AVON NAVIGATION TRUST
Registered charity 244951 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE UPPER AVON NAVIGATION TRUST LIMITED
Maintains the navigation on the River Avon between Alveston Weir and Tewkesbury.
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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the Trust achieved a healthy net income of £167,437 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £2,485,556. The Trustees consider the reserves position to be in line with policy, noting that available reserves of £422,910 are adequate to cover potential emergencies and infrastructure needs.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Employees paid over £60,000: 2
“The number of employees who received total employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) of more than £60,000 is as follows: £60,001 to £70,000 1 - £100,001 to £110,000 1 1” — page 18
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £235,000 to £1,055,000 (held: £423k)
“Hence the reserves policy for 2025 is to hold in unrestricted reserves in the range £235,000 to £1,055,000, in addition to the restricted reserves, but excluding fixed assets.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by DJH Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- RYLAND, Jane Louise — director, appointed 14/08/2026on trustee list
- JACKSON, Paul David — director, appointed 17/02/2026on trustee list
- TIFFIN, Rebecca Joy — director, appointed 04/02/2026on trustee list
- ROBINSON, Leanne Chelsea Rebecca — director, appointed 03/10/2025on trustee list
- YOUNG, Lynne Karen — director, appointed 29/09/2021on trustee list
- HODGES, Michael James — director, appointed 07/04/2017on trustee list
- WELCH, Keith Vaughan — director, appointed 25/08/2016on trustee list
- HEGARTY, Jack — director, appointed 24/08/2016on trustee list
- MAIN, Adrian — secretary, appointed 26/07/2016
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
36 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (33 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Reported reserves equal ~5.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Gloucestershire · Warwickshire · Worcestershire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is AVON NAVIGATION TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust achieved a healthy net income of £167,437 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £2,485,556. The Trustees consider the reserves position to be in line with policy, noting that available reserves of £422,910 are adequate to cover potential emergencies and infrastructure needs. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by DJH Audit Limited.
Who funds AVON NAVIGATION TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name AVON NAVIGATION TRUST as a grant recipient include THE GORDON GRAY TRUST.
Known funders
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