CCEW Charity Commission profile

LAPAL CANAL TRUST

Registered charity 1013845 · organisation 1013845

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 21 August 1992
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 02721675
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £5,823
Latest expenditure: £21,858
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Flat 7, Stonebury, 5 Norfolk Road, BIRMINGHAM, West Mid

Website recorded by the regulator: www.lapal.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The promotion of the restoration of the Dudley No. 2 Canal from Hawne Basin in Halesowen to Selly Oak in Birmingfham.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 8 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £5,823
Total Gross Expenditure: £21,858

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 28 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 28 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £26,854
Total Gross Expenditure: £9,243

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 14 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £9,496
Total Gross Expenditure: £49,605

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 27 June 2023
Date Accounts Received: 27 June 2023
Total Gross Income: £118,126
Total Gross Expenditure: £289,912

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 7 March 2022
Date Accounts Received: 7 March 2022
Total Gross Income: £45,367
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,745

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 28 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £26,854
Total Gross Expenditure: £9,243
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 20

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 27 June 2023
Total Gross Income: £118,126
Total Gross Expenditure: £289,912
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 20

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 7 March 2022
Total Gross Income: £45,367
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,745
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 20

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Dudley
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: West Midlands
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Birmingham City
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: West Midlands
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 112
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Environment/conservation/heritage

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: LAPAL CANAL TRUST
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1992-08-21T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9 JUNE 1992
Charitable Objects: FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE PESONS FOR WHOM SUCH FACILITIES ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED, TO PROVIIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE ACTIVITIES AT OR NEAR TO THE SECTION OF THE DUDLEY NO2 CANAL FROM HALESOWEN TO THE WORCESTER BIRMINGHAM CANAL AT SELLY OAK BIRMINGHAM (POPULARLY CALLED THE LAPAL CANAL) INCLUDING THE RESTORATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE LAPAL CANAL ANK THE PROMOTION OF ITS USE BY ALL APPROPRIATE FORMS OF WATERBORNE TRAFFIC AND THE PROMOTION OF A PUBLIC FOOTPATH AND RIGHT OF WAY ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE CANAL AND THE TOW PATH AND THE FORMER HORSE PATH.
Area Of Benefit: SEE OBJECTS

09 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 613601
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: THE LAPAL CANAL TRUST