The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Lapal Canal Trust

Registered charity 1013845 Registered since 1992

Operates: Birmingham City, Dudley

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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.

9 trustees on the board

6.9y median 8y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 9Education/training 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Transport 7Health and social care 2Agriculture 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£27k latest income

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.lapal.org
Emailmembership@lapal.org
Phone07751100810
AddressFlat 7, Stonebury, 5 Norfolk Road, BIRMINGHAM, West Mid

Finances

£26,854 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£200,520£24,583
2021£45,367£5,745
2022£118,126£289,912
2023£9,496£49,605
2024£26,854£9,243

What it does

What

Environment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE PESONS FOR WHOM SUCH FACILITIES ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED, TO PROVIIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE ACTIVITIES AT OR NEAR TO THE SECTION OF THE DUDLEY NO2 CANAL FROM HALESOWEN TO THE WORCESTER BIRMINGHAM CANAL AT SELLY OAK BIRMINGHAM (POPULARLY CALLED THE LAPAL CANAL) INCLUDING THE RESTORATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE LAPAL CANAL ANK THE PROMOTION OF ITS USE BY ALL APPROPRIATE FORMS OF WATERBORNE TRAFFIC AND THE PROMOTION OF A PUBLIC FOOTPATH AND RIGHT OF WAY ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE CANAL AND THE TOW PATH AND THE FORMER HORSE PATH.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9 JUNE 1992

Trustees (9)

9trustees
71median age
4aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Lapal Canal Trust · 02721675 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 09/06/1992

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

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