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

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

Latest income
£219k
Latest spending
£17k
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.

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.

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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
31/12/2024£219k£17k
31/12/2023£8k£12k
31/12/2022£7k£18k
31/12/2021£13k£13k
31/12/2020£19k£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.

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"

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE DRIFFIELD NAVIGATION TRUST£219k0unclearno doubt
THE CHESTERFIELD CANAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.0m0aboveno doubt
Great Driffield AFC FY2025£771k0unclearno doubt
FIRST STEPS PRE-SCHOOL (DRIFFIELD) FY2025£174k0unclearno doubt
MONMOUTHSHIRE, BRECON AND ABERGAVENNY CANALS TRUST LIMITED FY2024£148k0unclearno doubt
AVON NAVIGATION TRUST FY2024£1.1m2unclearno doubt

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