Welsh Rugby International Players Benevolent Association
What it does
Collection of donationsFundraising activities including dinners and auctions
Its charitable purposes
THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND HARDSHIP OF WELSH INTERNATIONAL RUGBY PLAYERS AND FORMER PLAYERS, OR THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS AND INCLUDING :I) THOSE REQUIRING MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ILLNESS OR INJURIES THAT MAY RELATE TO THEIR PLAYING DAYS; ORII) THOSE WHOSE EARNING CAPACITY HAS BEEN ADVERSELY IMPACTED BY INJURIES OR ILLNESSES RELATED TO THEIR PLAYING DAYS
Causes
- What it works on
- Health and saving lives
- Disability
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Who it helps
- Disabled people
- How it works
- Makes grants to individuals
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- Throughout England and Wales
Area of benefit in its governing document: National
Income and spending
In the year ending 30 April 2025, it had income of £3,098 and spent £17,330.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 April 2025 | £3,098 | £17,330 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 April 2024 | £3,938 | £83 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 April 2023 | £5,097 | £5,468 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 April 2022 | £127 | £4,063 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 April 2021 | £27,583 | £12,857 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Down 89%, from £27,583 in the year to 30 April 2021 to £3,098 in the year to 30 April 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 559% of its income in the year to 30 April 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
9 trustees run the charity.
- Gareth Edwards
- Gwyn Evans
- Ian Stephens
- John Devereux
- John Taylor
- Johnathan Craig Quinnell
- Paul Huw Thorburn
- Sir Stanley Thomas
- William Gareth Davies
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 3 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 April 2025 | 28 February 2026 | Received 16 February 2026, 12 days early | Not required |
| 30 April 2024 | 28 February 2025 | Received 21 February 2025, 7 days early | Not required |
| 30 April 2023 | 29 February 2024 | Received 28 June 2024, 120 days late | Not required |
| 30 April 2022 | 28 February 2023 | Received 28 March 2023, 28 days late | Not required |
| 30 April 2021 | 28 February 2022 | Received 3 February 2022, 25 days early | Received 3 February 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1102484
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 4 March 2004
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 31 DECEMBER 2003
- Website
- www.wrex.co.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Vale of Glamorgan
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.