Registered charity · Chesterfield
The Chesterfield Canal Trust Limited
- 10 trustees
- Income £1.0m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Dr Peter Gateshill HardyChair · since 2012
- David KiddyTrustee · since 2025
- Gemma Kate GregoryTrustee · since 2024
- Geoffrey Twining WalkerTrustee · since 2021
- Iain Patrick RowbothamTrustee · since 2019
- James Anthony Charles BowerTrustee · since 2025
- Roderick Dennis AutonTrustee · since 2020
- Ruth GirlingTrustee · since 2017
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- Sarah Jane StephensTrustee · since 2014
- Stephen Andrew WallerTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
- Where
- Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield City, Derbyshire and more
- Website
- www.chesterfield-canal-trust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Chesterfield Canal Trust Limited
- Registered
- 1998
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.0m£306k
- 2024£3.3m£200k
- 2023£886k£213k
Earlier years
- 2022£515k£299k
- 2021£227k£176k
Charitable objects
(1) TO PROMOTE THE RESTORATION OF WATERWAYS FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC(2) TO PROMOTE THE FULLEST USE OF WATERWAYS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; AND(3) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND USE OF CANALS AND WATERWAYS
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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.
10 trustees on the board
- Dr Peter Gateshill Hardy Chair since 2012
- David Kiddy since 2025
- Gemma Kate Gregory since 2024
- Geoffrey Twining Walker since 2021
- Iain Patrick Rowbotham since 2019
- James Anthony Charles Bower since 2025
- Roderick Dennis Auton since 2020
- Ruth Girling since 2017
- Sarah Jane Stephens since 2014
- Stephen Andrew Waller since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Peter Gateshill Hardy Chair since 2012
- Iain Patrick Rowbotham since 2019
- Roderick Dennis Auton since 2020
- Ruth Girling since 2017
- Sarah Jane Stephens since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Dr Peter Gateshill Hardy Chair since 2012
- David Kiddy since 2025
- Gemma Kate Gregory since 2024
- Geoffrey Twining Walker since 2021
- Iain Patrick Rowbotham since 2019
- James Anthony Charles Bower since 2025
- Roderick Dennis Auton since 2020
- Ruth Girling since 2017
- Sarah Jane Stephens since 2014
- Stephen Andrew Waller since 2025
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
6.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 36.2 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1071376
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 14 JULY 1997 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 30 SEPTEMBER 1998 AND 26 MARCH 2007.
- Companies House
- Company number 03403203 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01246 477569 · contact@chesterfield-canal-trust.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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