01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 12 March 2025
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 16132674
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £1,345,123
- Latest expenditure
- £648,123
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: The Navigation Office, Paper Mill Lock, NORTH HILL, CHELMSFORD, CM3 4BS
Website recorded by the regulator: www.essexwaterways.com (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The charity, along with its trading subsidiary Essex Waterways Ltd, manages the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation in Essex for public benefit.
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
- 12 August 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 12 August 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £1,345,123
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £648,123
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 12 August 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £1,345,123
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £648,123
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £3,266
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- 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
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 60
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 12 August 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 148515
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 807986
- Income Charitable Activities
- 43489
- Income Investments
- 4392
- Income Other
- 340741
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1345123
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £420,297
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £227,826
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 648123
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 16158
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 163241
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 32362
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £697,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 202614
- Assets Own Use
- 202614
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £679,159
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £184,773
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £697,000
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 169346
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 15427
- Assets Cash
- £636,975
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 697000
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 697000
- Count Employees
- 26
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Essex
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 305
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Classification Code
- 116
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Recreation
- Classification Code
- 112
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Environment/conservation/heritage
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- ESSEX WATERWAYS NAVIGATION TRUST
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2025-03-12T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12 DEC 2024
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO:2.1 THE RESTORATION, PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, IMPROVEMENT, OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE CHELMER AND BLACKWATER NAVIGATION AND ANY EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING WATERWAYS (THE "NAVIGATION"):2.1.1 FOR NAVIGATION;2.1.2 FOR WALKING ON THE TOWPATHS; AND2.1.3 FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME PURSUITS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE INTERESTS OF THEIR HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE. 2.2 PROTECTING AND CONSERVING SITES, OBJECTS AND BUILDINGS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL, ARCHITECTURAL, ENGINEERING OR HISTORIC INTEREST ON, IN THE VICINITY OF, OR OTHERWISE ASSOCIATED WITH, THE NAVIGATION.2.3 PROMOTING AWARENESS, LEARNING AND EDUCATION ABOUT THE NAVIGATION, ITS HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, USE, OPERATION AND CULTURAL HERITAGE.
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Risk management