THE MONTGOMERY WATERWAY RESTORATION TRUST

Registered charity 510448 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote the restoration of the Montgomery Canal from Welsh Frankton in the County of Salop to Newtown in the County of Powys

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Latest income
£394k
Latest spending
£44k
Registered
1980
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported total net liabilities of £112,309 for the year ending 31 October 2024, a significant deterioration from the net assets of £863,079 in the prior year. The organization is classified as a small company and is exempt from audit, relying instead on an independent examination. No specific reserves policy or fundraising cost ratios are disclosed in the provided text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Powys · Shropshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£394k£44k
31/10/2024£155k£1.1m
31/10/2023£173k£49k
31/10/2022£326k£51k
31/10/2021£160k£57k

Common questions

Is THE MONTGOMERY WATERWAY RESTORATION TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported total net liabilities of £112,309 for the year ending 31 October 2024, a significant deterioration from the net assets of £863,079 in the prior year. The organization is classified as a small company and is exempt from audit, relying instead on an independent examination. No specific reserves policy or fundraising cost ratios are disclosed in the provided text. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE MONTGOMERY WATERWAY RESTORATION TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE MONTGOMERY WATERWAY RESTORATION TRUST as a grant recipient include M J CAMP CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
M J CAMP CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MONMOUTHSHIRE, BRECON AND ABERGAVENNY CANALS TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE MONTGOMERY WATERWAY RESTORATION TRUST£394k0unclearno doubt
MONMOUTHSHIRE, BRECON AND ABERGAVENNY CANALS TRUST LIMITED FY2024£148k0unclearno doubt
THE SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£190k0aboveno doubt
THE CHESTERFIELD CANAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.0m0aboveno doubt
THE WEY AND ARUN CANAL TRUST LIMITED FY2024£816k0aboveno doubt
WEST WALES RIVERS TRUST FY2025£884k0unclearno doubt

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