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THE CUBC ROWING CHARITABLE FUND

REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

CHARITY NUMBER: 1195124

Docusign Envelope ID: 68AA50CA-AE96-899F-8077-A6D921E90480

THE CUBC ROWING CHARITABLE FUND REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

Contents Pages
Trustees' report 1 - 2
Independent auditor's report 3 - 5
Statement of financial activities 6
Balance sheet 7
Statement of cashflow 8
Notes to the financial statements 9 - 11

Principal address: Goldie Boathouse Kimberley Road Cambridge CB4 1HJ Charity number: 1195124 Bankers: Coutts 440 Strand London WC2R 0QS Independent auditors: Chater Allan LLP 7 Quy Court Colliers Lane Stow-cum-Quy Cambridgeshire CB25 9AU

Docusign Envelope ID: 68AA50CA-AE96-899F-8077-A6D921E90480

THE CUBC ROWING CHARITABLE FUND TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

The Trustees present their annual report with the financial statements of The CUBC Rowing Charitable Fund for the year ended 31 July 2025.

The Trustees confirm that the annual report and financial statements of the charity comply with the current statutory requirements, the requirements of the charity’s governing document and the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (second edition – October 2019).

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

The objectives and activities of the charity are:

The Trustees shall hold the trust fund upon trust to apply the income, but not the capital, for the following exclusively charitable purpose only:

For the public benefit, the advancement of the amateur sport of rowing at the University of Cambridge by the provision of, or assistance in the provision of, facilities and equipment for the participation in the sport of rowing, and by promoting the physical education of those attending the University of Cambridge.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

The Trustees are pleased with the following activities during the year ended 31 July 2025:

Details of donations received/investments made: donations in an aggregate sum of £496,440 were received during the year. The Trustees invested £499,966 in the Cambridge University Endowment Fund (CUEF) during the year and a return on investments in CUEF of £193,733 was received by the charity.

After charitable expenditure of £325,794 and unrealised gains on investments of £173,230, the charity recorded a surplus for the year of £537,609.

Investment Policy

The Trustees' objective is to maximise the total return over the long term, consistent with a broad spectrum of investments and without incurring excessive risk in the choice of investments. No income target is set.

Risk analysis

The Trustees consider that the principal risk facing the charity is not having the financial resources to advance its charitable objectives sustainably. In the short term the charity will manage this risk through its investments, the value of which inevitably fluctuate.

Reserves policy

The charity intends to retain at all times sufficient funds to ensure that it can meet the Objects of the charity.

The Trustees believe its resources are adequate to meet these needs at present. Total reserves stood at £5,025,217 at the year end, with an Endowment Fund of £5,011,183 and free reserves of £14,034. Free reserves are held for periods of uncertainty regarding the overall funding position.

Public benefit

The Trustees, in setting their objectives, have had due regard to the public benefit guidance issued by the Charity Commission. The Trustees regard physical education and development as an integral part of education. Through its Objects the charity supports the physical education and development of the students of Cambridge University and in so doing provides public benefit.

Plans for the future

The Trustees' intention is to raise an endowment of £20 million from which the income only shall be applied to the Objects of the charity; the capital shall remain invested in perpetuity. It is envisaged that by raising and investing such a sum, the promotion and pursuit of the amateur sport of rowing at Cambridge University by its students to a very high degree of proficiency, will be ensured.

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THE CUBC ROWING CHARITABLE FUND TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

STRUCTURE GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

The charity was set up on 4 March 2021 and became a registered charity on 9 July 2021.

The charity is governed by a Declaration of Trust which was executed on 4 March 2021 and amended, by Deed of Variation, on 5 July 2021. The Board of Trustees shall consist of three trustees, at least one of whom must have professional experience in the finance sector. All Trustees must be alumni of Cambridge University and two of the Trustees must have competed as part of a rowing crew representing Cambridge University in an annual rowing race against Oxford University.

Trustees are recruited when there is a gap in skills due to a current Trustee standing down. Trustees are sought from members of the legacy clubs CUBC, CUWBC and CULRC who have the appropriate skills and training for the role. They will usually have significant relevant experience to contribute to the Trustee Board. Trustees are provided with regular updates of relevant information from relevant sources.

Trustees' responsibilities

The Trustees are responsible for preparing financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity as at the end of the financial period and of the surplus or deficit of the charity for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the Trustees are required to:

The Trustees are responsible for maintaining proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Trustees

The Trustees who served during the year and up to the date of this report were:

N Bliss M Sorrell S Winckless

Disclosure of information to auditors

Each of the persons who are Trustees at the time when this Trustees' Report is approved has confirmed that: so far as that Trustee is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the charity's auditors are unaware, and that Trustee has taken all the steps that ought to have been taken as a Trustee in order to be aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the charity's auditors are aware of that information.

Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by:

N Bliss

Date: 27 April 2026

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THE CUBC ROWING CHARITABLE FUND INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of The CUBC Rowing Charitable Fund for the year ended 31 July 2025 which comprise Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Cash Flows and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

• give a true and fair view of the state of the charity's affairs as at 31 July 2025 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the year then ended;

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the Trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The Trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Trustees' annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of our knowledge and understanding of the charity and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Trustees’ report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 require us to report to you if, in our opinion:

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THE CUBC ROWING CHARITABLE FUND INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

Responsibilities of Trustees

As explained more fully in the Trustees’ responsibilities statement, the Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the Trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the Trustees are responsible for assessing the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Trustees either intend to liquidate the charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

We have been appointed as auditor under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with regulations made under section 154 of that Act.

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

We identified areas of laws and regulations that could reasonably be expected to have material effect on the annual financial statements from our general commercial and charity specific experience, through discussion with the Trustees (as required by auditing standards), and from inspection of the charity's regulatory correspondence, and we discussed with the Trustees the policies and procedures regarding compliance with laws and regulations. We communicated identified laws and regulations throughout our team and remained alert to any indication of non-compliance throughout the audit; the audit team are deemed both competent and capable of identifying non-compliance with rules and regulations.

The potential effect of these laws and regulations on the annual financial statements varies considerably. Firstly, the charity is subject to laws and regulations that directly affect the annual financial statements including financial reporting legislation and taxation legislation, and we assessed the extent of compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our procedures on the related annual account items. Secondly, the charity is subject to other laws and regulations where the consequences of non-compliance could have a material effect on the amounts or disclosures in the financial statements, for instance non-compliance with industry regulations. We assessed the risk of fraud in the financial statements through discussion with management. We communicated identified fraud risk areas throughout our team and remained alert to any indication of fraud throughout the audit. We did not identify any instances of fraud during the course of our audit.

Auditing standards limit the required audit procedures to identify non-compliance with these laws and regulations to enquiry of the Trustees and inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any. Through these procedures, we did not become aware of any actual or suspected non-compliance with laws and regulations. Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/Our-Work/Audit/Audit-and-assurance/Standards-andguidance/Standards-and-guidance-for-auditors/Auditorsresponsibilities-for-audit/Description-of-auditorsresponsibilities- for-audit.aspx. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

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THE CUBC ROWING CHARITABLE FUND INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charity, as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity’s Trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity’s Trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Stuart Graham Berriman (Senior Statutory Auditor) For and on behalf of Chater Allan LLP Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditors 7 Quy Court, Colliers Lane Stow-cum-Quy, Cambridge, CB25 9AU

Date: 28 April 2026

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THE CUBC ROWING CHARITABLE FUND STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (including Income and Expenditure account) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

Note
Income from:
Donations and legacies
4
Investment income
Dividend income
Interest received
Total
Expenditure on:
Advancement of rowing as an
amateur sport
5
Total
Net gain/ (loss) on investments
7
Net income (expenditure)
Transfer between funds:
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
Net movement in funds
Unrestricted
Endowment
Total
Funds
Funds
2025
£
£
£
-
496,440
496,440
193,733
-
193,733
-
-
-
193,733
496,440
690,173
325,794
-
325,794
325,794
-
325,794
-
173,230
173,230
(132,061)
669,670
537,609
-
-
-
(132,061)
669,670
537,609
146,095
4,341,513
4,487,608
14,034
5,011,183
5,025,217
Total
2024
£
1,030,000
133,226
9,091
1,172,317
4,740
4,740
163,536
1,331,113
-
1,331,113
3,156,495
4,487,608

Continuing operations

All activities relate to continuing operations.

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THE CUBC ROWING CHARITABLE FUND (CHARITY NUMBER: 1195124) BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 JULY 2025

2025 2025 2024
Note £ £ £ £
FIXED ASSETS
Investments 7 4,775,569 4,102,373
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 8 148,379 200,000
Cash at bank 115,942 195,375
264,321 395,375
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 9 14,673 10,140
NET CURRENT ASSETS 249,648 385,235
NET ASSETS 5,025,217 4,487,608
FUNDS
Unrestricted funds 14,034 146,095
Endowment funds 10 5,011,183 4,341,513
5,025,217 4,487,608
5,025,217 4,487,608
The financial statements were approved by the Trustees on .............................. and were
27 April 2026
signed on their behalf by:

N Bliss

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THE CUBC ROWING CHARITABLE FUND STATEMENT OF CASH FLOW FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

Note 2025 2024
£ £
Cash provided by/(used in) used in operating activities 1 420,533 1,030,379
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of investments (499,966) (912,461)
(499,966) (912,461)
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the reporting 2 (79,433) 117,918
period
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the 195,375 77,457
reporting period
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting
period 115,942 195,375
Notes to Consolidated Cash flow statement
1. Reconciliation of net income for the year to net cash flow from operating activities
Net movement in funds
Adjustments for:
(Gains) / loss on investments
Decrease/(Increase) in debtors
Increase/(decrease) in creditors
Net cash inflow/(outflow) from operating activities
2. Analysis of cash and cash equivalents
Cash at bank and in hand
At 1
August
2024
£
195,375
2025
2024
£
£
537,609
1,331,113
(173,230)
(163,536)
51,621
(134,438)
4,533
240
420,533
1,033,379
At 31
Cash
July
flow
2025
£
£
(79,433)
115,942
195,375 (79,433)
115,942

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THE CUBC ROWING CHARITABLE FUND NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

1 GENERAL INFORMATION

The CUBC Rowing Charitable Fund is governed by a Declaration of Trust which was executed on 4 March 2021, as amended by a Deed of Variation on 5 July 2021.

