The club is highly successful and has a rich heritage and has a stated annual goal of achieving a top 10 placement for each squad at the British Universities Rowing events including the Head of the River in March and the Regatta in May.

The club currently trains under the coaching team of Jon Williamson, Gavin Suen and King 'Loose' Chalapati.

It accepts both experienced and novice oarsmen and women (providing they are current students at University College London).

Bentham field crews at all the major regattas and can also be found competing at European and World Masters Championships.

UCL does not appear in any rowing almanacs from around 1886 so it is believed that the sport may have enjoyed a brief period of popularity thanks to a number of enthusiasts at the College.

The college begins to appear frequently in such almanacs from around 1921 and it is believed that this is the time at which the sport gained real popularity amongst the students.

At the same time however University of London rowing experienced a period of renaissance which saw them post their first Henley win in the 1961 Thames Cup.

In this year UCL crews rowed to 52 place in the Tideway head and in 1965 managed to post a result of 43rd in the same race.

With the arrival of Latymer Upper School's famed cox Jeff Easton at the College the club's fortunes really turned around.

This Henley performance represented a major step up in standards and in 1975 the club rose to 19th in the Tideway Head, reaching the best position since 1953 despite competing against stronger opposition.

From the early 1980s up until 1996 there were very few entries to Henley Regatta; in 1991 the club did not even manage to enter a crew in the Tideway head.