MARLOW AND DISTRICT SCHOOLS' BOATHOUSE TRUST

Registered charity 1160539 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of facilities for the advancement of amateur sport and the promotion of participation in healthy recreation, in particular (but without limitation) by the provision of boathouse facilities for pupils of Sir William Borlase's Grammar School and Great Marlow School and of other institutions in Marlow and the surrounding area.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE 'OBJECTS') ARE THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR SPORT, THE PROMOTION OF PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION, AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY THE PROVISION OF BOATHOUSE FACILITIES FOR PUPILS OF SIR WILLIAM BORLASE'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND GREAT MARLOW SCHOOL AND OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS IN MARLOW AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

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: Buckinghamshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £413,797 at the end of the financial year, an increase from £375,051 in the prior year. The charity reported a net income of £38,746, derived entirely from donations and legacies, against total expenditure of £22,796. The trustees' report indicates that the charity holds money on interest-bearing accounts and does not invest in equity or bond markets, citing the timing of expected expenditure as the reason for this policy.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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 policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 12/10/2026, 346 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2023 (received 27/10/2025, 361 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 05/02/2024, 97 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alistair Handford
• Edward Goodall
• FERGUS WILLIAM MURISON
• James Biggs
• SIMON KENNEDY FUNNELL

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SIR WILLIAM BORLASE BOAT CLUB SUPPORT GROUP.

• SIR WILLIAM BORLASE BOAT CLUB SUPPORT GROUP income £134k
• THE THAMES ROWING CLUB CHARITABLE TRUST income £48k
• FURNESS MARITIME TRUST income £198k
• THE ST MARY ABBOTS SCHOOL TRUST income £52k
• EAST MANCHESTER COMMUNITY BOAT PROJECT income £30k
• WHITLINGHAM BOATHOUSES FOUNDATION LTD income £101k

Side by side with its peers

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