THE LANCASTER CANAL TRUST

Registered charity 1167020 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LANCASTER CANAL TRUST

Member Lancaster Canal Regeneration Partnership.Canal RestorationInstallation/maintenance of information boards, signage, canal side seats in liaison with CRT.Monitors canal side planning applications.Holds regular volunteer working parties for specific projects.Provides boat trips, talks, public meetings, canal festivals, shows etc for publicity, recruitment and fundraising

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RESTORATION TO NAVIGATION OF THE UNNAVIGABLE SECTIONS OF THE LANCASTER CANAL, WHILST RETAINING ITS ESSENTIAL CHARACTER AND HERITAGE, IMPROVING IT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AS A PUBLIC AMENITY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) STIMULATING AND RETAINING PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE NAVIGABLE AND UNNAVIGABLE SECTIONS OF THE LANCASTER CANAL AS ESSENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND HERITAGE FEATURES OF LANCASHIRE AND CUMBRIA AND TO IMPROVE A NATURAL WILDLIFE CORRIDOR BY PROVIDING A VALUABLE AMENITY FOR WALKERS, CYCLISTS, BOATERS, NATURALISTS AND VISITORS;B) ARRANGING PHYSICAL WORKS OF REPAIR AND RESTORATION, MEETINGS, LECTURES, CRUISES AND OTHER SIMILAR EVENTS EITHER ALONE OR IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER BODIES PURSUING SIMILAR AIMS; ANDC) RESTORING AND ASSISTING SUCH OTHER ORGANISATIONS OR BODIES AS SHALL BE THOUGHT FIT TO RESTORE THE LANCASTER CANAL TO FULL NAVIGATION BETWEEN KENDAL AND TEWITFIELD AND TO TAKE OWNERSHIP AND OPERATE ANY PORTION OF THE RESTORED OR PARTIALLY RESTORED OR DERELICT CANAL WITHIN ITS OWNERSHIP, OR CONTROL AS NAVIGATION

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £28,420 for the year ending March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £172,281. The Treasurer's Report notes that interest received was higher due to rising interest rates, and the Chair's Annual Report describes the financial status as 'solid'.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/01/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ian Andrew Treanor
• MR PETER JONES
• Nigel Francis Hardacre
• ROGER CHARLES MATTHEWS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert David Phillips

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

Operates in: Cumbria · Lancashire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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