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Registered charity (CIO) · Shropshire

The Whitchurch Waterway Trust

The Whitchurch Waterway Trust is a registered charity (number 701050) based in Shropshire, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Mark Andrew Lacey since 2022. Latest income £22k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £22k (2024)
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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
Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation
Where
Shropshire
Website
www.whitchurchwaterway.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1989

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£22k£4k
  • 2023£14k£3k
  • 2022£11k£6k
Earlier years
  • 2021£8k£8k
  • 2020£5k£415

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE CONSTRUCTON RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION TO NAVIGABLE ORDER AND CONDITION THE WHITCHURCH ARM OF THE LLANGOLLEN CANAL FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH THE MAIN CANAL AT WHITCHURCH IN THE COUNTRY OF SHROPSHIRE TO CHEMISTRY AND AN EXTENSION THEROF TO SHERRYMILL HILL BOTH AT WHITCHURCH AFORESAID (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS "THE WATERWAY") FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. (B) TO PROMOTE THE FULLEST USE OF THE WATERWAY BY ALL FORMS OF WATERBORNE TRAFFIC AND FOR ALL FORMS OF WATER RELATED COMMERCIAL, LOCAL AMENITY, TOURIST AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. (C) TO PROMOTE AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND USE OF CANALS AND INLAND WATERWAYS GENERALLY AND OF THE WATERWAY IN PARTICULAR.

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
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
5.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Amateur Sport 7Economic/community Development/employment 7Environment/conservation/heritage 7

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

Health and social care 2Other services 1Property 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£22k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
701050
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION CONVERSIONDATED 26 OCT 2021
Contact on the register
01948667746 · chair@whitchurchwaterway.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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