LOUTH NAVIGATION TRUST

Registered charity 1119812 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To preserve conserve and restore Louth Navigation and its environs.Promote the leisure, sport and recreational use of the canal and towpath.

Objects

(I) THE ASSOCIATION IS ESTABLISHED TO PRESERVE, CONSERVE AND RESTORE THE LOUTH CANAL AND TO PROMOTE AND STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST IN, AND THE FULLEST APPROPRIATE USE BY THE PUBLIC OF, THE CANAL AND ITS ENVIRONS.(II) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE HISTORY AND FORMER USE OF THE LOUTH CANAL AND IN ASSOCIATED WILDLIFE OF CANALS AND INLAND WATERWAYS GENERALLY.

Area of benefit: LINCOLNSHIRE

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£19k
Latest spending
£8k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £22,847, an increase from the previous year's £20,597. The filing confirms the company is entitled to exemption from audit under the Companies Act 2006. No material uncertainties or risks to continuing operations are disclosed in the provided text.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£19k£8k
31/03/2025£101k£99k
31/03/2024£17k£16k
31/03/2023£15k£13k
31/03/2022£14k£14k

Common questions

Is LOUTH NAVIGATION TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £22,847, an increase from the previous year's £20,597. The filing confirms the company is entitled to exemption from audit under the Companies Act 2006. No material uncertainties or risks to continuing operations are disclosed in the provided text.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund07/07/2023£10kFolk on the Water
The National Lottery Community Fund24/06/2022£10kWaterway Community
The National Lottery Community Fund23/04/2021£10kNavigation Recreation
The National Lottery Community Fund17/10/2019£10kRiverhead Community Festival