The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Grand Western Canal Association Limited

Registered charity 1068943 Registered since 1998

Operates: Devon, Somerset

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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.

4 trustees on the board

24.8y median 27.5y
average tenure
28y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

26.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 4Environment/conservation/heritage 3Education/training 1Overseas Aid/famine Relief 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.

Other services 3

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
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2025
incomespending£1k 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.friendsgrandwesterncanal.org.uk
EmailINFO@FRIENDSGRANDWESTERNCANAL.ORG.UK
Phone01884821239
AddressLOWER BEER, UPLOWMAN, TIVERTON, DEVON, EX16 7PF

Finances

£1,435 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,529£1,620
2022£1,452£2,593
2023£1,463£598
2024£908£7,824
2025£1,435£1,001

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Other FinanceProvides Human ResourcesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

A) TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST IN THE RENOVATING, CONSERVATION AND BEST LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF ALL SECTIONS OF THE GRAND WESTERN CANAL BETWEEN TIVERTON, DEVON AND TAUNTON, SOMERSET.B)1) TO PROMOTE USE OF THE CANAL AS AN AMENITY AND FOR WATER-RELATED AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES BY AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.B)2) TO PROMOTE AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY STRUCTURE AND USE OF THE CANAL IN PARTICULAR AND OF CANALS AND INLAND WATERWAYS GENERALLY.B)3) TO PROMOTE AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN CARE FOR THE DIVERSE FLORA AND FAUNA OF THE CANAL IN PARTICULAR AND OF CANALS AND INLAND WATERWAYS GENERALLY.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 31 DECEMBER 1997.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 17 MARCH 1998.

Trustees (4)

4trustees
73median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Grand Western Canal Association Limited · 03487632 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 31/12/1997

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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