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Wargrave and Shiplake Regatta

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1146611ReadingAmateur sport and recreation
Income£115k2025-12-31
Spending£111ksame year
Spent / received109%5-year average
Size in its cause86th pctAmateur sport and recreation
Registered2012Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Wargrave and Shiplake Regatta is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06516594). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Wargrave and Shiplake Regatta reported income of £115k and spending of £111k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £17k to £115k (+597%), an average of +62% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 333%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Wargrave and Shiplake Regatta sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Memon Association UK (£115k), Mayford Athletic Football Club (£115k) and Witton Albion Junior Football Club (£115k).

Income and spending

£0£29k£58k£86k£115k2021 Income: £16,5292021 Spending: £19,60820212022 Income: £71,5592022 Spending: £83,77020222023 Income: £80,9842023 Spending: £83,07020232024 Income: £80,2622024 Spending: £100,42620242025 Income: £115,1362025 Spending: £111,3672025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The promotion of community participation in healthy recreation for the benefit of the public by the provision of traditional Thames river craft, equipment and resources to enable people to learn how to row, skull, punt and / or paddle and to practice these skills and to hold a regatta.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Memon Association UKLondon£115k
Mayford Athletic Football ClubWoking£115k
Witton Albion Junior Football ClubNorthwich£115k
Pitshanger Football ClubLondon£115k