THE CRAB AND WINKLE LINE TRUST

Registered charity 1077110 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Reopening disused route of world's oldest railway line as a woodland path for pedestrians, cyclists and the disabled between Canterbury and Whitstable in Kent.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF A PUBLIC ACCESS ROUTE BETWEEN CANTERBURY AND WHITSTABLE, INCLUDING A PEDESTRIAN PATH AND A SAFE CYCLING ROUTE, ALONG THE HISTORIC RAILWAY ROUTE KNOWN AS THE CRAB AND WINKLE LINE, WHICH WILL PROVIDE RECREATION FACILITIES, PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, AND REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF THE OLD CANTERBURY TO WHITSTABLE RAILWAY, KNOWN AS THE CRAB AND WINKLE LINE.

Area of benefit: CANTERBURY AND WHITSTABLE

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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Latest income
£1k
Latest spending
£390
Registered
1999

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Policies the charity declares

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Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£1k£390
31/03/2025£1k£385
31/03/2024£1k£385
31/03/2023£921£2k
31/03/2022£786£157

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund12/11/2008£5kLeaflets for Crab and Winkle Line
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/03/2005£3k"The Crab And Winkle Line Trust Aims To Promote The History Of The Canterbury To Whitstable Railway Line. With Help From A Lottery Award It"
The National Lottery Community Fund22/03/2005£3kStation information boards
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/11/2001£4k"Trust volunteers will write, design and print a new leaflet with a publicity postcard to publish results of a study, attract the public to a"