notes**
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible Assets
**9**
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Stocks
**10**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year**
**11**
**NET CURRENT ASSETS (LIABILITIES)**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**
**NET ASSETS**
**FUNDS OF THE CHARITY**
Unrestricted Funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**
**12**
On behalf of the board|**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
42,733|**2024**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
41,602|
|---|---|---|
||42,733
22,257
24,818|41,602
-
26,094|
||47,075
1,998|26,094
-|
||49,073|26,094|
||91,806|67,696|
||91,806|67,696|
||91,806|67,696|
||91,806|67,696|
||||
Aaron Beesley (Jan 28, 2026, 12:58pm) Mr Aaron Beesley Trustee 28th January 2026
The notes on pages 8 to 11 form part of these financial statements.
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**Rugby Against Cancer Notes to the Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## 1. **General Information**
Rugby Against Cancer is a charitable incorporated organisation registered with the Charity Commission, registered charity number 1192284. The principal address is 13 Fearon Road, Portsmouth, PO2 0NJ.
## 2. **Accounting Policies**
## 2.1. **Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)", Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Charities Act 2011.
The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.
## 2.2. **Tangible Fixed Assets and Depreciation**
Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of the fixed assets, less their estimated residual value, over their expected useful lives on the following bases:
Leasehold Nil Computer Equipment 25% Straight line
## 2.3. **Stocks and Work in Progress**
Stocks and work in progress are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value after making due allowance for obsolete and slow-moving stocks.
Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out method. Cost includes all direct costs and an appropriate proportion of fixed and variable overheads.
Work in progress is reflected in the accounts on a contract by contract basis by recording turnover and related costs as contract activity progresses.
At the end of each reporting period stocks are assessed for impairment. If an item of stock is impaired, the identified stock is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell and an impairment charge is recognised in the statement of financial activities. Where a reversal of the impairment is required the impairment charge is reversed, up to the original impairment loss, and is recognised as a credit in the statement of financial activities.
## 2.4. **Cash and Cash Equivalents**
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand and deposits held at call with banks, other short-term highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and are readily convertible to a known amount of cash with insignificant risk of change in value, and bank overdrafts.
## 3. **Income from Donations and Legacies**
|Donations and gifts
4.
**Income from Charitable Activities**
RAC Shack|**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
91,827|**2024**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
50,520|
|---|---|---|
||**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
9,891|**2024**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
-|
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## **Rugby Against Cancer Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## 5. **Net Income/(Expenditure)**
The net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets - owned
|**2025**|**2024**||
|---|---|---|
|**£**|**£**||
|122||-|
## 6. **Analysis of Expenditure**
|Raising funds
RAC Shack
Raising funds
RAC Shack
.
**Support Costs**
Premises expenses
General administration
Depreciation
Premises expenses
General administration|**Activities**
**undertaken**
**directly**
**£**
22,288
689|**Support**
**costs**
(see note 7)
**£**
38,310
16,321|**2025**
**Total**
**£**
60,598
17,010|
|---|---|---|---|
||22,977|54,631|77,608|
||**Activities**
**undertaken**
**directly**
**£**
22,843
159|**Support**
**costs**
(see note 7)
**£**
44,048
9,285|**2024**
**Total**
**£**
66,891
9,444|
||23,002|53,333|76,335|
||**Raising**
**funds**
**£**
6,929
31,259
122|**RAC Shack**
**£**
16,321
-
-|**2025**
**Total**
**£**
23,250
31,259
122|
||38,310|16,321|54,631|
||**Raising**
**funds**
**£**
2,913
41,135|**RAC Shack**
**£**
9,285
-|**2024**
**Total**
**£**
12,198
41,135|
||44,048|9,285|53,333|
## 7. **Support Costs**
## 8. **Average Number of Employees**
Average number of employees during the year was: NIL (2024: NIL)
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## **Rugby Against Cancer Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## 9. **Tangible Assets**
|**Cost**
As at 1 April 2024
Additions
As at 31 March 2025
**Depreciation**
As at 1 April 2024
Provided during the period
As at 31 March 2025
**Net Book Value**
As at 31 March 2025
As at 1 April 2024
10.
**Stocks**
Stock
11.
**Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year**
Trade creditors
12.
**Movement in Funds**
**Unrestricted funds**
General:
General unrestricted fund
**Total funds**
**Unrestricted funds**
General:
General unrestricted fund
**Total funds**|**As at 1 April**
**2024**
**£**
67,696|**Land &**
**Property**
**Leasehold**
**£**
41,602
-|**Land &**
**Property**
**Leasehold**
**£**
41,602
-|**Computer**
**Equipment**
**£**
-
1,253|**Total**
**£**
41,602
1,253|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||41,602||1,253|42,855|
|||-
-||-
122|-
122|
|||-||122|122|
|||41,602||1,131|42,733|
|||41,602||-|41,602|
|||**Income**
**£**
101,718||**2025**
**£**
22,257
**2025**
**£**
(1,998)
**Expenditure**
**£**
(77,608)|**2024**
**£**
-|
||||||**2024**
**£**
-|
||||||**As at 31**
**March 2025**
**£**
91,806|
||67,696|101,718||(77,608)|91,806|
||**As at 1 April**
**2023**
**£**
93,511|**Income**
**£**
50,520||**Expenditure**
**£**
(76,335)|**As at 31**
**March 2024**
**£**
67,696|
||93,511|50,520||(76,335)|67,696|
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## **Rugby Against Cancer Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## 13. **Transactions with Trustees**
None of the trustees received any remuneration or any other benefits from an employment with the charity or a related entity during the current or previous year.
During the year the expenses reimbursed to the trustees or paid directly to third parties were as follows:
|Travel
Other Expenses|**2025**
**£**
670
3,402|**2024**
**£**
220
2,680|
|---|---|---|
||4,072|2,900|
Number of trustees reimbursed for expenses during the year was 3 (2024: 2)
## 14. **Related Party Disclosures**
There have been no related party transactions in the reporting period that require disclosure, except for those disclosed in the Transactions with Trustees note.
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## **Rugby Against Cancer Detailed Statement of Financial Activities For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:**
**Donations and legacies**
Donations and gifts
**Charitable Activities:**
**RAC Shack**
Rental income
**EXPENDITURE ON:**
**Raising funds**
Travel and subsistence expenses
Marketing and advertising costs
Bank charges
Rent
Laundry
Computer software, consumables and maintenance
Insurance
Printing, postage and stationery
Advertising and marketing costs
Telecommunications and data costs
Accountancy fees
Subscriptions
Charitable donations
Sundry expenses
Depreciation
**Charitable Activities:**
**RAC Shack**
Consumable items
Rates
Light and heat
Repairs and maintenance
Premises insurance
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**|**2025**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
91,827|**2024**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
50,520|
|---|---|---|
||91,827
9,891|50,520
-|
||9,891|-|
||101,718
(2,820)
(19,395)
(73)
(6,505)
(424)
(363)
(1,037)
(733)
(26,802)
(149)
(1,920)
(63)
-
(192)
(122)|50,520
(1,820)
(21,023)
-
(1,688)
(1,225)
(169)
(800)
(454)
(34,622)
-
(3,840)
(99)
(1,000)
(151)
-|
||(60,598)
(689)
(13,926)
(439)
(1,657)
(299)|(66,891)
(159)
(7,930)
-
(1,073)
(282)|
||(17,010)|(9,444)|
||(77,608)|(76,335)|
||24,110|(25,815)|
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