The Shropshire Union Canal Society Limited

Enhancement of the Shropshire Union and Llangollen Canals; restoration of the Montgomery Canal

In the charity's own words, from the register.

In Wales

• Powys

Elsewhere

• Cheshire East
• Shropshire
• Staffordshire
• Cheshire West & Chester

Area of benefit in its governing document: Shropshire Union Canal and Its Environs

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £190,433 and spent £152,013.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

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Income over time

Up 183%, from £67,384 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £190,433 in the year to 31 March 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 80% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent less than its income in each of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

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Funders that publish to 360Giving list 3 grants to this charity since 1995, worth at least £100,500.

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Council business that names this charity, from the records councils publish, gathered by OpenCouncil. Newest first.

• 5 December 2024, Powys

  Named in an agenda item or minute of County Council

  Question to the Cabinet Member for a Greener Powys and the Cabinet Member for a More Prosperous Powys from Iolo Williams

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Senedd and Welsh Government records that name this charity, gathered by OpenSenedd. Newest first.

• 26 January 2022

  Named by Russell George in the Senedd

  …the Montgomery canal partnership, the Canal & River Trust, the Friends of the Montgomery Canal, Montgomery Waterway Restoration Trust, Shropshire Union Canal Society and Mid Wales Tourism. I want to explore, briefly, the canal's history, before moving on to talk about some of the canal's benefits to…

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10 trustees run the charity.

• Barbara Mary COWIEAppointed 24 January 2025
• Christopher John HeskethAppointed 23 September 2021
• Clive Alexander RobertsonAppointed 19 January 2016
• David John Carter
• Graham Anthony HARRISAppointed 24 January 2025
• Pat TolsterAppointed 1 April 2014
• Richard David FeeneyAppointed 16 July 2019
• Stephen Graham ClewsAppointed 21 January 2022
• Susan BallAppointed 9 September 2022
• Thomas FuldaAppointed 12 May 2021

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

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Charity number

245875

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

14 January 1966

Governing document

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05/09/1972AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/11/2010 as amended on 11 Jan 2022

Company number

01069860This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House

Website

www.shropshireunion.org.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Denbighshire

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• In council meetings: councils' published meeting records, gathered by OpenCouncil and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 4 November 2026.
• In the Senedd and Welsh Government: records gathered by OpenSenedd and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenCouncil: council records that name this charity
• OpenSenedd: Senedd records that name this charity
• OpenCouncil: Denbighshire Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Denbighshire's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Clwyd
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Bangor Conwy Môn
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Gwynedd Maldwyn