CANAL & RIVER TRUST

Registered charity 1146792 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CRT; CANAL AND RIVER TRUST; GLANDWR CYMRU

Latest income
£232.6m
Latest spending
£233.4m
Registered
2012

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£232.6m
Total spending
£233.4m
Cost of raising funds
£48.0m
Reserves (reported)
£852.6m
Employees
1,805

Reported reserves equal ~43.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

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Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£232.6m£233.4m
31/03/2024£237.3m£252.4m
31/03/2023£225.1m£247.9m
31/03/2022£214.6m£221.8m
31/03/2021£215.4m£221.3m

Common questions

Who funds CANAL & RIVER TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CANAL & RIVER TRUST as a grant recipient include GREENHAM TRUST LTD, KUSUMA TRUST UK, THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST, COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WAKEFIELD, THE INLAND WATERWAYS ASSOCIATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery25/02/2025£2.5mRegular Grant 2025
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/03/2024£256k"Vitality from the Vyrnwy"
Postcode Lottery01/12/2023£2.5mRegular Grant 2024
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/09/2023£410k"Ellesmere Yard - Forging Ahead"
Postcode Lottery07/02/2023£2.6mRegular Grant 2023
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/11/2022£574k"Engineering the Future"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/07/2022£61k"Camlas Abertawe 225 / Swansea Canal 225"
Postcode Lottery10/02/2022£2.5mRegular Grant 2022
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/11/2020£982"#15Step by Step Canal Heritage (Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal)"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/07/2019£71k"Trainer: Fashion Football Faith"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/03/2019£10k"Enfield History Detectives"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/05/2018£10k"Discover Limehouse: An Edible Social History of the Limehouse Basin"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/06/2017£1.3m"Lancaster to Kendal Towpath Trail Phase 2 (Stainton to Sedgwick)"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/04/2016£50k"The Art in Manufacturing"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund19/04/2016£11.4m"Unlocking the Severn for People and WildLIFE"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/03/2016£75k"Restoring and revealing the Wendover Arm Canal for local communities"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/12/2015£36k"127 Mileposts - A celebration of the Leeds Liverpool Canal Bicentenary 2016"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund16/06/2015£398k"Soulbury Three Locks pumping station"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund10/06/2015£75k"Saul Junction Lock, Gateway to the River Severn"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/03/2015£61k"Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal Limekilns Trail ( Phase 1 )"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund30/09/2014£2.6m"Finsley Gate Restoration"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/09/2014£756k"Carpenter's Road Lock - Heritage from the shadow of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/11/2013£544k"The Pocklington Canal - A Gem In The Landscape"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/10/2013£10k"Engaging philanthropists for heritage: building major donor fundraising capacity"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/09/2013£2.7m"Restoring the Montgomery Canal as a resource for people and wildlife"