CHELMSFORD CANOE CLUB

Registered charity 1209078 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CLM

Activities of the Club are the provision of facilities for kayaking, canoeing and paddle-sports from its base in Chelmsford. The Club's activities include all-inclusive training and coaching, providing equipment where necessary for all ages.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF CHELMSFORD AND PERSONS LIVING IN AND AROUND ESSEX BY PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PADDLE-SPORTS, PRINCIPALLY KAYAKING AND CANOEING.

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 holds unrestricted reserves of £119,812.75, which significantly exceeds the stated reserves policy target of £10,000. The filing notes that it is impractical to maintain a workable system of internal controls, a common issue for clubs and societies, but confirms the financial statements give a true and fair view.

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 5 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
• 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Helen Greenchair
• Deborah Wilkes
• John Avery
• Owen Shephard-Wyatt
• Philip Curry
• Steven Moule

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHELMSFORD CITY SWIMMING CLUB LIMITED.

• CHELMSFORD CITY SWIMMING CLUB LIMITED income £322k
• CHELMSFORD CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £276k
• ROYAL CANOE CLUB TRUST income £70k
• CAMBERLEY GYMNASTICS CLUB income £454k
• CHRISTIAN YOUTH ENTERPRISES SAILING CENTRE income £1.2m
• CHELTENHAM BRIDGE CLUB income £101k

Side by side with its peers

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