THE FRIENDS OF ST. EDMUND HALL BOAT CLUB

Registered charity 1151482 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The support of rowing at St Edmund Hall Boat Club by providing advice, funding, equipment and coaching. We encourage rowing and give financial support to rowers training for competitive events by subsidising training camps, paying for coaching and ancillary expenses, such as travel costs; we also purchase rowing equipment for use by the boat club which is leased to it for a notional annual rent.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ("THE OBJECTS")ARE:1)TO ADVANCE THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF STUDENTS OF ALL ABILITIES AT ST EDMUND HALL, OXFORD (THE "COLLEGE") BY PARTICIPATION IN THE SPORT OF ROWING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT2)TO APPLY THE FUNDS AND OTHER PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY (INCLUDING THOSE HELD BY THE COMPANY ESTABLISHED AND WHOLLY OWNED BY THE CHARITY) IN PURSUANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: OXFORD

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bath and North East Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£30k
Latest spending
£26k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased by £26,000 to £461,988, comprising £420,086 in restricted funds and £41,902 in unrestricted funds. The trustees report that reserves are expected to be adequate to meet commitments for the next financial year, supported by investment income and regular contributions. The charity operates on a voluntary basis with no staff employed and no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: build up and maintain a level of investments over time so that the income generated from those investments together with annual subscriptions paid by former rowers will be sufficient to fund our normal activities (reserves figure: £462k)
“Our reserves policy is to build up and maintain a level of investments over time so that the income generated from those investments together with annual subscriptions paid by former rowers will be sufficient to fund our normal activities.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

  • Volunteers: 6

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

  • Volunteers: 10

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£30k£26k
31/07/2024£23k£24k
31/07/2023£22k£40k
31/07/2022£37k£27k
31/07/2021£54k£29k

Common questions

Is THE FRIENDS OF ST. EDMUND HALL BOAT CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased by £26,000 to £461,988, comprising £420,086 in restricted funds and £41,902 in unrestricted funds. The trustees report that reserves are expected to be adequate to meet commitments for the next financial year, supported by investment income and regular contributions. The charity operates on a voluntary basis with no staff employed and no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HENLEY ROWING CLUB.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE FRIENDS OF ST. EDMUND HALL BOAT CLUB£30k—0above—no doubt
HENLEY ROWING CLUB FY2025£329k—0unclear—no doubt
BRADFORD AMATEUR ROWING CLUB FY2025£73k—0unclear—no doubt
FULHAM REACH BOAT CLUB FY2025£1.3m——below—no doubt
NORTH STAFFS ROWING CLUB FY2025£44k—0unclear46.4%no doubt
SIR WILLIAM BORLASE BOAT CLUB SUPPORT GROUP FY2025£134k——unclear—no doubt

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