## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1[st] October 2022 To 30[th] September 2023** ## **Charity name: Gravesend Rowing Club** ## **Charity registration number: 117601** ## **Objectives and Activities** **----- Start of picture text -----**
SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of Para 1.17 The Charity's purpose is to make provision
the charity as set out in its for, and expand participation in, the amateur
governing document sport of rowing in Gravesham and the
surrounding area.
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and The charity has approximately 60 members,
activities in relation to those 1.19 who regularly partake in, or support, the
sport of rowing. This covers a range of
purposes for the public
activities, including fine boat rowing, coastal
benefit, in particular, the
rowing, and indoor rowing. Such activities
activities, projects or services
are overseen by volunteers qualified in the
identified in the accounts.
teaching of rowing. Membership of the club
is open to all residents of Gravesham and
the surrounding area, who are aged 13
years over, on the payment of the
membership fee.
The club additionally offers concessionary
rates to those who would otherwise be
unable to participate in the sport, and for
those learning to row through its school
outreach programmes.
The club encourages participation in the
sport throughout maintenance of its fleet of
boats, indoor row machines, and clubhouse
(funded through various social and
fundraising events).
It encourages competitive participation
through entering members into rowing
races including the Danson Dashes
regatta, which it jointly runs with Erith
Rowing Club.
The club has worked to bring rowing to non-
members, primarily through its links with
local schools. As well as offering school
training sessions, the club hosted for a fourth
year an indoor rowing competition for local
schools. This allows non-members to
participate in the sport of indoor rowing at no
cost to the individual.
Statement confirming Para 1.18 We confirm the trustees have had due
whether the trustees have regard to the Charity Commission’s
had regard to the guidance guidance on public benefit.
issued by the Charity
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Commission on public benefit ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Gravesend Rowing Club is completely run
on the contributions by volunteers, with no
paid members or coaches. As well as the
contribution of the elected committee we
recognise the contribution from those who
have organised fundraising events, helped
run rowing and training sessions and
assisting at races.| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** **----- Start of picture text -----**
SORP reference
This year the charity has endeavoured to
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|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**| |---|---|---| |SORP reference||| |||This year the charity has endeavoured to| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|grow the skill set of its adult and junior
members. The club has continued to
increase its presence in the local rowing
community by running an amateur rowing
event in Bexley alongside Erith Rowing Club,
which was open to all British Rowing
affiliated clubs.
The club has additionally expanded the
experience of its members by entering cruise
into racing events across the Southeast.
These range from at local events open to all,
to more challenging events and those open
to crews from across the world, such as the
Head of the River Race in London and the
Junior Inter-Regional Regatta.
Closer to home, the club has held a number
of events that aim to develop links with the
local community including the schools indoor
rowing championships and friendly indoor
rowing events with teams invited to join from
the PLA and the RNLI.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **----- Start of picture text -----**
Achievements against Para 1.41
objectives set
Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives Para 1.41
set
Investment performance Para 1.41
against objectives
Other
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## **Financial Review** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 Gravesend Rowing Club consider the
financial position at the end financial position of the club healthy at the
of the period end of the year with a value at approximately
£125,000. This is £10,000 lower than the
start of the year, however, the charity still
consider this to be a healthy amount of
reserves.
Statement explaining the Para 1.22 The honorary treasurer each year
policy for holding reserves recommends that the charity endeavour to
stating why they are held hold approximately £10,000 in reserves,
wherever possible within usual cycles of
income and expenditure, to account for any
unexpected spending requirement this has
been maintained throughout the reporting
period.
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 £0
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 The charity operates with zero reserves
reserves held. This has been decided to allow the
charity to invest within itself and be able to
spend any savings for charitable purposes
without restrictions. The treasurer has
recommended an unofficial £10,000 reserve.
