Westminster Boating Base

Analysis

Westminster Boating Base is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2024, Westminster Boating Base reported income of £293k and spending of £364k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2024, income fell from £379k to £293k (-23%), an average of -8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Westminster Boating Base sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include FC Hartlepool (£293k), Egerton Football Club (£294k) and Egerton Youth Club (£292k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.