ROYAL CHESTER ROWING CLUB

Registered charity 1188080 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Royal Chester Rowing Club promotes the sport of amateur Rowing in and around Chester and seeks to enable allin the community to participate either socially or competitively

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF CHESTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR AMATEUR ROWING ("FACILITIES" MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT, ACCESS TO COACHING AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES).

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Causes: Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£184k
Latest spending
£139k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds £250 in unrestricted funds against designated and restricted funds totaling £398,229. The trustees report no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, although they identify risks related to inadequate premises and dilapidated state.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Subscriptions and boat storage (45% of income)
“Subscriptions and boat storage 74,833” — page 9
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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2025£184k£139k
29/02/2024£196k£177k
28/02/2023£153k£129k
28/02/2022£99k£79k
28/02/2021£201k£70k

Common questions

Is ROYAL CHESTER ROWING CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds £250 in unrestricted funds against designated and restricted funds totaling £398,229. The trustees report no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, although they identify risks related to inadequate premises and dilapidated state. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ROYAL CHESTER ROWING CLUB?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ROYAL CHESTER ROWING CLUB as a grant recipient include THE URSULA KEYES TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE URSULA KEYES TRUSTFY2021£4k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England05/01/2021£10kCOVID19 Return to Play
Sport England10/06/2020£3kCOVID-19 CEF
Sport England05/05/2017£10kRoyal Chester Novice Rowing
Sport England30/07/2014£2kEmergency Flood Relief
Sport England07/04/2011£13kProject Oarsome Continuation 2012