LAPAL CANAL TRUST

Registered charity 1013845 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE LAPAL CANAL TRUST

The promotion of the restoration of the Dudley No. 2 Canal from Hawne Basin in Halesowen to Selly Oak in Birmingfham.

Objects

FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE PESONS FOR WHOM SUCH FACILITIES ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED, TO PROVIIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE ACTIVITIES AT OR NEAR TO THE SECTION OF THE DUDLEY NO2 CANAL FROM HALESOWEN TO THE WORCESTER BIRMINGHAM CANAL AT SELLY OAK BIRMINGHAM (POPULARLY CALLED THE LAPAL CANAL) INCLUDING THE RESTORATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE LAPAL CANAL ANK THE PROMOTION OF ITS USE BY ALL APPROPRIATE FORMS OF WATERBORNE TRAFFIC AND THE PROMOTION OF A PUBLIC FOOTPATH AND RIGHT OF WAY ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE CANAL AND THE TOW PATH AND THE FORMER HORSE PATH.

Area of benefit: SEE OBJECTS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £22,096 and total reserves were £229,971 at the end of the financial year. The trustees reviewed the charity's need for reserves and believe the amount held is adequate to ensure effective operations. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts did not comply with applicable standards.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02721675

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lapal Canal Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• PAYNE, Michael John — director, appointed 02/02/2021on trustee list
• HARDIE, Andrew David, Doctor — director, appointed 07/01/2019on trustee list
• HUMPHREYS, Hugh Richard Owen — director, appointed 20/10/2014not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DR Tony Louis Whateley
• David Struckett
• Denis Pike
• Dr ANDREW HARDIE · trustee of 4 other charities
• Hugh Humphreys OBE
• John Lionel Frederick Hemingway
• Michael John Payne
• Paul Smith
• Peter Fisher

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Birmingham City · Dudley

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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