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.

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

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, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £3,438,496 to £3,113,089. The trustees confirm that the charity's assets are considered adequate for its anticipated future obligations and that there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

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 7.0 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 2.9%) (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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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ISLAND TRUST LIMITED.

• THE ISLAND TRUST LIMITED income £273k
• THE CHESTERFIELD CANAL TRUST LIMITED income £1.0m
• PEAK DISTRICT MINES HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £197k
• MONMOUTHSHIRE, BRECON AND ABERGAVENNY CANALS TRUST LIMITED income £148k
• CHISWICK ROWING TRUST income £109k
• THE WEY AND ARUN CANAL TRUST LIMITED income £816k

Side by side with its peers

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