CAMBRIDGE SPORT LAKES TRUST

Registered charity 1040693 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAMBRIDGE ROWING TRUST, CAMBRIDGE SPORTS LAKE TRUST

The primary aim of Cambridge Sport Lakes Trust is the development of a multi-sport facility on a site on the north side of the City of Cambridge.As part of this development process the Trust also runs a programme of Sports Development Activities within the Community. From 1 April 2008 the Trust also took on the responsibility for managing Milton Country Park.

Objects

THE CREATION AND SETTING UP, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF A LAKE AND COUNTRY PARK IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE TOGETHER WITH FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT, SUPERVISION TRAINING AND COACHING: (A)FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND EDUCATION TO ENABLE AND ENCOURAGE PUPILS OF SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES IN ANY PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD TO ROW OR TO SCULL OR TO PLAY OTHER GAMES OR SPORTS THEREBY HELPING TO ENSURE THAT DUE ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH PUPILS AS WELL AS TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND OCCUPATION OF THEIR MINDS (PROVIDED SUCH GAMES OR SPORTS DO NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT OR CONFLICT WITH THE ACTIVITIES OF ROWING OR SCULLING ON THE LAKE AND PROVIDED FEMALE OR MALE PUPILS ARE NOT DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN FAVOUR OF PUPILS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX); (B)FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE (WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE PERSONS FOR WHOM THE SAME ARE PROVIDED) AND SUBJECT TO FEMALE OR MALE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NOT BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN FAVOUR OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OF THE OPPOSITE SEX); AND (C)FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: South Cambridgeshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £8,063 for the year, bringing total funds to £924,013. However, the charity holds net current liabilities of £283,838 and relies on extended loan agreements with a trustee to manage its working capital. The trustees and auditors confirm the entity is a going concern based on these arrangements and forecasts extending to 2027.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Ensors. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cambridge Sport Lakes Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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)

Reported reserves equal ~5.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Howard Turnbull
• Bob Greatorex · trustee of 1 other charity
• Catherine May Millhouse
• Joanna Burch · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Oliver Daffarn

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAMBRIDGE SPORTS HALL TRUST LIMITED.

• CAMBRIDGE SPORTS HALL TRUST LIMITED income £1.2m
• CAMBRIDGE SPORTS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION income £202k
• CHILCOMPTON SPORTS income £49k
• MILTON COMMUNITY CENTRE AND RECREATION GROUNDS income £136k
• MELTHAM SPORTS AND COMMUNITY GROUP LIMITED income £134k
• MACCLESFIELD FC COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST LTD income £186k

Side by side with its peers

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