THE CHICHESTER SHIP CANAL TRUST

Registered charity 1094873 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The purpose of the Trust is to preserve and maintain an attractive and accessible canal, safeguarding the unique heritage and natural habitat, for present and future generations to enjoy. We focus on 4 benefits that an active and regenerating waterway brings: economic and cultural contribution, physical and mental health, social cohesion and civic pride, environment and heritage.

Objects

THE PRESERVATION, MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF CANALS, NAVIGABLE RIVERS AND INLAND WATERWAYS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR THE NAVIGATION BETWEEN CHICHESTER AND THE HARBOUR, THE CHICHESTER SHIP CANAL AND THE PORTSMOUTH AND ARUNDEL CANAL.

Area of benefit: WEST SUSSEX

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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Registered contact address: Chichester, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income of £18,937 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £592,323. The organization is largely dependent on volunteers and receives significant investment income from rents. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with no matters causing concern identified by the examiner.

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 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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
• 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.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Jeremy Richard Wilkins
• John Clandillon-Baker
• Mark Stoneham

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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
• CANAL MUSEUM TRUST income £288k
• THE BASINGSTOKE CANAL SOCIETY income £119k
• LICHFIELD AND HATHERTON CANALS RESTORATION TRUST LIMITED income £411k
• HEREFORDSHIRE AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE CANAL TRUST LIMITED income £151k
• THE RIVERS TRUST income £10.5m

Side by side with its peers

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