Registered charity (CIO) · Derbyshire
Friends of the Cromford Canal
- 10 trustees
- Income £113k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- David Bernard MartinChair · since 2015
- David Leo RatnerTrustee · since 2016
- Dr Hugh Potter PhDTrustee · since 2019
- Jack Watson Brown MBETrustee · since 2015
- John BarkerTrustee · since 2013
- Judy BerryTrustee · since 2025
- Michael George KelleyTrustee · since 2015
- Rev Stephen ParishTrustee · since 2021
- Richard Anthony HandleyTrustee · since 2020
- William IAN HookerTrustee · since 2015
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire
- Website
- www.cromfordcanal.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£113k£63k
- 2024£163k£92k
- 2023£127k£150k
Earlier years
- 2022£81k£66k
- 2021£86k£66k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE RESTORATION, RECONSTRUCTION, PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CROMFORD CANAL, ITS ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS, TOWING PATH, STRUCTURES AND CRAFT AND THE CONSERVATION OF ITS NATURAL CHARACTER AS A NAVIGABLE INLAND WATERWAY SYSTEM FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC
Grants received
1 grant · £10,000 total360Giving 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 Community Fund · £10,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
10 trustees on the board
- David Bernard Martin Chair since 2015
- David Leo Ratner since 2016
- Dr Hugh Potter PhD since 2019
- Jack Watson Brown MBE since 2015
- John Barker since 2013
- Judy Berry since 2025
- Michael George Kelley since 2015
- Rev Stephen Parish since 2021
- Richard Anthony Handley since 2020
- William IAN Hooker since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- David Bernard Martin Chair since 2015
- David Leo Ratner since 2016
- Dr Hugh Potter PhD since 2019
- Jack Watson Brown MBE since 2015
- John Barker since 2013
- Michael George Kelley since 2015
- Richard Anthony Handley since 2020
- William IAN Hooker since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- David Bernard Martin Chair since 2015
- David Leo Ratner since 2016
- Dr Hugh Potter PhD since 2019
- John Barker since 2013
- Judy Berry since 2025
- Michael George Kelley since 2015
- Rev Stephen Parish since 2021
- Richard Anthony Handley since 2020
- William IAN Hooker since 2015
Portfolio (1)
- Jack Watson Brown MBE since 2015
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
- 1164608
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Association Registered 30 Nov 2015 as amended on 20 Apr 2018
- Contact on the register
- 07831550731 · secretary@cromfordcanal.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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