
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From  01/08/2024  Period start date   To  31/07/2025    Period end date Charity name: Wallsend Rugby Football Club Foundation** 

**Charity registration number: 1206380** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**Promotion of community participation in**<br>**healthy recreation for the benefits of the**<br>**inhabitants of Wallsend by the provision**<br>**of facilities for playing rugby football.**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**As a newly formed charity this reporting**<br>**period has mainly been focused on**<br>**relationship building and introducing**<br>**the mission of the charity to potential**<br>**donors. New projects have been**<br>**identified and are due to commence**<br>**within the next 2 months.**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**In setting objectives and planning for**<br>**activities, the Trustees have given due**<br>**consideration to general guidance**<br>**published by the Charity Commission**<br>**relating to public benefit.**|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other 



## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**The Trustees are pleased with what has**<br>**been achieved during this first reporting**<br>**period for the charity.**<br>**Fundraising**<br>**Established a range of enduring fund-**<br>**raising activities.**<br>**Development of a patron programme**<br>**which will be introduced in the next FY**<br>**quarter.**<br>**Supporting Charitable Objectives**<br>**Extensive work has been undertaken to**<br>**support the development and**<br>**enhancement of rugby facilities in**<br>**Wallsend.**<br>**We awarded out first grant to support a**<br>**young person in participating in playing**<br>**rugby football.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**Cash at bank as of 31/07/2024 was £1293**<br>**in unrestricted funds.**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The Trustees three-year business plan**<br>**enables them to identify on-going**<br>**operational and charitable financial**<br>**commitments. Consequently, the charity**<br>**has adopted a prudent reserves policy**<br>**that is sufficient to fund these**<br>**commitments.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£0**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**As a newly formed charity we are**<br>**working towards establishing 3-month**<br>**operating reserves in line with our**<br>**reserves policy.**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**The main financial risk to the charity is a**<br>**lack of uptake of donors. After making**<br>**appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have**<br>**a reasonable expectation that the**<br>**charity has adequate resources to**<br>**continue in operational existence for the**<br>**foreseeable future.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Every trustee must be appointed for a**<br>**term of** **three years by a resolution**<br>**passed at a properly convened meeting**<br>**of the charity trustees.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Wallsend Rugby Football Club Foundation|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1206380|
|Charity’s principal address|60 Kings Road North<br>Wallsend<br>Tyne and Wear<br>NE28 9HT|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Derek Warkcup|Chair|||
||Richard Harland|Treasurer|||
||Christopher<br>Metcalfe||||
||David Rooney||||
||GaryRichardson||||
||Phylis Masters||||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
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|**adviser**|||



**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
|---|---|---|
||Richard J Harland||
||<br>Treasurer||
||29/05/2026||
||29/05/2026||






|**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**|||
|---|---|---|---|
|**1206380**<br>**Wallsend Rugby Football Club Foundation**||||
|**Receipts and payments accounts**|||**CC16a**|
|01.08.2025<br>Period start date<br>**For the period**<br>**from**|31.07.2026<br>Period end date<br>**To**|||



|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**5,830.00**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**5,830**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**5,830**<br>**1,771**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **1,771**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**1,771**<br>**4,059**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**4,059**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> <br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> <br>**-**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**5,830**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**5,830**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**5,830**<br>**1,771**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,771**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,771**<br> <br>**4,059**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
||**5,830.00**|||||**1,768**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**5,830**|||||**1,768**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||
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||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||||**1,768**|
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||**1,771**|||||**475**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**1,771**|||||**475**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases (see table)**|||||||
|**,**|**-**||||||
||**-**||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||**475**|
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||**4,059**|**-**|<br>**-**|<br>**4,059**||**1,293**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**4,059**|**-**|<br>**-**|**4,059**||**1,293**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

02/06/2026 

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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**||
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|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>Cash in Bank<br>**Details**<br>Signature|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**4,059**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**4,059**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Richard Harland|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||||Date of<br>approval|
|||Richard Harland|29/05/2026|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

02/06/2026 

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