LONDON YOUTH ROWING LTD

Registered charity 1122941 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

London Youth Rowing (LYR) is a ground breaking sports initiative - developing young people through physical activity and opening access to rowing at all levels. LYR is an inclusive programme for young people of all abilities, social, ethnic and economic backgrounds. LYR operates across the UK delivering innovative programmes, training and evaluation for schools, youth clubs and community groups.

Objects

THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR INDOOR, OUTDOOR AND ADAPTIVE ROWING AND OTHER SPORTS OR ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE HEALTH, FITNESS OR WELL-BEING OF YOUNG PEOPLE (HEREINAFTER 'YOUTH ROWING') IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE GREATER LONDON

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 · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Newham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £89,921 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £318,483. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £237,847, which the Board deemed sufficient to withstand short-term funding conditions despite the deficit. The charity remains a going concern with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Cox Costello & Horne Partners LLP. Discloses 3 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
• 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — London Youth Rowing (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Thames Water — “LYR’s Active Row programme, established and delivered across other areas of the country, will be expanded to the Thames Valley region as a r…” (source page)

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (77% 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: 7.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Harold Mitchell CBEchair
• Akash Burrun
• Avril Johnson
• Dr Ian Pickup
• John George Patrick Sage
• Karen Morris
• Sarah Robinson
• Sophie Hosking MBE

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

Operates in: Bristol City · Kent · North Yorkshire · Nottinghamshire · Reading · Throughout London

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• LONDON YOUTH SPORTS TRUST LIMITED income £199k
• ALL ABOARD YOUTH ROWING income £288k
• JUNIOR LEAGUE OF LONDON income £125k
• LONDON YOUTH CHOIR income £776k
• LEIGH YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £379k
• London Youth Games Foundation income £904k

Side by side with its peers

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