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THE DRIFFIELD NAVIGATION TRUST

Registered charity 503430 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DNT, THE DRIFFIELD NAVIGATION, THE DRIFFIELD NAVIGATION LIMITED

Maintenance and Administration of The Driffield Navigation for commercial, leisure and recreational purposes

Objects

IMPROVEMENT AND EXTENSION OF THE NAVIGATION OF THE RIVER HULL.

Area of benefit: HUMBERSIDE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£15k
Latest spending
£21k
Registered
1974
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an excess of income over expenditure of £202,665 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £309,090. The trustees confirmed that an independent examination was performed and no matters requiring attention were identified. The charity is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Driffield Solar
“Driffield Solar 200,000”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Secretary's honorarium & expenses: £260
“Secretary's honorarium & expenses 260”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 20

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 05/11/2025, 5 days after the 31/10/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£15k£21k
31/12/2024£219k£17k
31/12/2023£8k£12k
31/12/2022£7k£18k
31/12/2021£13k£13k

Common questions

Is THE DRIFFIELD NAVIGATION TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an excess of income over expenditure of £202,665 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £309,090. The trustees confirmed that an independent examination was performed and no matters requiring attention were identified. The charity is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE DRIFFIELD NAVIGATION TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE DRIFFIELD NAVIGATION TRUST as a grant recipient include HORACE TAYLOR TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
HORACE TAYLOR TRUSTFY2021£1k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/05/2005£11k"Driffield Canal Heritage Project"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE PILMUIR ESTATE1£35k
THE CLARE MILNE TRUST1£30k
THE RYA FOUNDATION1£5k
MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION1£2k
THE SHIPWRIGHTS CHARITABLE FUND1£1k
THE IPSWICH INSTITUTE READING ROOM AND LIBRARY1£200

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LOUTH NAVIGATION TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE DRIFFIELD NAVIGATION TRUST£15k—0unclear—no doubt
LOUTH NAVIGATION TRUST FY2025£19k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SLEAFORD NAVIGATION TRUST FY2025£42k—0unclear—no doubt
STOURBRIDGE NAVIGATION TRUST LIMITED FY2025£98k—0unclear—no doubt
DISABLED SAILING ASSOCIATION LTD FY2025£100k—0unclear—no doubt
THE DURNFORD SOCIETY TRUST LTD FY2025£72k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.