Stroud Valleys Canal Company

Analysis

Stroud Valleys Canal Company is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stroud. It was registered in June 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, environment/conservation/heritage, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06860375). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Stroud Valleys Canal Company reported income of £159k and spending of £205k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £141k to £159k (+13%), an average of +3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 125% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Stroud Valleys Canal Company sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Vulcan Football Club (£159k), Woolwich Reach Trust (£159k) and Lakenheath Playing Field Association (£159k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.