The Rowing Foundation

Analysis

The Rowing Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesex. It was registered in December 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Rowing Foundation reported income of £70k and spending of £121k, spending 172% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £60k to £70k (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 150% 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 Rowing Foundation sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Trec GB (£70k), Royal Canoe Club Trust (£70k) and The New Generation Recreation Association (£70k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.