Details of fund materially in Para 1.24 The charity has no such benefit.
deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 There is no uncertainties about the charity’s
uncertainties about the continuation in the future.
charity continuing as a going
concern
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**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The main source of funding for Gravesend
Rowing Club is from membership fees paid
by members.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Election by fully paid adult members| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |||| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Charity name Gravesend Rowing Club
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number 117601
Charity’s principal address Gravesend Rowing Club
Gordons Promenade
Gravesend
Kent
DA12 2BS
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Matthew Johnson Captain By election of membership
Melissa Stanley Membership By election of membership
2
Secretary
3 Amelia Page Safety Adviser By election of membership
4 Dave Wellard Honorary Treasurer By election of membership
5 Stephen Cason Bar Manager By election of membership
6 Bradley Smith Premises Manager By election of membership
7 Richard Hopperton Chairman By election of membership
Jonothan Ackroyd Honorary Secretary 05/02/2023 to By election of membership
8
25/08/2023
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets There are no assets held in this capacity held in this capacity Name and objects of the There are no assets held in this capacity charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for There are no assets held in this capacity safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** Declarations The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees Signaturels) Full name(s) Positlon (èg Secretary, Chair, etc) a srFvwQ ok1 MIThS¥LSff IP s E CLeTrf-I Date |**GBP**|||||||||||||||**TOTALS**
**14,987.00**
**120.00**
**636.50**
**774.50**
**4,072.23**
**628.00**
**350.00**
**4,709.00**
**600.00**
**2,080.00**
**28,957.23**
**870.00**
**3,193.74**
**1,063.00**
**649.51**
**52.38**
**2,636.46**
**32.00**
**198.00**
**182.82**
**926.40**
**8,045.13**
**9,891.97**
**244.19**
**355.66**
**1,494.98**
**184.98**
**1,305.10**
**3,684.22**
**623.69**
**3,393.39**
**39,027.62**
**125,662.04**
**125,662.04**|**TOTALS**
**14,987.00**
**120.00**
**636.50**
**774.50**
**4,072.23**
**628.00**
**350.00**
**4,709.00**
**600.00**
**2,080.00**
**28,957.23**
**870.00**
**3,193.74**
**1,063.00**
**649.51**
**52.38**
**2,636.46**
**32.00**
**198.00**
**182.82**
**926.40**
**8,045.13**
**9,891.97**
**244.19**
**355.66**
**1,494.98**
**184.98**
**1,305.10**
**3,684.22**
**623.69**
**3,393.39**
**39,027.62**
**125,662.04**
**125,662.04**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**GRAVESEND ROWING CLU**|**B**|||||||||||||||| |Movement
Beginning of year balance
End ofyear balance|-10,070.39|**Oct 22**
**Nov 22**
**Dec 22**
**Jan 23**
**Feb 23**
**Mar 23**
**Apr 23**
**May 23**
**Jun 23**
**Jul 23**
**Aug 23**
**Sep 23**

||||||||||||||| ||135,732.43|||||||||||||||| ||125,662.04|||||||||||||||| |INCOME||||||||||||||||| |**_Category_**
Membership
Rack Fees
Donations (inc Amazon Smile)
Fundraising
Bar and events Income (inc Paypal)
Course Fees
Services and Gifts in Kind
Seat Fees
Club Kit
Learn to Row|**_Description_**
1,455.00
1,175.00
1,073.00
1,465.00
1,459.00
1,085.00
1,138.00
1,041.00
1,159.00
1,213.00
1,293.00
1,431.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
120.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
100.00
0.00
0.00
12.15
0.00
500.00
5.00
19.35
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
120.00
0.00
0.00
417.00
58.00
10.00
115.50
8.00
22.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
537.87
1,101.79
875.55
48.59
26.52
131.92
207.53
55.41
570.15
178.32
162.54
176.04
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
628.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
350.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
24.00
86.00
0.00
0.00
322.00
249.50
