NORTH STAFFS ROWING CLUB

Registered charity 1197041 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity supports the sport of amateur rowing on Rudyard Lake in Staffordshire. The club has both senior and junior sections and is open to all individuals in the local area. Members pay a monthly fee for access to the club's boats which are housed in our boathouse at the lake. The club runs Learn to Row courses for novices. Unfortunately the club cannot offer disability rowing.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGION BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR AMATEUR ROWING (FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE "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.

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Registered contact address: Staffordshire Moorlands, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total bank balances increased to £29,118, though this figure was distorted by late receipts of Keele University subscriptions and unpaid junior fees. The charity reports no reserves other than its current account balance and holds no monetary investments, relying primarily on membership subscriptions for income.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2023 (received 11/08/2024, 12 days after the 30/07/2024 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

• Dr Christine Caroline Ridden
• Dr Ian David Cook
• Gareth Richard Taylor
• Pamela Louise Dawes
• Peter John Webster

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• NORWICH ROWING CLUB income £78k
• MARLOW ROWING CLUB income £823k
• BRADFORD AMATEUR ROWING CLUB income £73k
• THE FRIENDS OF ST. EDMUND HALL BOAT CLUB income £30k
• GRAVESEND ROWING CLUB income £50k
• ROYAL CHESTER ROWING CLUB income £184k

Side by side with its peers

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