WARGRAVE AND SHIPLAKE REGATTA

Registered charity 1146611 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as W&S REGATTA

The promotion of community participation in healthy recreation for the benefit of the public by the provision of traditional Thames river craft, equipment and resources to enable people to learn how to row, skull, punt and / or paddle and to practice these skills and to hold a regatta.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROVISION OF TRADITIONAL THAMES RIVER CRAFT, EQUIPMENT AND RESOURCES TO ENABLE PEOPLE TO LEARN HOW TO ROW, SKULL, PUNT AND / OR PADDLE AND TO PRACTICE THESE SKILLS AND TO HOLD A REGATTA.

Area of benefit: WARGRAVE AND SHIPLAKE

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a pre-tax loss of £20,164 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by increased expenditure on boat repairs and maintenance. Despite this operational deficit, the charity holds unrestricted funds of £124,832, which exceeds its stated policy target of maintaining general reserves above £5,000 and a boat reserve of £10,000.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carlton Barnardchair
• David Paddison
• Holly Green
• TIMOTHY SIMMONDS

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire · Reading · West Berkshire

Income and spending

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