Fulham Reach Boat Club

Analysis

Fulham Reach Boat Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08900584). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Fulham Reach Boat Club reported income of £1.3m and spending of £987k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £2.1m to £1.3m (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Fulham Reach Boat Club sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Freedom Community Alliance Limited (£1.3m), The Balsam Centre (£1.3m) and Development Aid From People to People UK (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 60%, donations and legacies 34% and investments 4.7%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 2.4%. Reserves of £400k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 36 people.