The Oxford and Cambridge Rowing Foundation

Analysis

The Oxford and Cambridge Rowing Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Oxford and Cambridge Rowing Foundation reported income of £332k and spending of £17k, leaving 95% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £232 to £332k (+143171%), an average of +515% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 12761%. Over the whole period it spent 7.7% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Oxford and Cambridge 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 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Outdoorlads Limited (£332k), Burma Skincare Initiative (£332k) and Esk Moors Caring Ltd (£332k).