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Registered charity · Bolton

The Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal Society

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £5k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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
Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Salford City
Website
www.mbbcs.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal Society
Registered
1995

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£5k£20k
  • 2024£17k£8k
  • 2023£7k£4k
Earlier years
  • 2022£7k£10k
  • 2021£5k£4k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE RESTORATION RECONSTRUCTION PRESERVATION MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE MANCHESTER BOLTON AND BURY CANAL FROM NOB END,LITTLE LEVER,BOLTON TO (1) THE RIVER IRWELL IN SALFORD. (2) CHURCH WHARF BOLTON AND (3) BURY BRIDGES NEAR BOLTON STREET,BURY AND FROM BURRS BURY TO ELTON RESERVOIR,BURY (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE WATERWAYS") FOR THE USE OF THE PUBLIC. PROVIDED THAT THESE PRIMARY OBJECTS SHALL BE CARRIED OUT AND THE POWERS HEREINAFTER CONFERRED UPON THE SOCIETY SHALL BE EXERCISED EXCLUSIVELY IN A MANNER BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLIC AND RECOGNISED BY THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS CHARITABLE.

Grants received

2 grants · £12,957 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £12,957 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002018-07-05
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £2,9572006-11-23
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.

8 trustees on the board

8y median 10.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

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.

Amateur Sport 8Economic/community Development/employment 8Environment/conservation/heritage 8

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

Other services 7Arts and leisure 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£5k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1048407
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30 JUNE 1995
Companies House
Company number 03074574 · Active
Contact on the register
07798 781252 · treasurer@mbbcs.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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