Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 17

LONDON YOUTH ROWING LTD

London Youth Rowing (LYR) is a ground breaking sports initiative - developing young people through physical activity and opening access to rowing at all levels. LYR is an inclusive programme for young people of all abilities, social, ethnic and economic backgrounds. LYR operates across London delivering innovative programmes, training and evaluation for schools, youth clubs and community groups.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£1,358	£1,371	£-12	£63	£510	£369	3.2	31	300
31/03/22	£1,278	£1,241	£38	£0	£522	£246	2.4	43	10
31/03/21	£883	£775	£107	£0	£485	£280	4.3	24	10
31/03/20	£962	£951	£10	£0	£377	£191	2.4	18	200
31/03/19	£951	£975	£-24	£0	£367	£159	2	19	250
31/03/18	£974	£1,007	£-34	£0	£390	£122	1.5	23	0
31/03/17	£1,304	£1,259	£45	£0	£424	£110	1	28	0
31/03/16	£1,477	£1,516	£-39	£0	£379	£46	0.4	26	0
31/03/15	£1,233	£1,220	£13	£2	£418	£80	0.8	23	0
31/03/14	£860	£910	£-51	£2	£405	£148	1.9	17	0
31/03/13?	£714	£628	£86	£2	£456	£246	4.7	16	0
30/06/12	£739	£761	£-22	£2	£370	£166	2.6	16	0
30/06/11	£720	£756	£-35	£5	£392	£268	4.2	14	0
30/06/10	£647	£705	£-58	£2	£427	£199	3.4	13	0
30/06/09	£1,062	£580	£482	£5	£485	£146	3	10	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 14%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 31%
Liabilities/Income: 17%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 72%
Reserves/Spending: 3.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.3

Asset Split ?

Established: 16 years

www.londonyouthrowing.com

info@londonyouthrowing.com

02033567178

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Disability
Education/Training
Recreation

GiG Classification

Sports activities

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

31 employees
300 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Sport England	£953,639
City Bridge Trust	£182,210
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to London Youth Rowing Limited
£106,210	05/09/2022 36	£106,210 over three further and final years (£33,730; £35,380; £37,100) towards the Active Row SEND programme, covering 1 FTE Active SEND Coach and related project costs.
Sport England - Children and Young People Participation Project
£449,020	23/03/2021 17	Funding under Sport England's Talent Inclusion Pilot Fund & CYP Investment funding programme for a Revenue project titled Children and Young People Participation Project. This project is a Rowing ....more Funding under Sport England's Talent Inclusion Pilot Fund & CYP Investment funding programme for a Revenue project titled Children and Young People Participation Project. This project is a Rowing project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Sport England - Talent Inclusion Pilot
£209,518	23/03/2021 36	Funding under Sport England's Talent Inclusion Pilot Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Talent Inclusion Pilot. This project is a Rowing project, with a focus on beneficiaries with ....more Funding under Sport England's Talent Inclusion Pilot Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Talent Inclusion Pilot. This project is a Rowing project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to London Youth Rowing Limited
£76,000	22/04/2020	£76,000 over 2 years (2 x £38,000) towards the salary of the FT SEND Coach and associated running costs of the Active Row programme.
Sport England - Workplace - Give it a row
£68,211	06/04/2020 44	Funding under Sport England's Tackling Inactivity & Economic Disadvantage funding programme for a Revenue project titled Workplace - Give it a row. This project lists its main activity as Rowing
Sport England - London Youth Rowing - Satellite Clubs
£226,890	12/02/2020 50	Funding under Sport England's Satellite Clubs funding programme for a Revenue project titled London Youth Rowing - Satellite Clubs. This project is a Rowing project, with a focus on younger ....more Funding under Sport England's Satellite Clubs funding programme for a Revenue project titled London Youth Rowing - Satellite Clubs. This project is a Rowing project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
National Lottery Community Fund - Active-Row SEND
£10,000	29/08/2019 12	Active-Row SEND
Sport England - Workplace Rowing to Tackle Inactivity
£7,579	04/07/2018 44	Funding under Sport England's Tackling Inactivity and Economic Disadvantage funding programme for a Revenue project titled Workplace Rowing to Tackle Inactivity. This project lists its main activity ....more Funding under Sport England's Tackling Inactivity and Economic Disadvantage funding programme for a Revenue project titled Workplace Rowing to Tackle Inactivity. This project lists its main activity as Rowing
Sport England - London Youth Rowing - Satellite Clubs
£614,001	09/04/2018 50	Funding under Sport England's Satellite Clubs funding programme for a Revenue project titled London Youth Rowing - Satellite Clubs. This project is a Rowing project, with a focus on younger ....more Funding under Sport England's Satellite Clubs funding programme for a Revenue project titled London Youth Rowing - Satellite Clubs. This project is a Rowing project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Sport England - London Youth Rowing - Satellite Clubs
£362,731	23/06/2017 50	Funding under Sport England's Satellite Clubs funding programme for a Revenue project titled London Youth Rowing - Satellite Clubs. This project is a Rowing project, with a focus on younger ....more Funding under Sport England's Satellite Clubs funding programme for a Revenue project titled London Youth Rowing - Satellite Clubs. This project is a Rowing project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Sport England - London Youth Rowing - Satellite Clubs
£116,378	03/02/2017 50	Funding under Sport England's Satellite Clubs funding programme for a Revenue project titled London Youth Rowing - Satellite Clubs. This project is a Rowing project, with a focus on younger ....more Funding under Sport England's Satellite Clubs funding programme for a Revenue project titled London Youth Rowing - Satellite Clubs. This project is a Rowing project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Sport England - London Youth Rowing - Satellite Clubs
£600,027	25/04/2016 50	Funding under Sport England's Satellite Clubs funding programme for a Revenue project titled London Youth Rowing - Satellite Clubs. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger ....more Funding under Sport England's Satellite Clubs funding programme for a Revenue project titled London Youth Rowing - Satellite Clubs. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 32-55

UMER MANSOOR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Business Person

AVRIL JOHNSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Business Person

DR IAN PICKUP Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chief Operations Officer

MARIANNA SIKOROWSKA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Charity Worker

AKASH BURRUN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Banker

IAIN EDMONDSON (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Head Of Major Events

JOHN GEORGE PATRICK SAGE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: General Manager

KAREN MORRIS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Marketing Consultant

NICK BAKER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Sports Coach

SARAH ROBINSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Engineering Consultant

SOPHIE HOSKING MBE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Solicitor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/02/2008, number: 1122941
Registered at Companies House on 10/05/2007, number: 06243293

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

15 returns made; all on time

Main office

London Regatta Centre
1012 Dockside Road
LONDON
E16 2QT

Objectives

THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR INDOOR, OUTDOOR AND ADAPTIVE ROWING AND OTHER SPORTS OR ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE HEALTH, FITNESS OR WELL-BEING OF YOUNG PEOPLE (HEREINAFTER 'YOUTH ROWING') IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE GREATER LONDON

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