Registered charity · Devon
Grand Western Canal Association Limited
- 4 trustees
- Income £1k (2025)
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
- Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Devon, Somerset
- Website
- www.friendsgrandwesterncanal.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Grand Western Canal Association Limited
- Registered
- 1998
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1k£1k
- 2024£908£8k
- 2023£1k£598
Earlier years
- 2022£1k£3k
- 2021£2k£2k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
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.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Dr Robert Lovelace Penrose Hodgson PHD Mice Chair since 1998
- Christopher David Whitcombe since 1999
- Trevor White since 1998
- Valerie Helen Whitcombe since 2010
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Robert Lovelace Penrose Hodgson PHD Mice Chair since 1998
- Christopher David Whitcombe since 1999
- Trevor White since 1998
- Valerie Helen Whitcombe since 2010
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Christopher David Whitcombe since 1999
- Trevor White since 1998
- Valerie Helen Whitcombe since 2010
Portfolio (1)
- Dr Robert Lovelace Penrose Hodgson PHD Mice Chair since 1998
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1068943
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 31 DECEMBER 1997.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 17 MARCH 1998.
- Companies House
- Company number 03487632 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01884821239 · INFO@FRIENDSGRANDWESTERNCANAL.ORG.UK
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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