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the cotswold canals trust

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Activities & Mission

1. To promote for the benefit of the community the reopening of the Cotswold Canals.2. To promote the restoration of the two waterways to give a balance between the needs of navigation, development, recreation, heritage, landscape conservation, wildlife and natural habitats.3. To promote the use of all the towpath as the Thames and Severn Way.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£537,288
Latest Expenditure
£434,356

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 76.5%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 94.6%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 6.8%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £309,743
Charitable Activities £83,603
Other Trading £84,857
Investments £59,085
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £411,065
Raising Funds £23,291
Governance £6,119
Grants to Institutions £48,000
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£537,288£434,356£411,065£2,032,152£174,5496 / 400
2023£837,122£407,493£384,091£1,929,219£212,9025 / 941
2022£1,202,348£505,920£486,313£1,499,591£214,8074 / 891
2021£710,412£3,137,331£3,120,910£803,159£18,4615 / 940
2020£4,627,416£2,156,889£2,067,711£3,647,947£284,2266 / 681

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers

Details

Address
Office 2
Bell House
Wallbridge
Stroud
GL5 3JS
Registration Date
23 July 1975
Status
Registered

Registry Information

Organisation Number
269721
Charity Number
269721

Trustees

STEPHEN JOHN PICKOVER
John Allan
John Newton
Matthew Duncan Lee
Nicholas Rowson
David Geoffrey Higgs
Aimee Malcolm
Douglas John Looman
David Hagg
James Trumper

Sectors & Classifications

Also Known As

  • COTSWOLD CANALS TRUST
  • STROUDWATER, THAMES AND THE SEVERN CANAL TRUST LIMITED
  • THE STROUDWATER, THAMES AND SEVERN CANAL TRUST LIMITED