WESTMINSTER BOATING BASE

Registered charity 299412 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

On a daily basis, throughout the year, the Charity's objectives are pursued via the teaching of sailing, kayaking,canoeing and powerboating on the River Thames in central London. Young people between the ages of 10 and 23 are able to gain annual membership for a self-determined donation to the Charity.

Objects

TO HELP EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES SO TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE WESTMINSTER

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£293k
Latest spending
£364k
Registered
1989

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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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 15
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Government income: £10,500 — grants £10,500 (4); 4% of the £284,602 total gross income on the same return
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2022

  • Volunteers: 35
  • Government income: £12,905 — grants £12,905 (1); 5% of the £244,670 total gross income on the same return

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 31/03/2024 (received 28/12/2025, 331 days after the 31/01/2025 due date).

1 further annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

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

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025——
31/03/2024£293k£364k
31/03/2023£285k£415k
31/03/2022£245k£319k
31/03/2021£379k£199k

Common questions

Who funds WESTMINSTER BOATING BASE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WESTMINSTER BOATING BASE as a grant recipient include THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED, THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED, WESTMINSTER AMALGAMATED CHARITY, STRAND PARISHES TRUST, HYDE PARK PLACE ESTATE CHARITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITEDFY2024£4.2mSports equipment
THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITEDFY2023£42kSports equipment
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2023£10kYouth
WESTMINSTER AMALGAMATED CHARITYFY2021£10kCommunity
STRAND PARISHES TRUSTFY2022£9k
HYDE PARK PLACE ESTATE CHARITYFY2025£6k
WESTMINSTER AMALGAMATED CHARITYFY2024£4kCommunity
HYDE PARK PLACE ESTATE CHARITYFY2024£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/06/2022£10kOlder Deckers
Sport England05/06/2020£9kCOVID-19 CEF
Sport England13/05/2020amount not statedCOVID19 - Active Together (Crowdfunding)
The National Lottery Community Fund23/10/2019£10kUpperDeckers
Sport England23/09/2015£34kModernisation of WBB's Changing Rooms
Sport England21/10/2014£10kBuying a powerboat
Sport England03/05/2012£9kThe Upperdeckers