CANAL & RIVER TRUST
Latest income
£232.6m
Latest spending
£233.4m
Registered
2012
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
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (08/01/2025)
- Received assets from another charity (13/09/2021)
- Received assets from another charity (15/02/2016)
Trustees
- David Orr CBEchair
- Angela Cluff
- Bronagh Kennedy
- Chris Fellingham
- Clair Jennifer Price CBE
- Clare Montagu
- IAN PETERS
- Peter Hudson CB CBE
- Ranjit Sondhi
- SIR CHRISTOPHER KELLY KCB
- Sir James Bevan
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Funder | Year | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| GREENHAM TRUST LTD | FY2024 | £1.9m |
| KUSUMA TRUST UK | FY2025 | £150k |
| THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2022 | £36k |
| GREENHAM TRUST LTD | FY2025 | £25k |
| THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2023 | £15k |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WAKEFIELD | FY2023 | £5k |
| THE INLAND WATERWAYS ASSOCIATION | FY2025 | £3k |
| THE HELEN JEAN COPE CHARITY | FY2023 | £1k |
| WHITLEY ANIMAL PROTECTION TRUST | FY2022 | £1k |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WAKEFIELD | FY2025 | £344 |
| WHITLEY ANIMAL PROTECTION TRUST | FY2023 | £0 |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postcode Lottery | 25/02/2025 | £2.5m | Regular Grant 2025 |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 25/03/2024 | £256k | "Vitality from the Vyrnwy" |
| Postcode Lottery | 01/12/2023 | £2.5m | Regular Grant 2024 |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 07/09/2023 | £410k | "Ellesmere Yard - Forging Ahead" |
| Postcode Lottery | 07/02/2023 | £2.6m | Regular Grant 2023 |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 22/11/2022 | £574k | "Engineering the Future" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 05/07/2022 | £61k | "Camlas Abertawe 225 / Swansea Canal 225" |
| Postcode Lottery | 10/02/2022 | £2.5m | Regular Grant 2022 |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 02/11/2020 | £982 | "#15Step by Step Canal Heritage (Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal)" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 25/07/2019 | £71k | "Trainer: Fashion Football Faith" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 29/03/2019 | £10k | "Enfield History Detectives" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 09/05/2018 | £10k | "Discover Limehouse: An Edible Social History of the Limehouse Basin" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 22/06/2017 | £1.3m | "Lancaster to Kendal Towpath Trail Phase 2 (Stainton to Sedgwick)" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 27/04/2016 | £50k | "The Art in Manufacturing" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 19/04/2016 | £11.4m | "Unlocking the Severn for People and WildLIFE" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 17/03/2016 | £75k | "Restoring and revealing the Wendover Arm Canal for local communities" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 03/12/2015 | £36k | "127 Mileposts - A celebration of the Leeds Liverpool Canal Bicentenary 2016" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 16/06/2015 | £398k | "Soulbury Three Locks pumping station" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 10/06/2015 | £75k | "Saul Junction Lock, Gateway to the River Severn" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 27/03/2015 | £61k | "Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal Limekilns Trail ( Phase 1 )" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 30/09/2014 | £2.6m | "Finsley Gate Restoration" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 17/09/2014 | £756k | "Carpenter's Road Lock - Heritage from the shadow of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 27/11/2013 | £544k | "The Pocklington Canal - A Gem In The Landscape" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 21/10/2013 | £10k | "Engaging philanthropists for heritage: building major donor fundraising capacity" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 24/09/2013 | £2.7m | "Restoring the Montgomery Canal as a resource for people and wildlife" |