Registered charity · Manchester
Huddersfield Canal Society Limited
- 8 trustees
- Income £34k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
- Oldham, Tameside, Kirklees
- Website
- www.huddersfieldcanal.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Huddersfield Canal Society Limited
- Registered
- 1980
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£34k£33k
- 2024£47k£25k
- 2023£32k£22k
Earlier years
- 2022£28k£44k
- 2021£31k£48k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 27%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE RESTORATION, RE-CONSTRUCTION, PRESERVATION, MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE HUDDERSFIELD NARROW CANAL FROM ASPLEY TO ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, AND THE HUDDERSFIELD BROAD CANAL FROM COOPER BRIDGE TO ASPLEY.
Grants received
2 grants · £10,600 total360Giving 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 · £10,600 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Alan Leslie Stopher Chair since 2011
- Anne Goggin since 2023
- Keith Sykes
- Martin Joseph Clark since 2017
- Michael Harry Mchugh since 2011
- Nicholas John Lever since 2025
- Patricia Rita Bayley since 2011
- Trevor Ellis
Trustees past 6 years
- Alan Leslie Stopher Chair since 2011
- Martin Joseph Clark since 2017
- Michael Harry Mchugh since 2011
- Patricia Rita Bayley since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Alan Leslie Stopher Chair since 2011
- Anne Goggin since 2023
- Keith Sykes
- Michael Harry Mchugh since 2011
- Nicholas John Lever since 2025
- Patricia Rita Bayley since 2011
- Trevor Ellis
Portfolio (1)
- Martin Joseph Clark since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 510201
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 28 MAY 1980
- Companies House
- Company number 01498800 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01457871800 · hcs@huddersfieldcanal.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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