The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Kennet and Avon Canal Trust, Limited

Registered charity 209206 Registered since 1962

Operates: West Berkshire, Reading, Wiltshire, Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City

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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.

3.6y median 2.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (2)

11
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 11Environment/conservation/heritage 11General Charitable Purposes 11

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 10Education 2Finance 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£585k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

19.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

4
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.katrust.org.uk
Emailadmin@katrust.org.uk
Phone01380721279
AddressKENNET & AVON CANAL TRUST, THE WHARF, COUCH LANE, DEVIZES, SN10 1EB

Finances

£481,371 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£326,178£360,138
2022£431,691£476,805
2023£445,695£506,270
2024£585,368£363,778
2025£481,371£456,304

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritageRecreationOther Charitable Purposes

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE KENNET AND AVON CANAL TRUST SEEKS TO: A) PROMOTE, FACILITATE, AND ASSIST IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE KENNET AND AVON CANAL AND ITS ASSOCIATED WATERCOURSES, TOWPATHS, STRUCTURES AND BUILDINGS;B) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE KENNET & AVON CANAL AND ITS ASSOCIATED STRUCTURESC) PROTECT AND CONSERVE, OBJECTS, SITES AND BUILDINGS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL, ARCHITECTURAL, ENGINEERING OR HISTORIC INTEREST ON, IN THE VICINITY OF, OR OTHERWISE ASSOCIATED WITH THE KENNET & AVON CANAL;D) PROMOTE AND FACILITATE RECREATIONAL USE OF THE KENNET AND AVON CANAL BY A WIDE SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE PUBLIC;

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06/06/1962AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/09/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/05/2015AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 19/10/2015 as amended on 19 Sep 2020 as amended on 03 Jun 2023

Trustees (11)

11trustees
67median age
5aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Kennet and Avon Canal Trust(the) · 00726331 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 06/06/1962

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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