ROYAL ALBERT DOCK TRUST

Registered charity 1010519 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of facilities for water related activities and other physical recreation in the South East of England, for the public benefit, in the interests of social welfare, with the object of improving the condition of life of persons, who by reason of their youth and/or social and/or economic circumstances, have need of such facilities.

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Latest income
£903k
Latest spending
£820k
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity returned a surplus before depreciation of £200k for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds carried forward of £10,995,442. The Trustees report that free reserves of £820k are well above the minimum reserves required by their policy. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and reported nothing regarding material uncertainties about going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of the resources expended (held: £820k)
The Trustees have established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible assets (the 'free reserves') held by the charity should approximate to six months of the resources expended. This is equivalent to approximately £333k — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: London Regatta Centre Ltd
London Regatta Centre Ltd, company number 2506268, is the trading subsidiary of RADT wholly owned by the charity. — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Dux Advisory Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£903k
Total spending
£820k
Reserves (reported)
£11.0m
Employees
8

Reported reserves equal ~160.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Newham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£903k£820k
31/03/2024£784k£560k
31/03/2023£832k£764k
31/03/2022£669k£759k
31/03/2021£446k£621k

Common questions

Is ROYAL ALBERT DOCK TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity returned a surplus before depreciation of £200k for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds carried forward of £10,995,442. The Trustees report that free reserves of £820k are well above the minimum reserves required by their policy. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and reported nothing regarding material uncertainties about going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Dux Advisory Limited.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England22/10/2020£54kCOVID-19 Sector Partner Fund
Sport England10/09/2015£950kLondon Regatta Centre Redevelopment

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Docklands Sailing Centre Trust.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ROYAL ALBERT DOCK TRUST£903kunclearno doubt
Docklands Sailing Centre Trust FY2024£1.3m0unclearno doubt
West Wight Sports and Community Centre Trust Ltd FY2025£1.3m0belowno doubt
ROYAL DOCKS TRUST (LONDON) FY2025£281k0unclearno doubt
THE ISLAND TRUST LIMITED FY2024£273k0unclearno doubt
READING FC COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£2.4maboveno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.