GRAVESEND ROWING CLUB

Registered charity 1167701 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing facilities for, and education in, the amateur sport of rowing in the district of Gravesham.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR, AND TO PROMOTE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN, THE AMATEUR SPORT OF ROWING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE GRAVESHAM DISTRICT.

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

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

Latest income
£50k
Latest spending
£51k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position is considered healthy, with unrestricted reserves of approximately £122,358. This figure is significantly above the trustees' recommended policy target of holding approximately £10,000 in reserves. The trustees report no uncertainties regarding the charity's continuation as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately £10,000 (reserves figure: £122k)
“The honorary treasurer each year recommends that the charity endeavour to hold approximately £10,000 in reserves, wherever possible within usual cycles of income and expenditure, to account for any unexpected spending requirement this has been maintained throughout the reporting period.”
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 30/09/2025

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

  • Volunteers: 7

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, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2025 (received 10/08/2026, 11 days after the 30/07/2026 due date); year ending 30/09/2024 (received 05/08/2025, 6 days after the 30/07/2025 due date); year ending 30/09/2022 (received 12/12/2023, 135 days after the 30/07/2023 due date); year ending 30/09/2021 (received 18/08/2022, 19 days after the 30/07/2022 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£50k£51k
30/09/2024£37k£39k
30/09/2023£29k£39k
30/09/2022£135k£34k
30/09/2021£38k£32k

Common questions

Is GRAVESEND ROWING CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial position is considered healthy, with unrestricted reserves of approximately £122,358. This figure is significantly above the trustees' recommended policy target of holding approximately £10,000 in reserves. The trustees report no uncertainties regarding the charity's continuation as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GRAVESEND ROWING CLUB?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GRAVESEND ROWING CLUB as a grant recipient include WATES FAMILY ENTERPRISE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WATES FAMILY ENTERPRISE TRUSTFY2022£500100 for 500

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England09/01/2025£8kExpanding Rowing in Gravesham
Sport England23/06/2020£4kCOVID-19 CEF
Sport England27/08/2013£10kGravesend Juniors

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
YOUTH EXPERIENCE IN SPORT1£12k
THE URSULA KEYES TRUST1£4k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GRAVESEND ROWING CLUB£50k—0unclear—no doubt
ROYAL CHESTER ROWING CLUB FY2025£184k—0unclear—no doubt
BROXBOURNE ROWING CLUB FY2025£132k—0above—no doubt
THE THAMES ROWING CLUB CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£48k—0unclear—no doubt
LAKELAND ROWING CLUB FY2025£38k—0above—no doubt
EXMOUTH ROWING CLUB FY2024£36k—0unclear—no doubt

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