THE FOXTON INCLINED PLANE TRUST

Registered charity 513241 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q5477247 · Wikipedia · also known as FOXTON CANAL MUSEUM

The Foxton inclined plane trust is the voluntary organisation dedicated to the restoration of the foxton inclined plane boat lift and the preservation of its history.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND FOSTER PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND ENJOYMENT OF ALL ASPECTS OF THE FOXTON INCLINED PLANE INCLUDING ANY ASSOCIATED FEATURES OR LAND IN THE SURROUNDING AREATO PROMOTE THE RESTORATION OF THE PLANE TO GOOD AND NAVIGABLE STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL ORDER AND CONDITION

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Harborough, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the trust reported an operating loss of £3,707 for the year ended 31 December 2025, a reversal from the previous year's surplus. Accumulated reserves stood at £30,238, which includes a retained provision of £10,000 for the Museum Maintenance Fund. The trustees prepared the statements on a going concern basis, noting that the company is exempt from audit under the small companies' regime.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01654756

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.

• BYRNE, Anthony Philip — director, appointed 18/12/2025on trustee list
• HITCHCOCK, Paul Robert — director, appointed 13/10/2022on trustee list
• PARSONS, Giles Anthony — director, appointed 16/08/2018on trustee list
• MATTS, Jennifer Mary — directoron trustee list

Official officers record.

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

• Anthony Philip Byrne
• Giles Anthony Parsons
• MARY MATTS
• Paul Robert Hitchcock

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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• BRISTOL AERO COLLECTION TRUST income £2.5m
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Side by side with its peers

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