THE CUBC ROWING CHARITABLE FUND

Registered charity 1195124 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advancement of amateur sport of representative rowing at Cambridge University and advancement of sports education for representative rowing at Cambridge University for the public benefit

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£690k

Latest spending

£326k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £537,609 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total net assets increasing to £5,025,217. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £14,034, which are held for periods of uncertainty regarding the overall funding position. The trustees consider the going concern basis appropriate, citing sufficient reserves and expected investment income to meet financial obligations for the next 12 to 18 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient funds to ensure that it can meet the Objects of the charity (held: £14k)

“The charity intends to retain at all times sufficient funds to ensure that it can meet the Objects of the charity.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Chater Allan LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income

£690k

Total spending

£326k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Mark Sorrell
Nicholas Bliss
Sarah Winckless MBE · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£690k	£326k
31/07/2024	£1.2m	£5k
31/07/2023	£635k	£94k
31/07/2022	£2.7m	£14k

Common questions

Is THE CUBC ROWING CHARITABLE FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £537,609 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total net assets increasing to £5,025,217. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £14,034, which are held for periods of uncertainty regarding the overall funding position. The trustees consider the going concern basis appropriate, citing sufficient reserves and expected investment income to meet financial obligations for the next 12 to 18 months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Chater Allan LLP.

Who funds THE CUBC ROWING CHARITABLE FUND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CUBC ROWING CHARITABLE FUND as a grant recipient include THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CHARITY LIMITED.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CHARITY LIMITED	FY2022	£26k
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CHARITY LIMITED	FY2023	£0

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ENNISMORE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£25k
THE ASTOR FOUNDATION	1	£2k
CBRE UK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE ROWING FOUNDATION.

THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE ROWING FOUNDATION income £332k
BRITISH ROWING CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £235k
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION CIO income £399k
CAMBRIDGE SPORTS HALL TRUST LIMITED income £1.2m
CORNELL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED income £2.7m
CHISWICK ROWING TRUST income £109k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CUBC ROWING CHARITABLE FUND	£690k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE ROWING FOUNDATION FY2025	£332k	—	within	—	no doubt
BRITISH ROWING CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025	£235k	—	below	—	no doubt
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION CIO FY2025	£399k	—	above	—	no doubt
CAMBRIDGE SPORTS HALL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£1.2m	—	below	—	no doubt
CORNELL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED FY2025	£2.7m	—	below	—	no doubt

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