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Annual Report 2013 Adroddiad Blynyddol 2013 Undeb Rygbi Cymru Cyfyngedig “I Felt a Hand Gently Touch My Shoulder The Welsh Rugby Union Limited Annual Report 2013 Adroddiad Blynyddol 2013 Undeb Rygbi Cymru Cyfyngedig “I felt a hand gently touch my shoulder. It was the man I was having to mark, the maestro, Jackie Kyle. He put an arm around me and whispered as fondly and genuinely as an uncle would, “I hope you have a wonderful, wonderful first cap today Cliffie.” CLIFF MORGAN First Cap Wales v Ireland 1951 Cardiff Arms Park Contents Financial highlights 02 Neges y Llywydd / President’s message 04 Datganiad y Cadeirydd / Chairman’s statement 06 Group Chief Executive’s summary 10 Operating and financial review Financial review 20 Elite rugby review 28 Community rugby review 52 Stadium review 60 Key performance indicators and business risks 64 Directors’ report 65 Consolidated profit and loss account 68 Consolidated statement of total recognised gains and losses 68 Balance sheets 69 Consolidated cash flow statement 70 Notes to the financial statements 71 Independent auditors’ report 89 Welsh Rugby Union governance 90 Registered office and advisers 93 Welsh Rugby Union Board of Directors 94 Obituaries 100 Commercial partners 104 THE WELSH RUGBY UNION LIMITED - ANNUAL REPORT 2013 1 Financial highlights P&L extract - 2013 & 2012 70 63.2 61.0 60 50 40 35.6 m ‘ 31.9 £ 30 29.0 27.6 22.1 20.1 20 10 7.0 7.5 3.8 4.4 2.3 2.6 0 2013 2012 2013 2012 Year Turnover EBITDA Operational costs Operating profit before exceptional items Allocations to affiliated organisations Profit before tax & exceptional items Amount remaining to service other costs Analysis of turnover 65 60 5% 3.1 6.0 6% 55 3.5 0.5 50 12.3 13.2 Match income 45 40 9.2 Competition income 35 9.1 21% Commercial income m ‘ 30 53% £ 25 Other event income 20 Other income 35.2 15 32.1 10 5 15% 0 2013 2012 Year EBITDA = Earnings before interest, depreciation, allocations and exceptional items 2 THE WELSH RUGBY UNION LIMITED - ANNUAL REPORT 2013 Turnover v EBITDA 70 63.2 61.0 58.5 60 54.3 49.4 50 m ‘ 40 £ 29.0 30 27.6 26.2 27.6 24.5 20 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Turnover EBITDA EBITDA v Allocations 29.0 30 27.6 27.6 26.2 24.5 25 22.1 20.1 20.0 19.3 20 m 17.0 ‘ £ 15 10 5 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Allocations - all EBITDA Allocations 18 16.9 16 15.0 15.1 14.2 14 12.1 12 10 m ‘ £ 8 6 4.5 4.0 3.8 3.8 4 3.1 2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Regions Community Rugby Semi-professional THE WELSH RUGBY UNION LIMITED - ANNUAL REPORT 2013 3 Neges y Llywydd Dennis Gethin, Llywydd / President Rwyf wrth fy modd i fedru edrych yn ôl ar dymor pan wireddwyd y gwerthoedd a drysorwn fwyaf. Mae gweld enghreifftiau o’r gwerthoedd hynny yn ennyn balchder a llawenydd. Cofiaf y foment honno pan geisiodd Jonathan Davies, canolwr y Llewod, atal y chwarae er mwyn dwyn sylw at chwaraewr a anafwyd yn y tîm a’i gwrthwynebai. Chwarae teg i Jonathan gan fod pawb ohonom a wyliai’r gêm yn rhannu’i bryderon. Ni allwn lai na gwenu wrth weld Leigh Halfpenny mor ddedwydd yn cludo d wˆ r i chwaraewyr tîm Ieuenctid Gorseinon pan oeddent yn chwarae yn Stadiwm y Mileniwm. Yna cofiais fel y siaradai Justin Tipuric, Cyfleusterau newydd yng Nghlwb Rygbi Tylorstown chwaraewr o fri gyda’r Gweilch, Cymru a’r Llewod, gyda balchder am ei sesiynau hyfforddi rheolaidd gyda Chlwb ni gyd y golled. Roedd nifer ohonynt yn hoelion wyth eu Rygbi Trebanos lle plannwyd hedyn ei lwyddiant. clybiau a’r ardaloedd o gwmpas ac fe estynnwn ein Mae’r rhain ac eraill yn enghreifftiau clodwiw o’r modd y cydymdeimlad i’w teuluoedd a’u ffrindiau. Mae cyn- gall rygbi yng Nghymru ymffrostio’n haeddiannol yn y chwaraewyr rhyngwladol yn cynnwys Brian Sparks, cyswllt cadarn gyda’n cymunedau a’n clybiau lleol. Heb y Onllwyn Brace, Billy Thomas, Billy Watkins, Billy Hullin, cyswllt hwnnw ni fyddem yn gallu denu chwaraewyr W.O. Williams a fy ffrind annwyl, Cliff Morgan. Misoedd newydd a chynnal y llwybrau sy’n bwydo tîm cenedlaethol lawer yn ôl collodd cyn-aelod o Fwrdd URC, Steve Pike, all unwaith yn rhagor sicrhau buddugoliaeth ym frwydr a ymladdodd yn ddewr, a bydd bwlch enfawr ar ôl Mhencampwriaeth Chwe Gwlad yr RBS. rhain i gyd. Yna, wrth gwrs, penllanw’n llwyddiannau oedd cael Gadewch i fi hefyd gymryd y cyfle i ddiolch unwaith yn cynifer o chwaraewyr a staff ystafell gefn o Gymru’n rhagor i bawb sydd ynghlwm wrth Ymddiriedolaeth chwarae rhan flaenllaw yng nghyfres fuddugoliaethus y Elusennol Undeb Rygbi Cymru am eu gwaith hynod o Llewod Prydeinig a Gwyddelig yn Awstralia. galed