2 ACCOUNTING POLICIES

(a) Basis of accounting

The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, with the exception of investments which are included at market value, and in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland issued in October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), the Charities Act 2011 and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.

(b) Going concern basis

The Trustees consider that the going concern basis is appropriate as it considers the reserves levels and expected investment income to be at sufficient levels to ensure that the charity can meet its financial obligations for the next 12 to 18 months and on that basis the charity is a going concern.

(c) Income

Income is recognised in the year in which the charity is entitled to the receipt, and the amount can be measured with reasonable certainty. Income is only deferred when the charity has to fulfil conditions before becoming entitled to it or where the donor has specified that the income is to be expended in a future period. Gift aid is recognised when the charity is entitled to it.

(d) Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred.

(e) Investments

Fixed asset investments are a form of financial instrument and are initially recognised at their transaction cost and subsequently measured at fair value at the Balance Sheet date, unless fair value cannot be measured reliably in which case it is measured at cost less impairment. All gains and losses are taken to the Statement of Financial Activities as they arise. Realised gains and losses on investments are calculated as the difference between sales proceeds and their opening carrying value or their purchase value if acquired subsequent to the first day of the financial year. Unrealised gains and losses are calculated as the difference between the fair value at the year end and their carrying value. Realised and unrealised gains and losses are combined in the Statement of Financial Activities.

(f) Taxation

Taxation The CUBC Rowing Charitable Fund is a charity and as such is not liable to taxation.

(g) Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered.

(h) Creditors

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably.

3 TRUSTEE EXPENSES AND REMUNERATION

No Trustees received any remuneration or expenses during the period.

4 DONATIONS AND LEGACIES

Gifts, donations and gift aid 2025
2024
£
£
496,440
1,030,000
496,440
1,030,000

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THE CUBC ROWING CHARITABLE FUND NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

5 CHARITABLE ACTIVITY EXPENDITURE

Donations
Legal fees
Bank fees
Accountancy
Audit
6
NET INCOME
This is stated after charging:
Auditors remuneration
The charity had no employees during the period.
7
FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS
Market Value at 1 August 2024
Additions
Unrealised gain/(loss) on revaluation
Market Value at 31 July 2025
The investments are held as follows:
Cambridge University Endowment Fund
Historical cost at 31 July 2024
8
DEBTORS AND PREPAYMENTS
Gift aid
Other debtors
Prepayment/Accrued Income
9
CREDITORS: Amounts falling due within one year
Creditors and accruals
Other creditors
10 ENDOWMENT FUNDS
Trust funds
Direct
expenses
Support
costs
Governance
£
£
321,000
-
-
-
-
294
-
-
-
4,500
2025
2024
£
£
321,000
-
-
1,140
294
-
-
100
4,500
3,500
321,000
4,794
325,794
4,740
Fund
balance
brought
forward
Income
£
£
4,341,513
496,440
2025
2024
£
£
4,500
3,500
2025
2024
£
£
4,102,373
3,026,376
499,966
912,461
173,230
163,536
4,775,569
4,102,373
4,775,569
4,102,373
4,775,569
4,102,373
4,526,034
4,026,068
2025
2024
£
£
20,000
200,000
-
-
128,379
-
148,379
200,000
2025
2024
£
£
4,673
10,140
10,000
-
14,673
10,140
Gains on
Investments
Fund
balance
carried
forward
£
£
173,230
5,011,183
4,341,513
496,440
173,230
5,011,183

Trust funds - donations and gifts received on which the capital is invested and the return on the investments can be used to meet the charity's Objects.

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THE CUBC ROWING CHARITABLE FUND NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

11 ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS

ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS
Fixed asset investments at market value
Net current assets
Total net assets
Unrestricted Endowment
Total
Fund
Funds
£
£
£
-
4,775,569
4,775,569
14,034
235,614
249,648
14,034
5,011,183
5,025,217

12 COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

Income from:
Donations and legacies
Investment income
Dividend income
Interest received
Total
Expenditure on:
Advancement of rowing as an
amateur sport
Total
Net (loss)/gain on investments
Net income (expenditure)
Unrestricted Endowment
Total
Fund
Funds
2024
2024
2024
£
£
£
-
1,030,000
1,030,000
133,226
-
133,226
9,091
-
9,091
142,317
1,030,000
1,172,317
4,740
-
4,740
4,740
-
4,740
-
163,536
163,536
137,577
1,193,536
1,331,113

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