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Registered charity · London

Canal Museum Trust

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £288k (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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout London
Website
www.canalmuseum.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1979

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£288k£248k
  • 2024£256k£187k
  • 2023£193k£144k
Earlier years
  • 2022£196k£99k
  • 2021£89k£86k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 13%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE HISTORY AND USE OF INLAND WATERWAYS BY THE PRESERVATION AND DISPLAY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OBJECTS AND OTHER MATERIAL OF HISTORICAL OR OTHER INTEREST ASSOCIATED WITH INLAND WATERWAYS.

Grants received

3 grants · £194,100 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 · £194,100 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £99,3002012-12-05
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £50,0002003-10-02
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £44,8002000-12-08
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

2y median 1.5y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

1
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 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 6Education/training 6Amateur Sport 1Economic/community Development/employment 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 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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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£288k 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
277484
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 28 FEBRUARY 1979 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS DATED 30 APRIL 2001.
Contact on the register
02077130836 · info@canalmuseum.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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