Wymondham Community Rugby Trust
Wymondham Community Rugby Trust is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), registered with the Charity Commissioners (Charity registration number 1172480).
It is governed by a Board of Trustees of nine, appointed by the Trust's members at Annual General Meetings. The Trust's Constitution and the Rules and Regulations of the Trust set out the role and responsibilities of the Board.
The Trust promotes the activities of Wymondham RFC.
The Board of Trustees is responsible for overseeing the activities of Wymondham RFC, although the day-to-day running of the Club is delegated to the Chair of the Management Committee. The Chair, together with officers of the club, themselves all appointed by the members, and other co-opted officials oversee the different aspects of club activity. The Chair, through the Management, Finance & Playing Committees, ensure that the Club maintains the highest standards of rugby, the best facilities in Norfolk, and an active and inclusive playing and social environment.
The current Chair of the Trustees is Duncan Anderson-Brown and the current Secretary to the Board of Trustees is John Snape.
Wymondham RFC
Formed on the 8 June 1972, Wymondham Rugby Football Club is a community rugby football club, playing amateur Rugby Union.
Starting its playing life at Wymondham High School, the local secondary school, using their changing rooms, pitches and playing strip - hence our red and black kit, today - the club progressed through a number of temporary and semi-permanent homes until, through the generosity of Foster Harrison and his family, the club made their home at the Foster Harrison Memorial Ground on Tuttles Lane.
In October 2018, some 14 years after it was first mooted, the club moved again, to our new home at Barnard Fields, one of the most prestigious sports facilities in Eastern England and, yet again, a gift of great generosity from a local farming family - the Barnards. Simultaneously, the club changed its legal status, from a limited liability CASC to a charitable body.
Today, with an ever growing membership of some 1,500 members, enjoying 30 acres of outstanding grounds, a superb modern clubhouse and an active and wide-ranging social scene, the club is in good health.
Wymondham RFC Trading Limited
Wymondham RFC Trading Ltd, a wholly-owned trading subsidiary of Wymondham Community Rugby Trust, is the vehicle through which all commercial activity is administered and from which all profits are directed to the trust. The Finance Committee, chaired by the club Treasurer, oversees all commercial activity, including letting of the facilities, the bar and catering, and also contracts, licences and third-party relationships.
The Management and Finance Committees, together, oversee the club’s business planning, sponsorship and the monitoring of our income and expenditure.
The directors of the company are Paul Wootton, Duncan Anderson-Brown and Finbar Conway.