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Registered charity · Birmingham

Lapal Canal Trust

Lapal Canal Trust is a registered charity (number 1013845) based in Birmingham, governed by 9 trustees. Latest income £6k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as The Lapal Canal Trust (Charity Commission)

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £6k (2025)
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Who leads it

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

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About

What it does
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Birmingham City, Dudley
Website
www.lapal.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Lapal Canal Trust
Registered
1992

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£6k£22k
  • 2024£27k£9k
  • 2023£9k£50k
Earlier years
  • 2022£118k£290k
  • 2021£45k£6k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

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.

Grants received

4 grants · £75,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £40,000
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £25,000 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £10,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £15,0002024-06-20
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002022-01-28
  • Garfield Weston Foundation £40,0002020-08-14
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £10,0002017-12-18
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.

9 trustees on the board

6.9y median 8y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.7y
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

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£27k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1013845
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9 JUNE 1992
Companies House
Company number 02721675 · Active
Contact on the register
07751100810 · membership@lapal.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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