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The Oxford and Cambridge Rowing Foundation

The Oxford and Cambridge Rowing Foundation is a registered charity (number 292325) based in London, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Sarah Shipton since 2024. Latest income £332k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Friends of the Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race (Charity Commission)

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £332k (2025)

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Amateur Sport
Where
Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire
Website
theboatrace.org/aboutus/foundation (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1985

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£332k£17k
  • 2024£154k£9k
  • 2023£109k£15k
Earlier years
  • 2022£850£2k
  • 2021£232£2k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

IN THIS DECLARATION OF TRUST THE EXPRESSION “THE CHARITABLE OBJECTS” SHALL MEAN THEADVANCEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PERSONS WHO ARE BONA FIDE STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE BY ENSURING THAT DUE ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION TO A HIGH STANDARD OF SUCH STUDENTS AS WELL AS TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND OCCUPATION OF THEIR MINDS AND WITH A VIEW TO FURTHERING THAT OBJECT TO ORGANIZE AND TO PROVIDE (OR TO ASSIST IN THE ORGANIZATION OR PROVISION OF) FACILITIES WHICH WILL ENABLE AND ENCOURAGE SUCH STUDENTS TO ROW SO THAT (WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) THE BEST OARSMEN AND OARSWOMEN FROM AMONG SUCH STUDENTS AS AFORESAID MAY ROW IN ANNUAL RACES AGAINST EACH OTHER; AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH ROWERS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DEEM APPROPRIATE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ROWING FACILITIES.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

10 trustees on the board

5.1y median 5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 10Amateur Sport 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9Disability 1General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 2Education 1Manufacturing 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£332k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
292325
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 02/07/1985AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 18/09/2012
Contact on the register
07789235914 · jeorme@hotmail.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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