208.00
85.00
473.00
1,096.00
2,100.50
65.00
0.00
576.00
24.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
320.00
80.00
80.00
1,440.00
160.00
0.00
0.00|||||||||||||||| |||1,455.00|1,175.00|1,073.00|1,465.00|1,459.00|1,085.00|1,138.00|1,041.00|1,159.00|1,213.00|1,293.00|1,431.00||**14,987.00**|| |||0.00|0.00|0.00|120.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00||**120.00**|| |||100.00|0.00|0.00|12.15|0.00|500.00|5.00|19.35|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00||**636.50**|| |||120.00|0.00|0.00|417.00|58.00|10.00|115.50|8.00|22.00|8.00|8.00|8.00||**774.50**|| |||537.87|1,101.79|875.55|48.59|26.52|131.92|207.53|55.41|570.15|178.32|162.54|176.04||**4,072.23**|| |||0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|628.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00||**628.00**|| |||0.00|0.00|350.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00||**350.00**|| |||24.00|86.00|0.00|0.00|322.00|249.50|208.00|85.00|473.00|1,096.00|2,100.50|65.00||**4,709.00**|| |||0.00|576.00|24.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00||**600.00**|| |||0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|320.00|80.00|80.00|1,440.00|160.00|0.00|0.00||**2,080.00**|| |**Total**||**2,236.87**
**2,938.79**
**2,322.55**
**2,062.74**
**1,865.52**
**2,296.42**
**1,754.03**
**1,916.76**
**3,664.15**
**2,655.32**
**3,564.04**
**1,680.04**|||||||||||||**28,957.23**|| |||||||||||||||||| |Expenditure||||||||||||||||| |**_Category_**|**_Description_**|||||||||||||||| |Rent
Electricity
Gas
TV / Music / Bar Licence
Website / Digital Presence
Insurance
Equipment and Gym (Purchases)
Coaching Fees / Training Courses
Building Repairs and Maintenance
Boat Repairs
Boat Maintenance
Boat Purchases
Trailer Costs
Fuel (Launch and Transport)
Bar Costs
Cleaning Products
Legal and Professional Fees
Seat Fees and Entries
Club Kit
Facility Hire /Event Costs||72.50|72.50|72.50|72.50|72.50|72.50|72.50|72.50|72.50|72.50|72.50|72.50||**870.00**|| |||0.00|0.00|70.61|278.51|278.51|251.06|278.51|306.58|317.00|296.16|621.28|495.52||**3,193.74**|| |||24.00|24.00|67.00|67.00|67.00|67.00|67.00|67.00|67.00|182.00|182.00|182.00||**1,063.00**|| |||0.00|0.00|180.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|157.75|0.00|311.76|0.00|0.00||**649.51**|| |||0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|52.38|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00||**52.38**|| |||0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|1,047.59|546.29|521.29|521.29||**2,636.46**|| |||0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|32.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00||**32.00**|| |||0.00|198.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00||**198.00**|| |||0.00|12.00|110.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|60.82||**182.82**|| |||0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|926.40|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00||**926.40**|| |||2,540.00|5,000.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|158.71|0.00|0.00|346.42|0.00|0.00|0.00||**8,045.13**|| |||2,914.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|2,594.99|0.00|98.00|722.04|3,562.94||**9,891.97**|| |||0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|244.19||**244.19**|| |||0.00|55.93|0.00|0.00|78.53|0.00|0.00|29.48|49.54|41.35|39.55|61.28||**355.66**|| |||425.14|0.00|299.23|0.00|0.00|294.54|0.00|0.00|278.16|197.91|0.00|0.00||**1,494.98**|| |||184.98|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00||**184.98**|| |||630.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|459.10|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|216.00||**1,305.10**|| |||0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|284.00|900.92|0.00|887.80|752.00|0.00|859.50|0.00||**3,684.22**|| |||0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|623.69|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00||**623.69**|| |||225.00|174.00|1,370.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|316.00|16.00|0.00|1,160.39|132.00||**3,393.39**|| |**Total**||**7,015.62**
