MAGS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1200867 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Run entirely by volunteers, we operate a purpose built wide beam canal boat on the Lancaster Canal. We take people, families and groups, who have medically diagnosed special needs, disabilities, or long term illnesses on day trips or mini breaks on board "The Margaret Kane" canal boat. The boat has a large rear deck, lift down into the spacious accommodation that has been built to take wheelchairs

Objects

THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY THE PROVISION OF AFFORDABLE RESPITE BREAKS ON SPECIALLY ADAPTED BOATS.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased slightly from £152,717 to £153,181, resulting in a net income of £464 for the year. The charity reported total income of £57,188 against charitable expenditure of £56,724, with no stated reserves policy target to compare against the actual holding.

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

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.

• Complaints handling
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Margaret Kane (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Trewan Sands Childrens Trust — “To see if you qualify for some assistance funding a mini break, please follow the link to Trewan Sands Childrens Trust below and look for th…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Peter Farrellchair
• Andrew James Brundish
• Roger Arthur Pursglove

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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