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Registered charity · Sherbrook Enterprise

The Grantham Canal Society

The Grantham Canal Society is a registered charity (number 507337) based in Sherbrook Enterprise, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Mike Stone since 2014. Latest income £79k (2026). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £79k (2026)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation
Where
Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire
Website
www.granthamcanal.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Grantham Canal Society
Registered
1978

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£79k£85k
  • 2025£177k£108k
  • 2024£180k£79k
Earlier years
  • 2023£110k£39k
  • 2022£60k£80k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 17%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVOCATE AND PROMOTE THE RESTORATION TO GOOD ORDER AND CONDITION AND THE MAINTENANCE IN GOOD ORDER AND CONDITION OF THE GRANTHAM CANAL.

Grants received

3 grants · £44,600 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

  • Postcode Places Trust · £25,000
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £19,600 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Postcode Places Trust £25,0002024-10-29
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002010-01-29
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,6002006-12-08
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.

6 trustees on the board

7.7y median 7y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

5
company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 6Education/training 6Environment/conservation/heritage 6

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

Construction 5Hospitality 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£177k 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
507337
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 7 DECEMBER 1977 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION UPON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 29 OCTOBER 2008
Companies House
Company number 01351149 · Active
Contact on the register
01159313375 · chairman@granthamcanal.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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