Trustees, Annual Réport for tho ￿riod
From 1" Sepknber 2024 To 31° August 2025
Rof•renco and Administrativo datsils
Charity nam•: BTC (Southampton) Rowing Club
Charity r•glstrallon number. 1195586
Charlty's prlncipal address:
Crosshouse Road.
Southampton,
SO14 5GZ
Names of th• charlty trustees who manage the charity
| Trustse nam•
Dato8 actad (If
not whole yoar)
John Purke8S
Noman Harper
, James Kmg
President and Chairnmn
Vice President
Structure, Governance and Management
The charity is govemed by its Dedaration of Charitable Trust dated 5° May
2021
Recruilmenl and
Trustees are appointed by a resolution of the trustees passed at a special
meeting in accordarKX with the Dedaration of Charitable Twst.
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of new ttu
They are introduced with a full range of relevanl guidance and appropriate
infonnation on their new responsibilitses.
Under their powers the Trustees delegate muth of the day to day
administralion and OF*ration of the club to a Committee which operates in
accordance with a constitution. This sets out the roles and responsibilities
of the various Committee members. These posilions are appointed or
reappointed at the Annual General Meeting of the Club. The club depends
on volunteers giving their time freety for all roks Rthing Tnjstees,
Committee members and Coaches.
The club is open to all in the Souttiampton area above the age of 12 years
and we have aclive members from 12 to 80+
The Club is affiliated to British Rowing and the Hants and Dorset Amateur
Rowing association and follows all recommendations, adopts policies and
submrts to audits including those relats'ng to child protection, health and
Safety and risk management.
Objectlvu and Actlvltlos
The objectives are set out in the Declaration of Charitsblb Trust. The
Charities A£1 2011 requires the Trustees to canpty with Iheir duty to have
due regard lo public benefrt guidance, PB3. published by the Charity
Commi6sion in exercising their powers or duties.
The Charty's objeclives are:
The advancement of the amateur sport of rowing in Southampton,
particularty the river Itchen, for the public benefft by the provision of
In order to meet our objectives we aim to:
Promote community participation in healthy recreatbon, in particular
rowing, sculling and other related aclivities.
Provide and assist in providing facililies for sport, recreation or
other leisure time activitses of persons who have need for such
facilities by reason of their age, health, economical or social
circumstances 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 WI￿ wish to gain
experien￿ and qualificabons through such means as the Trustees
see fit
Achievement and Parfonnance
hari
ivities
BTC (Southampton) Rowing Club was established 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 privatised the dub relocated in 1987 to
Crosshouse Hard into buildings and on land leased from the City Council.
It 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 fieet of both coastal and
fine boats as well as training and safety equipment. The Club monitors the
needs for equipment and has developed a 5 year plan to add to and
improve the assets in line wth the changing personnel.
As a charity the Club has newly defined objectives as set OLrt above. As
such, we now have philanthropic ambilions and responsibilities which go
beyond the objectives of the old organisation.
Key to the club being able to fulfil irs requirement of providlng a public
benefit it needs to retain and improve ivs waterside premises. Charity
status has enabled us to obtain significant additional funding and this will
fomi the basis of a bid to make much needed improvements to the
premises we lease at Crosshouse Hard. Southampton. However, this will
require changes to our terms of lease and negotiations are underway with '
the City Council. Our ambilions for the premises improvements will also
require further OL¢tside fvnding and this will form a major focus for the
Trustees in the coming years.
The Charity undertook certain key performance objectives in the past year.
These included holding taster sessions to attract more new members,
adding a new fine Coxless 4 to our fleet and upgrading one of our
coaching launches.
The Charity recognises that a key aspect of tying to increase participation
is to ensure that cost Ss not a barrier. For that reason the dub offers free
taster sessions and heavily discounted fees for children. full-time students.
apprentices and all first year rowers.
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Financlal Review
ReseNes
oltc
The Charity holds reserve funds to ensure that ongoing project costs can
be met when required and that operations Gqn continue in case any
unforeseen circumstances arise. The reserves held on 31 st August 2025
were £68,938. The main risk the club fa￿S is the loss of support of
Southampton Cty Council. The premises whith they provide are vital but
our lease arrangements do not provide a great deal of secunty of tenure
and an improvement in our lease arrangements would help secure the
club's medium to long tenn future. It is hoped that rf we can offer to self-
fund improvements to the buildings we can enjoy better lease
arrangements.
Finan
We have seen a rise in membership subscripbons from the previous year.
reflecting a continued incr&28ed numbei of membets. These payments
form our largest income stream in a nom)al year. Donations also fomi 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 the Clubhouse. Other personal and commercial donations were made to
help improve the Club's regatta income. One personal donation was
extremely generous arKI facilitated the purchase of the rtew Coxless 4,
which was the largest expenditure item purchased at a cost of £1 Ok. The
overall financial result for the year was a small surplus of income over
expenditure of about £5k.
otes
irhancial
None

