The Montgomery Waterway Restoration Trust

Analysis

The Montgomery Waterway Restoration Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oswestry. It was registered in September 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01508017). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Montgomery Waterway Restoration Trust reported income of £394k and spending of £44k, leaving 89% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £160k to £394k (+146%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2025, when income rose by 154%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Montgomery Waterway Restoration Trust 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 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wild Ground (£394k), The Vegan-Organic Network (£396k) and Green Wings Project (£392k).