Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -5

Support Score: 0

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2

Large volunteers +3

Overall GiG Score: -7

CANALS IN HACKNEY USERS GROUP

CHUG promotes the use of the canal for the benefit of the people of Hackney and the surrounding area. Its goals include educating and advocating for the canal and the associated environmental, historical and planning issues. Activities include Kingsland Basin clean up days, planning committee meetings, managing the moorings at Kingsland Basin and social events for basin residents.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

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
30/11/22		£30	£29	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
30/11/21		£29	£37	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
30/11/20		£25	£51	£-26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
30/11/19	*	£40	£35	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
30/11/18		£42	£44	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	25
30/11/17		£43	£34	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/16	*	£48	£34	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/15	*	£48	£35	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/14		£40	£30	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/13		£35	£26	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/12	*	£38	£28	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/11		£30	£23	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/10		£34	£20	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/09		£28	£31	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/08		£28	£33	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/07	*	£25	£25	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/06		£29	£23	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/05	*	£21	£17	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/04		£22	£20	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 26 years

www.chug.org.uk

info@chug.org.uk

07946320150

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides human resources

Where it operates

Hackney, Tower Hamlets,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
25 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 50-57

DAMIAN HALL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Lighting Engineer

DARREN COULSON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Cook

JAMES HEWSON Appointed: 1998, Occupation: Climbing Instructor, Other trusteeship: MOUNTAINWISE,

MARIA GANDY Appointed: 2003, Occupation: Yoga Teacher, Other trusteeships: YOGAHOME, MOUNTAINWISE,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/11/1998, number: 1072335
Registered at Companies House on 27/11/1997, number: 03472165

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR19: 1 days late, AR16: 61 days late, AR15: 21 days late, AR12: 3 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR05: 3 days late,

Main office

11 ALLEN ROAD
LONDON
N16 8SB

Objectives

(1) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT INLAND WATERWAYS AND IN PARTICULAR TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE THE USE OF THE CANAL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF HACKNEY AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. (B) TO PROVIDE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PEOPLE OF HACKNEY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES BEING FACILITIES OF WHICH THOSE PERSONS HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH PERSONS BY PROMOTING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HACKNEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

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