Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

CANAL MUSEUM TRUST 

To promote public awareness and knowledge of London waterways and to provide educational opportunities for young people at the museum. Also to preserve objects of historical interest for public benefit.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board is completely 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

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
31/03/23£193£144£49n/an/an/an/an/a32
31/03/22£196£99£97n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/21£89£86£3n/an/an/an/an/a35
31/03/20£190£180£10n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/19£202£145£57n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/03/18£203£160£43£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£180£259£-79£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£195£155£40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£186£133£53£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£218£200£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£197£194£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£152£144£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£138£176£-39£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£141£131£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£122£104£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£109£94£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£141£117£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£99£108£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£102£73£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£167£139£29£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 45 years

www.canalmuseum.org.uk

info@canalmuseum.org.uk

02077130836

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 32 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/03/1979, number: 277484
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Risk management
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR06: 27 days late, AR05: 15 days late,
Main office

LONDON CANAL MUSEUM
12-13 NEW WHARF ROAD
LONDON
N1 9RT

Objectives

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE HISTORY AND USE OF INLAND WATERWAYS BY THE PRESERVATION AND DISPLAY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OBJECTS AND OTHER MATERIAL OF HISTORICAL OR OTHER INTEREST ASSOCIATED WITH INLAND WATERWAYS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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