The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Inland Waterways Association

Registered charity 212342 Registered since 1962

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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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.

8 trustees on the board

4.4y median 3.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

8
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 8Education/training 8Amateur Sport 7Religious Activities 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.

Other services 10Professional services 2Retail and trade 2

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£1.5m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

8.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.9 in 2021

8
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.waterways.org.uk
Emailiwa@waterways.org.uk
Phone01494783453
AddressThe Inland Waterways Association, Hardy House, Northbridge Road, Berkhamsted, HP4 1EF

Finances

£1,488,666 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,770,221£1,743,480
2022£1,645,622£1,883,087
2023£1,890,454£1,808,219
2024£1,818,463£1,537,395
2025£1,488,666£1,214,796

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportEnvironment/conservation/heritageRecreation

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVOCATE USE, MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE INLAND WATERWAYS OF THE BRITISH ISLES THE WORKS RELATING THERETO AND ANY CRAFT OR BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES NOW OR PREVIOUSLY ASSOCIATED THEREWITH, TO ADVOCATE AND PROMOTE THE RESTORATION AND THE MAINTENANCE IN GOOD CONDITION OF SUCH WATERWAYS AND ASSOCIATED CRAFT AND BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES AND ADVOCATE AND PROMOTE THEIR FULLEST USE FOR APPROPRIATE COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL PURPOSESTO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND OTHER BODIES ABOUT THE USE AND BENEFITS OF SUCH WATERWAYS WHETHER BY THE PRODUCTION OF LEAFLETS, MAGAZINES, THE CONDUCT OF SEMINARS OR WORKSHOPS OR SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE ASSOCIATION MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINETO PROMOTE AND COMMISSION RESEARCH INTO INLAND WATERWAYS AND PUBLICATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02/10/1958AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/02/1959AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/06/1968AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/07/1972AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/08/1972AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/09/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/09/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/09/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/04/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24 SEP 2016

Trustees (8)

8trustees
76median age
6aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Inland Waterways Association(the) · 00612245 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 02/10/1958

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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