Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 0

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteers +3

Overall GiG Score: 7

HEREFORDSHIRE AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE CANAL TRUST LIMITED

The trust's vision is of a sustainable, fully navigable waterway, with towpaths, reconnecting the rural communities between the cities of Hereford and Gloucester to bring environmental and economic benefits to both counties as well as recreational opportunities for local people and visitors alike.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/23		£153	£105	£49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	65
31/12/22		£146	£112	£35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	61
31/12/21?		£105	£89	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	75
29/02/20?		£136	£61	£74	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
28/02/18		£133	£65	£68	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/17		£179	£67	£111	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/16	*	£117	£129	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/15		£79	£50	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/14		£125	£63	£62	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/13		£152	£31	£121	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/12		£62	£18	£44	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/11		£50	£23	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/10		£41	£32	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/09		£73	£23	£49	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/08		£162	£21	£141	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/07	*	£41	£13	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/06	*	£48	£26	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/05	*	£151	£19	£132	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
29/02/04		£21	£22	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 32 years

www.h-g-canal.org.uk

information@h-g-canal.org.uk

07526 254809

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Financial or material assistance

How it operates

Provides human resources

Where it operates

Gloucestershire, Herefordshire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 59-82

ANTHONY RICHARD HIGGINS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

DAVID MARTIN GOFF Appointed: 2022

DEBORAH ELAINE BARBER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

EAMONN FRANCIS MCGURK Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director

EDWARD JOHN HELPS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director

PHILIP MARSHALL Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

RALPH BARBER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director

RICHARD JAMES APPLETON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

ROBERT MORELAND Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

ROBERT QUENTIN HARGREAVES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

VAUGHAN WELCH Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: THE LOWER AVON NAVIGATION TRUST LIMITED, AVON NAVIGATION TRUST, THE SHREWSBURY & NEWPORT CANALS TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/04/1992, number: 1010721
Registered at Companies House on 07/04/1992, number: 02704407

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR16: 35 days late, AR07: 19 days late, AR06: 76 days late, AR05: 453 days late,

Main office

Malswick House
Malswick
NEWENT
GL18 1HE

Objectives

TO TAKE OVER THE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THE HEREFORDSHIRE AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE CANAL SOCIETY AND TO ENTER INTO SUCH AGREEMENTS AND TO TAKE ALL SUCH STEPS AS MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THAT PURPOSE.TO PPROMOTE THE RESTORATION TO GOOD AND NAVIGABLE ORDER OF AS MUCH AS IS CONSIDERED POSSIBLE OF THE HEREFORDSHIRE AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE CANAL (HEREINAFTER TOGETHER CALLED THE WATERWAY) AND TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE WATERWAY FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HEREFORDSHIRE AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE

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