Declarations
Tha truskn declare that they Iwve appfDved the trustees. report above.
Slgned on behalf of the charws tr￿te•S
Signature
Full nama
James Godfrey King
Po3ltfon
Treasurer
09110r25
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(HARITY COMMISSIO
FOR ENGLAND AND WALE
TC {Sovthamptoii) Rwlng Club
Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
For the Ferfod
I" Sep*nber2024
To
Section A Receipts and payments
Unr•stri¢tod
Ro$triGl•d
Total fun0•
A1 Rec•1
IGrarrt8
n4
9,724
12.847
4821
118B1
i&
In
klre
Sub tot•l(Gros9 iixy)rrn torAR
A¥ut and In¥•¥lm•Trt ••lM.
314
Y.314
le•
Sub tot•1
92S
A3P•
10,$17
19361
19,264
a.OBI
Sub tot•
AJ••t and Itw•Btnwnt
r¢lkg•88.
• l•tsl
tsand
ul
13,817
17
Sub tot•
Tots1pa￿?n
182
A6 C*1 funds lasty•aT WMI
613
616

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Dètslts
Categorles
Endowment
fund
tonwr••t£
nds
Urtf••trl¢t•d
fund¥
R•¥trf¢tsd
Endo¥kn•nt
funds
to ntrartst£
Detall¥
D&tai18
Cuvr•ntv•lu•
Fund tot*l*h
Dotai16
B4 Au•t• r•laln•d for th•
ch*rlty'• own u
170,174
hJbT￿$1￿•
10.IJOO
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BS Llobllltle•
bdmifof all the trustees
Dat• of
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR E￿LAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examlner's Report
Report to the trustees
B T C (SOUTHAMPTON) ROWING CLUB
On accounts for thè yèar
ended
3110812025
Charity no
(If any)
1195586
Sèt out on pages
118mthber lo'.iidJde th8 p￿6 numbÈr5 DI sddfyional she&ls
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (Ihe Trust.) for year ended ,.
Respon81bilitles and
basis of report
As the chanty's trustees, you are responsible for the p￿paratIOn of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of th8 Charities Act 2011
Ilhe Act").
I report in respect of my examination of th8 Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I
have folli)wed all the applicable Directions given by the Chanty Commission
under section 145(5){b) of the Act.
Indepéndent
oxaminerfs statement I have completed my examination I confim that no material matters have
Come to my attention in connection vAth the examination which gives me
¢ause to believe that in, any material respect..
the accounting records y￿re not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charit18s Act., or
the accounts did not accord wth the accounting records
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection
wrth th8 examination to whi¢h attents'on should be drawn in this report in
order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts lo be reached.
Signed:
Dat•:
Name:
DAVID TRIPP FAIA
Relevant professional
qualification(31 or body I
(if any):
THE ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONSL ACCOUNTANTS IAIAI
Address:
Tree Tops, Richmond Close
Chandlers Ford
S053 5RA
IER
Oct 2018

Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern
(see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and
guidance for examiners).
Give herè brief delails of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
dlsclose.
IER
Oct 2018