Vale of Llangollen Canal Boat Trust
What it does
To provide Canal boat trips and holidays for people with disabilities of all kinds.
Its charitable purposes
THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE PHYSICALLY DISABLED MENTALLY HANDICAPPED YOUNG PERSONS AND ADULTS IN REDUCED CIRCUMSTANCES BY VIRTUE OF THEIR AGE BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID PERSONS. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2 OF THE DECLARATION OF TRUST)
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Disability
- Arts, culture, heritage and science
- Environment, conservation and heritage
- Recreation
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- Disabled people
- How it works
- Provides buildings, facilities or open space
- Provides services
Where it works
- In Wales
- Throughout Wales
Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2026, it had income of £18,121 and spent £11,788.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £18,121 | £11,788 | Not reported | 28 |
| 31 March 2025 | £18,398 | £12,309 | Not reported | 15 |
| 31 March 2024 | £16,766 | £16,803 | Not reported | 24 |
| 31 March 2023 | £11,319 | £13,773 | Not reported | 21 |
| 31 March 2022 | £7,802 | £13,098 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Up 132%, from £7,802 in the year to 31 March 2022 to £18,121 in the year to 31 March 2026.
- Spending against income
- It spent 65% of its income in the year to 31 March 2026. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
6 trustees run the charity.
- Ann Thomas
- Colin Leonard Burman
- Ian David Rose
- John Stephen Owen Jones
- Norman Venner
- Stanley Crabtree
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | 31 January 2027 | Received 13 August 2026, 171 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 18 July 2025, 197 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 2 August 2024, 182 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 11 March 2024, 40 days late | Not required |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 25 June 2022, 220 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 513892
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 26 May 1983
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 10 MAY 1983
- Website
- www.canalboattrust.org.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Wrexham
Sources
- 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, as loaded by OpenEconomy.