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Registered charity · Cheshire

The Waterways Trust

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £0 (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.canalrivertrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Waterways Trust
Registered
1999

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£0£0
  • 2024£0£0
  • 2023£0£0
Earlier years
  • 2022£0£0
  • 2021£0£0

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

1) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THOSE FEATURES OF HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, ENGINEERING OR SCENIC MERIT COMPRISED IN THE INLAND WATERWAYS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN PARTICULAR THE CANAL NETWORK ("THE INLAND WATERWAYS") AND IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT BOTH NATURAL AND BUILT. 2) TO PROMOTE ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST THE RESTORATION DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF THE INLAND WATERWAYS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT A) FOR NAVIGATION; AND B) FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY GENERALLY. 3) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. 4) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE INLAND WATERWAYS, THEIR HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, USE AND OPERATION BY ALL APPROPRIATE MEANS INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF MUSEUMS.

Grants received

23 grants · £1,762,636 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 Heritage Fund · £1,260,513 (10 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £502,123 (13 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9752012-03-29
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002012-02-23
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £55,9002011-06-29
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9682011-02-10
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002010-09-06
Board analysis for researchers

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.

3 trustees on the board

2.3y median 0y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

2
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 3Education/training 3Environment/conservation/heritage 3

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

Property 2Arts and leisure 1Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1074541
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED ON 3 MARCH 1999 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 1 DECEMBER 1999 AND 24 MAY 2007 AND 27 SEPTEMBER 2007
Companies House
Company number 03728156 · Active
Contact on the register
01908351826 · customer.services@canalrivertrust.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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