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Registered charity · Chelmsford

Essex Waterways Navigation Trust

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £1.3m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Essex
Website
www.essexwaterways.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Essex Waterways Navigation Trust
Registered
2025

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.3m£648k

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO:2.1 THE RESTORATION, PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, IMPROVEMENT, OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE CHELMER AND BLACKWATER NAVIGATION AND ANY EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING WATERWAYS (THE "NAVIGATION"):2.1.1 FOR NAVIGATION;2.1.2 FOR WALKING ON THE TOWPATHS; AND2.1.3 FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME PURSUITS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE INTERESTS OF THEIR HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE. 2.2 PROTECTING AND CONSERVING SITES, OBJECTS AND BUILDINGS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL, ARCHITECTURAL, ENGINEERING OR HISTORIC INTEREST ON, IN THE VICINITY OF, OR OTHERWISE ASSOCIATED WITH, THE NAVIGATION.2.3 PROMOTING AWARENESS, LEARNING AND EDUCATION ABOUT THE NAVIGATION, ITS HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, USE, OPERATION AND CULTURAL HERITAGE.

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.

7 trustees on the board

1.1y median 1y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
14.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Environment/conservation/heritage 7Recreation 7Education/training 1

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

Arts and leisure 11Other services 3Health and social care 1

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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Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1212502
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12 DEC 2024
Companies House
Company number 16132674 · Active
Contact on the register
01245226245 · essex@waterways.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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