THE STOCKPORT CANAL BOAT TRUST FOR DISABLED PEOPLE

Registered charity 1075844 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEW HORIZONS

Charity provides daily canal boat trips for disabled/elderly people.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF DISABLED PERSONS BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE

Area of benefit: CHESHIRE

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

Causes: Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Stockport, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £54,595, an increase from the previous year's £45,934, following a net income of £8,661. The trustees report that reserves are maintained to cover six months of running costs and future boat repairs, noting that recent engine failures and canal closures significantly reduced activity levels and income.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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 expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• SUSAN WOODGATEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAVID BLUFF
• David Gordon
• Jane Frances Dineen
• Lisa Smart
• Paul Allerton
• Thomas John Braide
• ian paul Watson

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Manchester City

Income and spending

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