Gravesend Rowing Club

Analysis

Gravesend Rowing Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in June 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Gravesend Rowing Club reported income of £50k and spending of £51k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £38k to £50k (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 258%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Gravesend Rowing Club sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Women in Tri UK (£50k), Princes Risborough Young Farmers Club (£50k) and Royal Air Force Mountaineering Association (£50k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.