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Registered charity · Chelmsford

The Chelmer Canal Trust Limited

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £2k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th 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, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
Where
Essex
Website
www.chelmercanaltrust.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Chelmer Canal Trust Limited
Registered
2001

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2k£1k
  • 2024£4k£2k
  • 2023£2k£3k
Earlier years
  • 2022£2k£2k
  • 2021£3k£2k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

A. TO PRESERVE, MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE THE CANALS, RIVERS, THEIR TRIBUTARIES, WATERWAYS AND NATURAL ENVIRONS WITHIN AND ADJACENT TO THE DESIGNATED CHELMER AND BLACKWATER NAVIGATION CONSERVATION AREA, AND TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF NAVIGATION EITHER ALONE OR JOINTLY WITH ANY OTHER PERSONS CORPORATIONS OR BODIES OR PUBLIC OR LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND WITH AND SUBJECT TO ALL SUCH CONSENTS STATUTORY ENACTMENTS OR ORDERS AND ACTS IN LAW AS MAY BE APPLICABLE TO THE CHELMER AND BLACKWATER NAVIGATION CONSERVATION AREA OR NECESSARY FOR THE CARRYING OUT OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS. B. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE HISTORY, INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY, AND NATURAL FEATURES AND WILDLIFE OF THE CHELMER AND BLACKWATER NAVIGATION AND ENVIRONS, ITS ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES AND RELATED ARTEFACTS. C. TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP THE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ALONG THE CHELMER AND BLACKWATER NAVIGATION AND ENVIRONS, ITS ASSOCIATED RIVERS AND CONNECTED WATERWAYS AND ENVIRONS FOR T HE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Grants received

2 grants · £20,000 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 · £10,000
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002008-01-24
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £10,0002008-01-24
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

8.3y median 6y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (2)

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 4Education/training 4Amateur Sport 2General Charitable Purposes 2

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 3Health and social care 2

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£2k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1086112
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13TH JUNE 2000
Companies House
Company number 04013446 · Active
Contact on the register
07883149536 · infocki62oz4l9@chelmercanaltrust.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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