The Boathouse Youth

Analysis

The Boathouse Youth is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in October 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08164995). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Boathouse Youth reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.8m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.8m (+67%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Boathouse Youth sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Birmingham City FC Foundation (£1.8m), The Hunslet Club (£1.8m) and Aberystwyth University Students' Union (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 95%, trading 1.9% and investments 1.0%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 5.6%. Reserves of £239k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 112 people.