BUCKINGHAM CANAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 1156662 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q105478739 · also known as BCS

Restoration and re-watering of 10.5 miles of the former Buckingham arm of the Grand Union Canal from Cosgrove to Buckingham.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RESTORATION OF THE OLD STRATFORD AND BUCKINGHAM ARMS OF THE GRAND UNION CANAL (HEREINAFTER TOGETHER CALLED "THE WATERWAY") TO GOOD AND NAVIGABLE ORDER AND TO PROMOTE THE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE WATERWAY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.TO PROMOTE THE FULLEST USE OF THE WATERWAY BY ALL FORMS OF WATERBORNE TRAFFIC AND ALL FORMS OF WATER-RELATED COMMERCIAL, LOCAL AMENITY, TOURIST AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND USE OF CANALS AND WATERWAYS AND THE WATERWAY IN PARTICULAR.

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: Milton Keynes, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £39,892 to £38,467, while total net assets fell from £345,616.66 to £304,041.64 due to expenditure exceeding income. The trustees confirm that sufficient funding remains to cover core costs and continue key tasks for the new year.

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.

Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/01/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PAUL RODGERSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ATHINA BECKETT
• Amanda Morley
• Richard Dwight
• Ruth Millard
• STEPHEN MORLEY

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Northamptonshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

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

• COOMBESWOOD CANAL TRUST income £115k
• STROUD VALLEYS CANAL COMPANY income £159k
• THE SHREWSBURY & NEWPORT CANALS TRUST income £50k
• THE BASINGSTOKE CANAL SOCIETY income £119k
• THE SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £190k
• MONMOUTHSHIRE, BRECON AND ABERGAVENNY CANALS TRUST LIMITED income £145k

Side by side with its peers

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