MONMOUTHSHIRE, BRECON AND ABERGAVENNY CANALS TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 515879 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MON AND BREC CANALS TRUST

1/ Organise and run canal awareness days2/ Organise and run social events based on canals3/ Give talks to interested groups on the local canals4/ Organise and run canal restoration projects

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RESTORATION OF (A) THE MONMOUTHSHIRE CANAL RUNNING FROM NEWPORT TO PONTYMOILE IN THE COUNTY OF GWENT AND ANY BRANCHES THEREOF AND (B) THE BRECON AND ABERGAVENNY CANAL RUNNING FROM BRECON IN THE COUNTY OF POWYS TO PONTYMOILE IN THE COUNTY OF GWENT AND ANY BRANCHES THEREOF AND WATERWAYS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM (HEREINAFTER TOGETHER CALLED "THE WATERWAY") TO GOOD NAVIGABLE ORDER AND TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE WATERWAY FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF THE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION).

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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained a designated reserve fund of £40,000 to cover three months of wages and bills. Total income for the year was £147,637.35, while total expenditure amounted to £190,618.44, resulting in a net deficit for the period. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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 5 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 policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Heritage Lottery Funding — “As a result of the support of the Heritage Lottery Funding two pairs of locks have been restored.” (source page)
• Cwmbran Community Council — “We are grateful for the support given to us by Cwmbran Community Council.” (source page)

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Alfred Collierchair
• Captain Andrew Bernard Ward
• Jayne Collier
• Richard John Dommett MBE
• Richard Longford
• Robert Allan Coldwell

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

Operates in: Caerphilly · Monmouthshire · Newport City · Powys · Torfaen

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

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

• THE CHESTERFIELD CANAL TRUST LIMITED income £1.0m
• THE SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £190k
• THE WEY AND ARUN CANAL TRUST LIMITED income £816k
• THE EXETER CANAL AND QUAY TRUST LIMITED income £377k
• THE MONTGOMERY WATERWAY RESTORATION TRUST income £394k
• THE KENNET AND AVON CANAL TRUST, LIMITED income £481k

Side by side with its peers

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