CCNI Northern Ireland charity profile

The Waterways Community

Also known as The Waterways College

Overdue: 786 daysCharity number 106933
Registered17 January 2018
Latest income£0
Financial year end31 August 2026

01 Registration

Identity and public record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
Official name
The Waterways Community
CCNI number
106933
Reporting status
Overdue: 786 days
Governing document
Memorandum and Articles
Public address
148 Hillsborough Road, Lisburn, BT27 5QY

02 Charity activity

Purposes and classifications

CCNI

Charitable purposes

The Charity’s objects (“Objects”) are specifically restricted to the advancement of education, the promotion of heritage, environmental conservation and improvement for the public benefit, the promotion of urban and rural regeneration through sustainable development; the promotion of citizenship and of healthy physical recreation, and the relief of those in need by reason of their youth, unemployment, social or economic circumstances; in particular by the following means: (a) to operate centres of excellence for education in the heritage and environmental sectors, and provide opportunities through project based learning related to the waterways, their management, heritage and leisure-time use, for both formal and informal education: (i) to provide accessible, modular, project based courses which are accredited and lead to formal qualifications; and engage young people, the unemployed and other economically disadvantaged persons, in waterways activities to improve their employability and life chances by providing training opportunities which are accessible to those who would otherwise struggle with formal education; (ii) to provide educational opportunities through waterways based activities for personal and professional development, enhancing the work and life skills of participants; (iii) to provide community outreach and educate the public, promoting a greater awareness and appreciation of the scenic, natural, built and cultural heritage of waterways and their natural surroundings and to provide programmes and activities relating to the conservation, restoration, safe leisure-time use, heritage and enjoyment of waterways and their built and natural environments; and through such activities promote the social inclusion of disadvantaged persons, volunteering and healthy physical recreation. (b) to promote the sustainable development of the waterways as a means for the social and economic regeneration of areas of deprivation; and to undertake projects and programmes which conserve, restore and improve waterways, their structures, towpaths, and natural environments and surroundings for the public benefit, for navigation, for recreational and the leisure time pursuits of the public; and (c) in furtherance of the above stated objects, or any of them, to support, practically and/or financially, the charitable work of the Lagan Navigation Trust, or such other similar institutions which promote the conservation, restoration and improvement of waterways, as the Trustees may from time to time determine.

What the charity does

The prevention or relief of poverty,The advancement of education,The advancement of health or the saving of lives,The advancement of citizenship or community development,The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science,The advancement of environmental protection or improvement,The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage,Other charitable purposes

Who the charity helps

Adult training,General public,Unemployed/low income,Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

Education/training,Environment/sustainable development/conservation,Heritage/historical,Rural development,Urban development,Youth development

03 Latest finances

Income, spending and resources

Period Not supplied – 31 August 2026
Total income
£0
Previous total income
£0
Donations and legacies
£0
Charitable activities income
£0
Trading income
£0
Investment income
£0
Other income
£0
Total income and endowments
£0
Total spending
£0
Raising funds expenditure
£0
Charitable activities expenditure
£0
Governance expenditure
£0
Other expenditure
£0
Total expenditure
£0
Total fixed assets
£0
Net assets and liabilities
£0
Employees / volunteers
0 / 0
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These are reported values from the CCNI register export. Zero and missing values are reproduced as supplied and should be checked against the charity’s filed accounts before a material decision.

04 Provenance

Source and matching