THE GRANTHAM CANAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 507337 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GRANTHAM CANAL RESTORATION SOCIETY LIMITED

Promotion support and facilitation of the restoration maintenance use and enjoyment of Inland Waterways and in particular the Grantham Canal

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Latest income
£177k
Latest spending
£108k
Registered
1978
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £278,482 against a stated policy target of £10,000, indicating a surplus relative to its own policy. The trustees report that the society has sufficient funds for current activities and relies entirely on unpaid volunteers, with no paid employees or trustee remuneration disclosed.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £10,000 (held: £278k)
We hold an annual reserve balance of £10,000 to cover the minimum overheads that will be incurred by the Society over the current financial year. — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Grantham Canal Society (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Leicestershire · Lincolnshire · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£177k£108k
31/03/2024£180k£79k
31/03/2023£110k£39k
31/03/2022£60k£80k
31/03/2021£51k£19k

Common questions

Is THE GRANTHAM CANAL SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £278,482 against a stated policy target of £10,000, indicating a surplus relative to its own policy. The trustees report that the society has sufficient funds for current activities and relies entirely on unpaid volunteers, with no paid employees or trustee remuneration disclosed. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery29/10/2024£25kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund29/01/2010£10kFriends of the Grantham Canal
The National Lottery Community Fund08/12/2006£10k'Grantham on Water' Inland Waterways Association's National Boat Festival 2

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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 GRANTHAM CANAL SOCIETY£177k0unclearno doubt
THE CHESTERFIELD CANAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.0m0aboveno doubt
THE WEY AND ARUN CANAL TRUST LIMITED FY2024£816k0aboveno doubt
MONMOUTHSHIRE, BRECON AND ABERGAVENNY CANALS TRUST LIMITED FY2024£148k0unclearno doubt
THE SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£190k0aboveno doubt
THE KENNET AND AVON CANAL TRUST, LIMITED FY2025£481k0unclearno doubt

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