NORWICH ROWING CLUB

Registered charity 1192654 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Operating as a rowing club, providing opportunities and the provision of boats and equipment and organisation for the sport of rowing and related activities for the inhabitants, members and others, of Norwich and its environs. The club operates from Whitlingham Boathouses, Norwich, is affiliated to British Rowing. Members row for competition and recreation.

Objects

TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE SPORT OF ROWING INCLUDING SCULLING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT AND PARTICIPATION OF THE COMMUNITY OF NORWICH AND ITS ENVIRONS.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £3,373 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £141,705 to £138,332. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to retain minimum free cash reserves of £10,000, and the actual free reserves of £27,365 are above this target. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Elizabeth Mary Lewis Williams
• Michael Edward Burrows
• Richard Povey
• Sarah Lister

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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• CITY OF NORWICH ATHLETIC CLUB income £98k
• BRITISH ROWING CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £235k

Side by side with its peers

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