Trustees, Annual Report for the period
From 1" Septembar 2023 To 31" August 2024
Reference and Administratlve details
Charlty name: BTC (Southampton) Rowing Club
Charlty regl¥trallon number. 1195586
Charlty's prlncipal address:
Crosshouse Road.
Southampton,
S014 5GZ
Names of the charlty trusto08 who manage tho charlty
Trustee namo
Dates acted (If
not whol• year)
John Purkess
Nomian Harper
James King
President and Chai￿nan
Vice President
Treasurer
Structure. Governance and Managemènt
The charity is govemed by its Declaration of Charitsble Trust dated 5th May
2021
Rec
and
en
Trustees are appointed by a resolution of the trustees passed at a special
meeting in accordan￿ with the t)eclaration of Charitable Trust.
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nd traini
f new trustees
They are intrOdU￿d with a full range of relevant guidance and appropriate
infomtstion on their new iesponsikn'lities.
itional
ance informa
Under their powers the Trustees delegate much of the day to day
administrats'on and operation of the dub to a Committee which operates in
accordance with a constitution. This sets out the roles and responsibilities
of the various Committee members. These positions are appointed or
reappointed at the Annual General Meeb'ng of the Club held in February.
The club depend8 on volunteers giving their time freely for all roles
including Trustees, Committee members and Coaches.
The club is open to all in the Southampton area above the age of 12 years
and we have active members from 12 to 80+
The Club is affiliated to British Rowing and the Hants and Dor8et Amateur
Rowing associab'on and follows all recommendations. adopts policies and
submits to audits including those relating to child protection, health and
safety and risk management.
Objectives and Activities
tives
The objectives are set oul in the Declaration of Charitaljle Trust. The
Charities Act 2011 requires the Trustees to comply with their duty to have
due regard to public benefit guidance, PB3, published by the Charity
Commission in exercising their powers or duties.
The Charity's objectives are:
The advancement of the amateur sport of rowing in Southampton,
particularly the river Itchen. for the public benefit by the provision of
facilities for participation in the sport of amateur rowing.
In order to meet our objectives we aim to:
Promote community participation in healthy recreation. in particular
rowing, sculling and other related activities.
Provide and assist in providing facilities for sport, recreats'on or
other leisure time activities of persons who have need for such
facilities by reason of their age, health, economical or social
circumstsnces or for the public at large in the interests of social
welfare and with the object of improving their conditions and lrfe.
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Provide help in advancing the education of people who wish to gain
*1¥ 8rien￿ qualifications through such means as ule Trustees
Achievement and Perfomlance
Ch
rita
BTC (Southampton) Rowing Club was estsblished in 1927. For 60 years
the rowing club operated from Southampton docks as a self-financing
section of the British Transport Commission (BTC) Sports and Social Club.
When the docks and railways were privati8ed the dub relocated in 1987 to
Crosshouse Hard into buildings and on land leased from the City Council.
11 has operated as an Unincorporated Friendly Society until August 2021
when charity status was attained. Although the dub does not own it's
buildings or land it has managed to build a large tleet of both coastsl an
fine boats as well as training and safety equipment. The Club monitors the
needs for equipment and has developed 8 5 year plan to add to and
improve the assets in line with the changing personnel.
AS a charty the Club has newly defined objectives as set out above. As
such, we now have philanthropic ambitions and responsibities which go
beyond the objectives of the old organisation.
Key to the club being able to fuffill ifs requirement of providing a public
benefit it needs to retain and improve it's waterside premises. Charity
status has enabled us to obtsin significant additional funding and this will
fonn the basis of a bid to make much needed improvements to the
premises we lease at Crosshouse Hard, Southampton. This may require
changes to our te￿S of lease and require further oulside funding and this
will form a major focus for the Trustees in the coming years.
The Charty undertook certain key perf0m￿nCe objectives in the past year.
These included holding taster sessions to attract more new members,
particularly more under 18 year olds, adding a new fine eight to our fleet
and upgrading some of our gym equipment.
The Charty recognises that a key aspect of tying lo increase participation
is to ensure that cost is not a baTTier. For that reason the club offers free
taster sessions and heavily discounted fees for children. full-time students,
apprentices and all first year rowers.
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ial Review
Rese
lic
The Charity holds reserve funds to ensure that ongoing project costs can
be met when required and that operations can continue in case any
unforseen circumstances arise. The reserves held on 31 st August 2024
were £67,51X). The main fisk the club faces is the loss of support of
Southampton City Council. The premises which they provide are vital but
our lease arrangements do not provide a great deal of security of tenure
and an improvement in our lease arrangements would help secure the
club's medium to long term future. It is hoped that rf we can offer to self-
fund improvements to the buildings we can enjoy betteT lease
arrangements.
in
We have seen a rise in membership subscriptions from the previous year,
reflecting a continued increased number of members. These payments
form our largest income stream in a nonnal year. Donations also form a
good proportion of our income. much of this is from BTC Rowing Centre
Ltd., a company set up by the Club to operate sales of drinks and snacks
in Ihe Clubhouse. Other personal and commercial donations were made to
help improve the Club's regatta income. The largest expenditure item was
the purchase of a reconditioned fine eight boat at a cost of £9k. The
overall financial result for the year was a small deficit of income over
expenditure of about £5k.
None
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Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustws. report above.
Slgned on ￿hall of tho Charity￿ trustees
Slgnaiure
Full name
James Godfrey King
Posioon
Treasurer
17110124
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CHARITY COMMISSIO
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
TC (Southam&*on) Rowlng Club
Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
For th• perfod
from
31"kn3USt21Q4
To
Section A Receipts and payments
Unre•trlct•d
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A1 Rec•1
21.9S4
4821
Il881
on81 Gr*its
Events
Hall&E
Bank Inl•rest
L*so 8 Ubli
11881
10,4J9
art Hlrn
911
bibthh)n
353
Sub to1￿(Gn>8S lorA
2 A8g•t •nd In￿l￿n•nI ••1
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•¥et Balos
44,824
Sub to
4,2tr)
45,926
028
A3Pa
p•ratronal Co8t8
1&947
1¢,947
9,121
18,411
Even¢
Sub
A•i•t Ind In¥•sknnt
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Boats and E
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ment
14x6
10,750
Sub
A5 Tran8fors tsotw￿n funds
A6 Cash lund•I4sty￿r •nd
615
15

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categorles
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
B T C ISOUTHAMPTONI ROWING CLUB
On aGGounts for the year
ended
3110812024
Charity no
(if any)
1195586
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity I'the Trust") for the year ended
Responsibilitiès and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are regponsible for tho preparation
basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act
2011 {"the Act.)
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
liave followed the applicable DireGtions given by the Charily Coniniissio
under section 14515)Ibl of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have
come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ") in connection with
the examination whiGh gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect..
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
thg Act or
tne accounts do not accord wilh the accounting records
Independent
•X2min•rfs st2t•mont
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connedion
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
1610512025
Name:
David Tripp FAia
Relevant professional
qualification(sl or body
lif anyl:
The Association of International Accountants IAIAI
Address:
Tree Tops, Richmond Close
Chandlers Ford
v053 5RA
IER
October 2018

Section
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32,
Independent examination of charity acGount3.' dire¢tion3 8nd guidance for
examinprql
Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
October 2018