COOMBESWOOD CANAL TRUST

Registered charity 1088978 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

assist in the provision of facilities for recreation at or near to the Dudley Number 2 Canal including Hawne Basin including the restoration, improvement, enhancement, development, maintenance, conservation of and making fully navigable the Canal and the promotion of its use

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£115k

Latest spending

£136k

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased by £20,979 to £1,222,677, resulting in a net expenditure for the year. The trustees report that the charity remains viable and prepared the accounts on a going concern basis. Total assets stood at £1,222,677 against current liabilities of £23,358.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

Robert David Foxchair
Denise Cheryl Brown
Gavin Hawkins
Gillian Reynolds
Jude Dorrington
Judy Hanchet
Roy Burgess · trustee of 1 other charity
Stephen Busby

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Dudley · Sandwell

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£115k	£136k
31/07/2024	£82k	£101k
31/07/2023	£92k	£81k
31/07/2022	£93k	£30k
31/07/2021	£78k	£74k

Common questions

Is COOMBESWOOD CANAL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased by £20,979 to £1,222,677, resulting in a net expenditure for the year. The trustees report that the charity remains viable and prepared the accounts on a going concern basis. Total assets stood at £1,222,677 against current liabilities of £23,358. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
M J CAMP CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£401k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£29k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£9k
BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION	1	£5k
G M C TRUST	1	£4k
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHESTERFIELD CANAL TRUST LIMITED.

THE CHESTERFIELD CANAL TRUST LIMITED income £1.0m
THE WEY AND ARUN CANAL TRUST LIMITED income £816k
HEREFORDSHIRE AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE CANAL TRUST LIMITED income £195k
THE KENNET AND AVON CANAL TRUST, LIMITED income £481k
MONMOUTHSHIRE, BRECON AND ABERGAVENNY CANALS TRUST LIMITED income £148k
THE SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £190k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
COOMBESWOOD CANAL TRUST	£115k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHESTERFIELD CANAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£1.0m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE WEY AND ARUN CANAL TRUST LIMITED FY2024	£816k	—	above	—	no doubt
HEREFORDSHIRE AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE CANAL TRUST LIMITED FY2024	£195k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE KENNET AND AVON CANAL TRUST, LIMITED FY2025	£481k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MONMOUTHSHIRE, BRECON AND ABERGAVENNY CANALS TRUST LIMITED FY2024	£148k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.