Background

The current Old Pats RFC Committee was created in 2022 to oversee the leadership and management of Old Pats RFC in accordance with RFU club governance best practice, legal and financial best practice, and to uphold our ethos.

The purpose of the Committee is to continue to embed democratic decision-making processes so that:

1)    all stakeholders are fully represented, and

2)    the club is properly governed, is fit for purpose, and is prosperous for future generations.

Committee members

The Old Pats RFC Committee comprises the following club officers:

Old Patesians Rugby Football Club Limited

The Limited Company is Old Patesians Rugby Football Club Limited (Company number 14413392) and the following are its current directors:

Matt Cape

Alistair Armstrong

James Luxton

Gareth Morris

Steve Cohen

Club officials, which includes all team managers and head coaches, are regularly updated on all progress, such as the creation of the Limited Company that will improve the transparency and robustness of our legal and financial compliance.

The next stage of our development will require the transfer into the limited company of all rugby obligations and assets.

The company will remain as the rugby section of the Patesians Sports and Social Club (“PSSC”; the wider sports and social club leasing and operating the clubhouse at Everest Road).

Relationship with the PSSC

Committee members James Luxton and Gareth Morris also sit on the board of the PSSC.

James and Gareth are empowered by the Old Pats RFC committee to engage with the PSSC committee to seek a mutually beneficial working relationship

Governance

Club officials are kept fully informed regarding rugby financial management, including income and the allocation of funds for key expenditures such as the maintenance of our home pitches, rental of our junior pitches, kit purchases and skills training.

Committee meetings are fully minuted by the Club Secretary.

Annual accounts will be prepared by the Club Treasurer and will be publicly filed and available to club members upon request.

Further information

If you have any questions about the operations of the Old Pats RFC then please ask a committee member when you see them; for a bunch of grumpy, middle-aged men, they’re quite friendly really! Alternatively please use the club’s contact form on the CONTACT US page.