THE EXETER CANAL AND QUAY TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 284163 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The preservation of land, buildings around the Canal and Quay Basin The promotion and encouragement of high standards of architecture The promotion of educational and cultural activities and support of community participation in any form of healthy recreation, including waterborne sportsThe education of the public about the historic trade passing through Canal and Quay.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE RESTRICTED TO:1)THE PRESERVATION OF LAND, BUILDINGS, AND OTHER FEATURES OF BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST IN OR AROUND THE EXETER CANAL AND QUAY BASIN(THE AREA).20 THE PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF HIGH STANDARDS OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND TOWN PLANNING AND THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC PRIDE IN THE AREA.3)THE PROMOTION AND SUPPORT OF MUSICAL, ARTISTIC, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER CULTURAL ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE AREA.4)THE PROMOTION AND SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN ANY FORM OF HEALTHY RECREATION, INCLUDING WATERBORNE SPORTS IN THE AREA.5)THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE HISTORIC TRADE PASSING THROUGH EXETER CANAL AND QUAY AND THE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF BUILDINGS OF HISTORIC INTEREST CONNECTED WITH THAT TRADE , WHETHER OR NOT WITHIN THE AREA.

Area of benefit: EXETER

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

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Exeter, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £325,407 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by charitable activities and fundraising costs exceeding income. Despite the deficit, the charity holds unrestricted funds of £3,113,089, with free reserves of £258,013, which the trustees consider below their policy target of being in the region of annual expenditure. The trustees and auditors confirm that the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Westcotts (SW) LLP. 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01605020

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.

• BANYARD, James John — director, appointed 20/05/2026on trustee list
• MOORE, Diana Frances — director, appointed 20/05/2026not on trustee list
• FINDLAY, Lucy Jane — director, appointed 18/05/2026not on trustee list
• BASKER, Sally, Dr — director, appointed 02/03/2026on trustee list
• JENKINS, Paul Marshall — director, appointed 01/12/2025on trustee list
• ROLSTONE, Gemma Lorraine — director, appointed 13/05/2025on trustee list
• JOBSON, Anne Margaret — director, appointed 08/11/2023not on trustee list
• SNOW, Martyn Ivor, Cllr — director, appointed 18/07/2023on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, Ruth Travis — director, appointed 19/07/2022on trustee list
• WYSE, Christina Lorraine — director, appointed 14/09/2020on trustee list
• BELL, Jonathan David — director, appointed 10/12/2019on trustee list
• CURRY, Guy — secretary, appointed 12/07/2012

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

13 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £163k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~85.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (48% 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: 49.2% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anne Margaret Jobson OBEchair
• Councillor Martyn Snow
• Councillor Ruth Williams
• Diana Frances Moore Councillor
• Dr Sally Basker
• Gemma Rolstone
• James Banyard Councillor
• Jonathan David Bell
• Lucy Jane Findlay MBE
• Nicholas Williams Councillor
• Paul Jenkins

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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