Whitlingham Boathouses Foundation Ltd

Analysis

Whitlingham Boathouses Foundation Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in December 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07012582). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Whitlingham Boathouses Foundation Ltd reported income of £101k and spending of £104k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £63k to £101k (+60%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 136% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Whitlingham Boathouses Foundation Ltd sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Old Owen's Association and Sports Club Limited (£101k), Cheltenham Bridge Club (£101k) and Brandon United Football Club (£101k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.