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Registered charity · Clwyd

The Shropshire Union Canal Society Limited

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £190k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
Where
Cheshire East, Powys, Shropshire, Staffordshire and more
Website
www.shropshireunion.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Shropshire Union Canal Society Limited
Registered
1966

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£190k£152k
  • 2024£115k£73k
  • 2023£127k£84k
Earlier years
  • 2022£98k£73k
  • 2021£67k£62k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE, EITHER ALONE OR JOINTLY OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON CORPORATION BOARD OR PUBLIC OR LOCAL AUTHORITY AND WITH AND SUBJECT TO ALL SUCH STATUTORY PROVISIONS, STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS OR OTHER PROVISIONS OR REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW, AND ALL SUCH PERMISSIONS AND CONSENTS AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY LAWS FOR THE CARRYING OUT OF THE OBJECTS AS A CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE NAVIGATION THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE TOWING PATHS AND THE AMENITIES OF THE SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM)

Grants received

3 grants · £100,500 total

360Giving 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 Heritage Fund · £83,000 (2 grants)
  • Postcode Local Trust · £17,500

Most recent

  • Postcode Local Trust £17,5002023-06-30
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £50,0002006-10-06
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £33,0001995-12-19
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.

10 trustees on the board

5.4y median 5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

10
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 10Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/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.

Other services 14Transport 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£190k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
245875
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05/09/1972AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/11/2010 as amended on 11 Jan 2022
Companies House
Company number 01069860 · Active
Contact on the register
01630656525 · secretary@shropshireunion.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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