WATERWAYS CHAPLAINCY

Registered charity 1200492 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Waterways Chaplains reach out to people in need on our rivers and canals, supporting the increasingnumber of boaters who are signposted to us by the Canals and Rivers Trust Welfare Officers. We also support other boaters who are concerned for someone they have come across in need. We build relationships and help sort more involved issues with boaters alleviating poverty and improving health.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH WITH THE AIM OF BRINGING PEOPLE TO A PERSONAL FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST BY:3.1 PROVIDING TRAINED EVANGELISTS AND LAY AGENTS (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CHAPLAINS) TO ASSIST THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION; AND3.2 RELIEVING POVERTY AND DISTRESS, INCLUDING BY (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) PROVIDING PASTORAL CARE AND SUPPORT,PARTICULARLY AMONG PEOPLE LIVING OR TRAVELLING ON OR AROUND CANALS AND WATERWAYS ACROSS THE UK.NOTHING IN THIS DEED SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £21,522 for the year, bringing total unrestricted funds to £44,191. However, the trustees note that £49,000 of these funds are restricted by grant conditions for future years, resulting in effectively negative free reserves. The charity relies on financial support from its parent charity, Church Army, to continue as a going concern while it seeks sustainable funding.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Hawsons Chartered Accountants. Discloses 4 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
• 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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHURCH ARMY

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE INLAND WATERWAYS ASSOCIATION.

• THE INLAND WATERWAYS ASSOCIATION income £1.5m
• CanalAbility income £305k
• THE WEY AND ARUN CANAL TRUST LIMITED income £816k
• HAMBLE LIFEBOAT LIMITED income £126k
• Gateway Waterside income £140k
• CANAL & RIVER TRUST income £232.6m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.