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

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME, BUT NOT THE CAPITAL, FOR THE FOLLOWING EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSE ONLY:FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE AMATEUR SPORT OF ROWING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (THE 'UNIVERSITY') BY THE PROVISION OF, OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF, FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE PARTICIPATION IN THE SPORT OF ROWING, AND BY PROMOTING THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION OF THOSE ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY.

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

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

Registered contact address: Cambridge, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

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

Accounts audited by Chater Allan LLP. 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.

• Complaints handling
• 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/07/2023 (received 06/08/2024, 67 days after the 31/05/2024 due date); year ending 31/07/2022 (received 14/06/2024, 380 days after the 31/05/2023 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.

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

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

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Known funders

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH ROWING CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

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• CURFU income £68k
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Side by side with its peers

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