**5,536.43**
**2,169.34**
**418.01**
**1,404.23**
**2,671.13**
**877.11**
**4,516.48**
**2,946.21**
**1,745.97**
**4,178.55**
**5,548.54**|||||||||||||**39,027.62**|| |Starting balance (Statements)
Ending balance
Actual balance (Santander)
Actual balance (Barclays)
Statement Movement (Santander)
Statement Movement (Barclays)||135,732.43 130,953.68 128,356.04 128,509.25 130,153.98 130,615.27 130,240.56 131,117.48 128,517.76 129,235.70 130,145.05 129,530.54
130,953.68 128,356.04 128,509.25 130,153.98 130,615.27 130,240.56 131,117.48 128,517.76 129,235.70 130,145.05 129,530.54
125,662.04

118,308.78
118,097.35
117,677.01
117,615.15
117,204.61
116,736.88
116,408.87
114,927.11
113,110.49
112,492.11
109,965.84
**109,017.78**

12,976.90
10,411.69
11,015.24
12,703.83
13,575.66
13,620.68
14,607.61
13,611.65
16,007.21
17,694.94
19,446.70
**16,644.26**
3,010.62
211.43
420.34
61.86
410.54
467.73
328.01
1,481.76
1,816.62
618.38
2,526.27
948.06
1,436.13
2,565.21
-603.55
-1,688.59
-871.83
-45.02
-986.93
995.96
-2,395.56
-1,687.73
-1,751.76
2,802.44||||||||||||||| |||135,732.43|130,953.68|128,356.04|128,509.25|130,153.98|130,615.27|130,240.56|131,117.48|128,517.76|129,235.70|130,145.05|129,530.54|||| |||130,953.68|128,356.04|128,509.25|130,153.98|130,615.27|130,240.56|131,117.48|128,517.76|129,235.70|130,145.05|129,530.54|125,662.04|||| ||121,319.40|118,308.78|118,097.35|117,677.01|117,615.15|117,204.61|116,736.88|116,408.87|114,927.11|113,110.49|112,492.11|109,965.84|**109,017.78**|||| ||14,413.03|12,976.90|10,411.69|11,015.24|12,703.83|13,575.66|13,620.68|14,607.61|13,611.65|16,007.21|17,694.94|19,446.70|**16,644.26**|||| |||||||||||||||||| |||3,010.62|211.43|420.34|61.86|410.54|467.73|328.01|1,481.76|1,816.62|618.38|2,526.27|948.06|||| |||1,436.13|2,565.21|-603.55|-1,688.59|-871.83|-45.02|-986.93|995.96|-2,395.56|-1,687.73|-1,751.76|2,802.44|||| |Type|Type|Details|Details|Details|Value| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Cash Funds||Achievements of its charitable objectives|||125,662.04| |Assets retained for the Charity’s own
use||Buildingat Gordon Promenade|||182,190.00
105,100.00
14,658.00
16,965.00
7,532.00| |||Fine and Coastal RowingBoats|||| |||Indoor rowingmachines|||| |||Ribs,outboard engines and trailers|||| |||Other Misc.(includingtrophies,stock etc.)|||| |Liabilities||Outstandingliabilities for the reported accounting|||0| |For all assets, value given is based on curr||ent insurance value.|||| |Date|Position Held||Print Name|Signature|| |07 July 2024|Ca|ptain|MATTHEW JOHNSON|M Johnson|| |07 July 2024|Membersh|ip Secretary|MEL STANLEY|M Stanley|| Independent Examinefs Report to the Trustees of Gravesend Rowtng Club I reporttolhecharitytnstee5 on myexamination ofts a(uJunts ofthe th8rityft)rlhèWreN1￿ 30 sept￿r2￿23%￿th 8resetOLrt onthe TnBteeb Annual RerKJrtse(*on¥ A-G and Statfftntol Acbvibes. Responsibilities and basis of report AsthedUb'stsu5￿yOU are TB8rA)n*bb forV* pwr#tion of thèpLD)Lmts h ￿￿[danCe￿1th the requirernents ofthe Chaiib85 Art2011 (treArfI. I report in re5pe¢tofmyexaminatr)nofthtr chariblsaeeounts c*nied outunLknsection 145 ofthe Acaand inwir#J ¢yrtMYe￿9rn￿ation I have f￿kx￿Ed ￿ the appb'cable DI￿bon59Nen Charity Convn￿8￿ry und¢rse6knn 145(5llbl ofthe Independent examinerfs statement I ha¥e¢x¥np1e￿ myewination. l (xjnfirrn trhal M m*ro1 matters ctsrEto my atknb.on ￿ C4)n￿thn wth IheeX￿￿￿0n m cau88to itlievethat in any maler*l resFect acwuntirg tprx)rthw8fB nDtk8ptin thariiy&5 requiBJ bysg*Th 130oftheA¢ OT 1 thg awuntsdo rntacxxrd wth tIK)8a records I.. or l ts ac￿UThtsd0 r¥JI￿￿Yththe wlir2trI8 WU￿￿Tllentsconl￿ftytvj thefom) atKI cL)rtentofacoJunts seioutints char￿eS IAcctunts a￿1 Rwrtsl Regu￿tionS 2008 otherlhan any ￿ul1￿m9nt1ha1Ihe ￿e￿ntsQ1vO a Ynje fairv￿￿ not a rnatt8fL*nsid8t8d as part olan ind￿r￿ente%2Mlnati0nF. I have nD con￿[￿5 ar￿ ha%* com6 across noothermattern in Conn￿￿On %Mththeexarninal*Jnto whkh 8tt8nlionshoulY Ki this rep)rtin orderto a pryr unthr8tantkng ofth8 acLwntsio b8 TBachgd. S¥￿e(t J T Durdl FCA 12 timitedtracfng as ￿ng aryl Ta￿ry Chart8rtyJ A￿￿untants 123 cr￿ Lane East DA12 5FLA . 26 T4 2@LLfr