Registered charity (CIO) · Asheridge Road
Wessex Waterways Restoration Trust
- 4 trustees
- Income £2k (2025)
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
- Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
- Where
- Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Swindon
- Website
- wessex-waterways.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2k£738
- 2024£12k£16k
- 2023£4k£957
Earlier years
- 2022£3k£3k
- 2021£1k£3k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE CONSTRUCTION RESTORATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A NAVIGABLE WATERWAY (HEREINAFTER CALLED ÔTHE WATERWAYÖ) LINKING THE KENNET & AVON CANAL NEAR TROWBRIDGE WITH THE THAMES & SEVERN CANAL (ALSO KNOWN AS THE COTSWOLDS CANALS) (OR THE RIVER THAMES) NEAR CRICKLADE AND THE RIVER THAMES AT OR NEAR ABINGDON TO GOOD AND NAVIGABLE ORDER AND TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE WATERWAY FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION THE WATERWAY SHALL INCLUDE THOSE PARTS OF THE ORIGINAL WILTS & BERKS AND NORTH WILTS CANALS (HEREINAFTER CALLED ÔTHE ORIGINAL CANALSÖ) AND THEIR BRANCHES WHICH FORM PART OF THE NAVIGABLE LINKS AND ALL OTHER BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WATERWAY.
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
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
- Luke Henry Walker Chair since 2021
- Matthew Adrian Carpenter since 2020
- Michael Anthony Handford since 2020
- Rachael Jennifer Banyard since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Rachael Jennifer Banyard since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Luke Henry Walker Chair since 2021
- Matthew Adrian Carpenter since 2020
- Michael Anthony Handford since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- Rachael Jennifer Banyard since 2018
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
- 1174586
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 11 Sep 2017
- Contact on the register
- 01249892289 · website@wessex-waterways.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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