The Cubc Rowing Charitable Fund

Analysis

The Cubc Rowing Charitable Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in July 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Cubc Rowing Charitable Fund reported income of £690k and spending of £326k, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from July 2022 to July 2025, income fell from £2.7m to £690k (-75%), an average of -37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 8.4% 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 Cubc Rowing Charitable Fund sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Army Winter Sports Association (£689k), Tilbury Community Association (£692k) and Shenley Leisure Centre Trust Limited (£689k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 72% and investments 28%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £320k.