er mwyn sicrhau bod ein chwaraewyr a anafwyd yn Tra oedd y buddugoliaethau hynny’n digwydd yn Awstralia ddifrifol yn cael y gofal priodol. Mae’r Ymddiriedolaeth yn roedd ein tîm Dan 20 yn curo De Affrica yn rownd falch o gymorth Undeb Rygbi Cymru a’r clybiau yng cynderfynol Pencampwriaeth Iau'r Byd a’n carfan Saith Bob Nghymru sy’n cefnogi’r cyn-chwaraewyr hyn a Ochr yn curo tîm nerthol Fiji mewn Cwpan Byd lle rhoesant ddioddefodd anafiadau trychinebus. Gallaf eich sicrhau fod berfformiadau i’w cofio. y chwaraewyr hyn yn hynod ddiolchgar am yr holl gymorth sy’n gwella ansawdd eu bywydau hwy a’u teuluoedd. Wrth nodi’r holl lwyddiannau hyn carwn oedi ac atgoffa pawb sydd ynghlwm wth y gêm gymunedol na ellid Yn olaf, carwn ddiolch i Gadeirydd y Bwrdd, David cyflawni hyn o gwbl heboch chi. Yn y clybiau lleol mae’n Pickering, a holl aelodau eraill y Bwrdd, Prif Weithredwr y chwaraewyr elite yn datblygu’u cariad at rygbi. Gr wˆ p, Roger Lewis a holl aelodau’i Fwrdd Gweithredol, am eu gwaith caled a chyson ar ran rygbi Cymru. Dyna paham roeddwn mor falch pan ddathlodd URC ei lwyddiant ariannol y tymor diwethaf drwy glustnodi Rwyf nawr yn edrych ymlaen at flwyddyn arall lle gallaf buddsoddiad ychwanegol sylweddol i helpu’n clybiau gwrdd â ffrindiau newydd ac adnewyddu hen cymunedol. gyfeillgarwch fel y teithiaf o gwmpas clybiau rygbi Cymru. Eleni rwyf hefyd yn dymuno cymryd y cyfle hwn i ddiolch Diolch. i’n Pennaeth Rygbi ymadawedig, Joe Lydon, a adawodd i ymuno ag Undeb Rygbi Lloegr wedi cyflawni cymaint i atgyfnerthu craidd ein gêm. Mae fy niolch yr un i’m cyfaill didwyll, Gerry Toms, sydd wedi ymddeol o’i swydd fel Rheolwr Stadiwm y Mileniwm, swydd a gyflawnodd yn ddeheuig ac yn egnïol. Dennis Gethin Gyda thristwch, fel yn y blynyddoedd blaenorol, rhaid nodi Llywydd/President i ni golli rhai o sêr y byd rygbi yng Nghymru, ac fe deimlwn Undeb Rygbi Cymru Cyfyngedig 4 THE WELSH RUGBY UNION LIMITED - ANNUAL REPORT 2013 President’s message I am delighted to be able to look back on a season when the values we hold closest were championed. Witnessing examples of those values being followed fills me with pride. There was the moment when our Lions centre Jonathan Davies tried to halt play to get attention to an injured rival player. Well done Jonathan because all of us watching the match shared his concern. I noted with a smile how Leigh Halfpenny happily acted as water boy for the Gorseinon Youth players when they performed at the Millennium Stadium. Then I recalled how that great Ospreys, Wales and Lions player, Justin Tipuric, spoke proudly of the coaching sessions he regularly manages at Trebanos RFC where it all began for him. These and others are shining examples of how rugby in Greeting former internationals on match day Wales can justifiably boast of being linked with an unbreakable bond to our communities and our grassroots. areas and our condolences are with their families and Without that bond we would not be able to attract new friends. Former internationals include Brian Sparks, Onllwyn followers and sustain the pathways which feed a national Brace, Billy Thomas, Billy Watkins, Billy Hullin, W.O. Williams team capable of securing yet another RBS 6 Nations and my great friend Cliff Morgan. Several months ago a Championship title. former WRU Board member Steve Pike lost his brave battle, and all of these men will be sorely missed. Then of course there was the ultimate accolade for our achievements when so many players and backroom staff Let me also take this opportunity to again thank everyone from Wales helped the British & Irish Lions to their series involved in the Welsh Rugby Charitable Trust for the victory in Australia. incredible hard work they have delivered to ensure our seriously injured players are properly cared for. The Trust is As those triumphs were unfolding in Australia our U20 side grateful for the help of the Welsh Rugby Union and the was beating South Africa in the semi-finals of the Junior clubs in Wales that support these former players who have World Championship and our Sevens squad defeated the suffered catastrophic injuries. I can assure you that these mighty Fijians in a World Cup from which they emerged players are extremely grateful for all this help which with pride. improves their quality of life and those of their families. In noting all these achievements I want to take a breath and Finally I want to thank the Chairman of the Board, David remind everyone involved in the community game that none Pickering, all the other Board members, the Group Chief of it could be achieved without you.
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