Cambridge Rugby Club

What Cambridge Rugby Club does

Cambridge Rugby Club is a private, for-profit sports club based in Cambridge, United Kingdom, founded in 1923. It operates as a community rugby organisation providing tournaments, rugby training, leagues, and live events and programs to its members and the wider Cambridge community. The club describes itself as a sports club with a small operational footprint (1–10 employees) and a localised member base.

Beyond the core rugby operations, the club operates two additional branded divisions: Cambridge Events Space, a venue/events arm, and Cambridge Sports Development Foundation, a sports development foundation. Together these three arms form a small, vertically integrated sporting-and-events ecosystem serving players, event clients, and community participants. The Wikipedia-sourced short description frames the offering as tournaments, training, leagues, and live events, consistent with a traditional UK amateur/community rugby club model.

No revenue mechanics, pricing model, technology stack, customer segmentation, or commercial pipeline details are disclosed in the available source data. Public surface area is limited to a basic website (cambridgerugby.co.uk) containing logo placements and a standard GDPR cookie-consent interface. Ownership structure, management team, and financial information are not publicly disclosed. The data gap is substantial: any assessment of business model, revenue mix, or commercial strategy is necessarily limited to the structural observation that the club combines membership/participation activities with venue hire and a community development foundation.

Name

Cambridge Rugby Club

Website

https://crufc.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1923

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Cambridge Rugby Club is a Cambridge, UK-based community rugby club founded in 1923, providing tournaments, training, leagues, and live events alongside an events venue arm and a sports development foundation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Amateur Sports Clubs

NAICS

Sports Teams and Clubs (711211), Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (71394)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Amateur Clubs & Community Sports Organizations (MPAKACAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sport-Specific Amateur Leagues & Circuits (Non-Professional) (MPAKACAJ), Club Sports Programs (EDALAIAB), Team & Club Coaching (seasonal team coaching) (HSADAEAF)

Keywords

• Amateur rugby club
• Rugby training programs
• Sports club events
• Rugby league competitions
• Sports venue hire

Headquarters

HQ city

Cambridge

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Core offering

Cambridge Rugby Club is a community sports club that fields competitive rugby teams, runs rugby training and league programmes, and hosts live sporting events. It also operates an events space division for venue hire and a sports development foundation that supports grassroots sport.

Product overview

Cambridge Rugby Club is a sports organization comprising the main rugby club, an events space division, and the Cambridge Sports Development Foundation. The source data does not describe specific technology products or services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cambridge Events Space: Events space operated by Cambridge Rugby Club
• Cambridge Sports Development Foundation

Products and services

• Cambridge Rugby Club Membership and Match Play
• Cambridge Events Space
• Cambridge Sports Development Foundation

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• England Rugby (RFU): The national governing body for rugby union in England. Sets the regulatory and competitive framework within which Cambridge Rugby Club operates and is a relevant industry incumbent.

Direct peers

• Henley Hawks Rugby Club: Community rugby club serving the Henley-on-Thames area with rugby teams, training, and clubhouse events. Comparable community-based operating model and scale.
• Richmond Rugby Club: A long-established community rugby club in England offering amateur rugby, events, and hospitality. Closely comparable structure to Cambridge Rugby Club as a historic member-based English rugby club.
• Moseley Rugby Club: Historic English community rugby club operating men's and women's teams plus event-hire facilities. Highly comparable operating model combining core rugby with venue and event revenue.
• Coventry Rugby Club: Historic English rugby club combining community rugby, semi-professional play, and event-hire operations. Comparable diversified operating model with venue and event revenue.
• Tonbridge Juddians Rugby Club: Community rugby club in Kent offering amateur rugby across age groups and clubhouse facilities. Similar community rugby model with comparable scale.
• Blackheath Rugby Club: One of the oldest rugby clubs in the world, operating as a community club with membership, teams, and clubhouse facilities. Closely comparable heritage-driven community rugby club model.
• Cambridge University Rugby Club: The university-affiliated rugby club operating in the same Cambridge market. It competes for the same local player, volunteer, and sponsorship pool, making it the most directly comparable local peer.
• Rosslyn Park Rugby Club: Community rugby club in London with a long history, offering rugby teams across age groups and on-site event and hospitality facilities. Directly comparable scale and operating model.

Regional players

• Bury St Edmunds RUFC: East Anglian community rugby club located in the broader Cambridge region. Comparable amateur rugby model and regional operating geography.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/camrufc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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