Registered charity · London
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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Who leads it
- Sarah ShiptonChair · since 2024
- Basil DixonTrustee · since 2023
- Chris Le Neve FosterTrustee · since 2018
- Erin KennedyTrustee · since 2021
- Hannah RobertsTrustee · since 2021
- James BrownTrustee · since 2023
- Joanna BurchTrustee · since 2023
- Jonathan SearleTrustee · since 2020
- Maria NowakTrustee · since 2018
- Richard JacksonTrustee · since 2018
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
- Sarah Shipton Chair since 2024
- Basil Dixon since 2023
- Chris Le Neve Foster since 2018
- Erin Kennedy since 2021
- Hannah Roberts since 2021
- James Brown since 2023
- Joanna Burch since 2023
- Jonathan Searle since 2020
- Maria Nowak since 2018
- Richard Jackson since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Chris Le Neve Foster since 2018
- Jonathan Searle since 2020
- Maria Nowak since 2018
- Richard Jackson since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Sarah Shipton Chair since 2024
- Chris Le Neve Foster since 2018
- Erin Kennedy since 2021
- Hannah Roberts since 2021
- James Brown since 2023
- Jonathan Searle since 2020
- Maria Nowak since 2018
- Richard Jackson since 2018
Portfolio (2)
- Basil Dixon since 2023
- Joanna Burch since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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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
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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