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Registered charity · Staffordshire

Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust Limited

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £411k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th 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, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Staffordshire
Website
www.lhcrt.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust Limited
Registered
1990

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£411k£254k
  • 2024£252k£177k
  • 2023£625k£833k
Earlier years
  • 2022£234k£150k
  • 2021£133k£127k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE RESTORATION TO GOOD AND NAVIGABLE ORDER OF THE WYRLEY AND ESSINGTON CANALS FROM OGLEY JUNCTION TO HUDDLESFORD JUNCTION AND THE HATHERTON BRANCH OF THE STAFFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE CANAL AND ALSO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NAVIGABLE LINK BETWEEN THE HATHERTON BRANCH AND THE CANNOCK EXTENSION CANAL AND TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE NAVIGATION FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION. THE WATERWAY SHALL INCLUDE ALL OTHER WATERWAYS, BUILDINGS STRUCTURES AND WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WATERWAY (FOR FURTHER DETAILS, SEE CLAUSES 3B TO 3D OF THE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION).

Grants received

1 grant · £7,313 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 · £7,313

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £7,3132000-08-15
Board analysis for researchers

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

4.2y median 4y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

4
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 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.

Business services 4Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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.

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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£252k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
702429
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 29 DECEMBER 1989
Companies House
Company number 02456172 · Active
Contact on the register
01543671427 · info@lhcrt.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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