Lea Rowing Club Limited
Analysis
Lea Rowing Club Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07368256). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.
In the financial year ending September 2025, Lea Rowing Club Limited reported income of £528k and spending of £492k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £292k to £528k (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.
Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Lea Rowing Club Limited sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Council for Cadet Rifle Shooting (£528k), Croquet England (£529k) and Cobtree Manor Estate (£527k).
In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 47%, donations and legacies 20% and investments 16%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £100. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £70k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 people.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Donations 20%
- Legacies 0.0%
- Charitable activities 47%
- Investments 16%
- Other 17%
In the charity's own words
Promoting community participation in healthy recreation by the provision of facilities for rowing, sculling and other sports, for such persons who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances or for the public at large in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving their conditions of life.
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|---|---|---|
| Council for Cadet Rifle Shooting | Woking | £528k |
| Croquet England | Cheltenham | £529k |
| Cobtree Manor Estate | Maidstone | £527k |
| Stepney Bank Stables Ltd | Newcastle upon Tyne | £530k |