HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 299597 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE STEWARDS' CHARITABLE TRUST

In general terms, makes grants to organisations connected with the sport of rowing; primarily for the provision of facilities and resources to enable and encourage young persons receiving education or undergoing training in the UK, to row or to scull.

Objects

THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND RESOURCES TO ENABLE ASSIST AND ENCOURAGE YOUNG PERSONS RECEIVING EDUCATION AT SCHOOLS UNIVERSITIES POLYTECHNICS COLLEGES OR SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (AND INCLUDING ALSO YOUNG PERSONS UNDERGOING OTHER FORMS OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM) TO ROW OR TO SCULL THEREBY HELPING TO ENSURE THAT DUE ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH PERSONS AS WELL AS TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND OCCUPATION OF THEIR MINDS AND THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM

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) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£212k
Latest spending
£508k
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free/unrestricted reserves stood at £340,478, a decrease from the previous year's £636,991. The Trustees note that they will access the Designated Capital Fund within 12 months to fund forecast net expenditure of £665,000, ensuring the Trust can meet commitments and maintain grant expenditure levels.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: forecast net expenditure of £665,000 (held: £340k)
“The Trustees have forecast the level of reserves required in the foreseeable future, and believe that based on cashflow projections to 31 December 2026, they will be required to access the Designated Capital Fund held by the investment managers within 12 months of the approval of the Financial Statements, to fund annual forecast net expenditure of £665,000” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£212k£508k
30/09/2024£154k£479k
30/09/2023£74k£510k
30/09/2022£77k£386k
30/09/2021£63k£278k

Common questions

Is HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free/unrestricted reserves stood at £340,478, a decrease from the previous year's £636,991. The Trustees note that they will access the Designated Capital Fund within 12 months to fund forecast net expenditure of £665,000, ensuring the Trust can meet commitments and maintain grant expenditure levels. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.