HILLINGDON NARROWBOATS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1029007 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HILINGDON NARROWBOATS ASSOCIATION

HNA offer the disadvantaged from all age ranges, and community groups, opportunities to find new strengths and resources within themselves; develop teamwork, interdependence, leadership skills, initiative and independence and to encourage growth in personal belief and confidence. The HNA boats and their environs provide a challenging and proven background to nurture these personal attributes.

Objects

TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES (BY DAY OR RESIDENTIAL EXPERRIENCE) FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS IN HILLINGDON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS ON THE CANAL BOATS MANAGED BY THE HILLINGDON NARROWBOATS ASSOCIATION; (2 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HILLINGDON AND ELSEWHERE SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED BUT IN PRACTICE , HILLINGDON AND SURROUNDING ARE

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net profit of £6,372 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total reserves increasing to £83,248. The trustees report that the charity is moving in a positive direction and are confident in its ability to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (27/01/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anne Elizabeth Daniels
• John Usher
• Mark Simmons
• Paul Christopher John HUNTLEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Mahoney
• Robert Paulden

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

Operates in: Hillingdon

Income and spending

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