THE SHREWSBURY & NEWPORT CANALS TRUST

Charity number: 1088706
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Promoting and undertaking the restoration of the Shrewsbury Canal and the Newport branch of the Shropshire Union Canal to good and navigable order, including associated structures and buildings, for the benefit of the public.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 September 2023

Total income: £44,196
Total expenditure: £31,537

People

10 Trustee(s)

80 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Recreation
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Where the charity operates:
  • Shropshire
  • Staffordshire
  • Telford & Wrekin

Governance

Registration history:
  • 02 October 2001: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
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Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

10 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
BERNARD CHARLES JONES Chair 26 March 2011
None on record
Philip Tarrant Trustee 16 January 2025
None on record
John William Snell Trustee 14 October 2023
None on record
Simon Ardian Rowberry Trustee 21 July 2022
None on record
Vaughan Welch Trustee 03 June 2017
AVON NAVIGATION TRUST
Received: On time
THE LOWER AVON NAVIGATION TRUST LIMITED
Received: On time
Philip Michael Jones Trustee 03 June 2017
None on record
John Edward Heather Trustee 21 November 2013
None on record
John Metcalfe Stevens Trustee 18 July 2013
STROKE SUPPORT WEST MIDLANDS
Received: On time
John Myers Trustee 15 June 2013
None on record
SHERREL GILLIAN FIKEIS Trustee 20 May 2010
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/09/2019 30/09/2020 30/09/2021 30/09/2022 30/09/2023
Total gross income £78.98k £103.23k £86.21k £171.73k £44.20k
Total expenditure £51.07k £17.35k £19.98k £25.67k £31.54k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £2.00k N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 30 September 2023 03 May 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2023 03 May 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 September 2022 21 April 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2022 21 April 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 September 2021 19 April 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2021 19 April 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 September 2020 21 May 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2020 21 May 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 September 2019 07 July 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2019 07 July 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21 SEPTEMBER 2000 as amended on 03 Jun 2018

Charitable objects

(1) TO PROMOTE THE RESTORATION OF THE SHREWSBURY CANAL BETWEEN SHREWSBURY AND WAPPENSHALL JUNCTION IN THE COUNTY OF SHROPSHIRE AND OF THE NEWPORT BRANCH OF THE SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL BETWEEN WAPPENSHALL JUNCTION AND NORBURY JUNCTION IN THE COUNTY OF STAFFORDSHIRE TO GOOD AND NAVIGABLE ORDER AND TO PROMOTE THE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE CANALS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. (2) TO PROMOTE THE FULLEST USE OF THE CANALS BY ALL FORMS OF WATERBORNE TRAFFIC AND FOR ALL FORMS OF WATER-RELATED COMMERCIAL, LOCAL AMENITY, TOURIST AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT. (3) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND USE OF THE CANALS AND WATERWAYS AND OF THE CANALS IN PARTICULAR.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

SEE OBJECTS FOR AREA OF BENEFIT

Contact information

Address:
4 ARSCOTT
PONTESBURY
SHREWSBURY
SY5 0XP
Phone:
01743860488
Email:
sbean@sncanal.org.uk
Website:

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