Henley Royal Regatta Charitable Trust

Analysis

Henley Royal Regatta Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Henley-On-Thames. It was registered in June 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Henley Royal Regatta Charitable Trust reported income of £212k and spending of £508k, spending 240% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £63k to £212k (+237%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 109%. Over the whole period it spent 373% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Henley Royal Regatta Charitable Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Macclesfield and Congleton District Scout Council (£212k), Orpington Football Club (£212k) and Outside-In Cumbria (£211k).

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.