TOOLEY'S BOATYARD TRUST

Registered charity 1182371 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust aims to maintain Tooley's Boatyard as a working heritage centre of narrowboat maintenance and construction

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY ESTABLISHING TOOLEY’S BOATYARD AS A WORKING HERITAGE CENTRE OF NARROWBOAT MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION DESIGNED TO ENHANCE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF NARROWBOATS AND CANAL LIFE AND THE KEY ROLE PLAYED BY BANBURY, AND TOOLEY’S BOATYARD IN PARTICULAR, IN THE HISTORY OF CANALS. 2) TO PRESERVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TOOLEY’S BOATYARD AS A BUILDING OF HISTORIC INTEREST.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus for the year, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £43,231. The trustees confirm that this level of reserves is maintained in line with their policy of holding three to six months of expenditure. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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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• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Tooley’s Boatyard Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Richard David Benedict Guardchair
• Andrew McHugh · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anthony O'Donnell
• Chukwudi Peter Festus Okeke · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Catherine Saffin
• Dr Richard Ivan Grove
• JOHN ERNEST SPRATT · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN ROGER MADDEN
• Jonathan Mark Walton · trustee of 1 other charity
• PAUL RODGERS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Verna Smith

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ISLINGTON BOAT CLUB.

• ISLINGTON BOAT CLUB income £190k
• THE NARROW BOAT TRUST LIMITED income £31k
• THE TWYFORD WATERWORKS TRUST income £42k
• THE NORFOLK HERITAGE FLEET TRUST income £479k
• HOLYHEAD MARITIME MUSEUM LTD income £89k
• THE NORFOLK CHARITABLE TRUST income £80k

Side by side with its peers

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