The Whitchurch Waterway Trust

Analysis

The Whitchurch Waterway Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shropshire. It was registered in January 1989, 37 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Whitchurch Waterway Trust reported income of £17k and spending of £15k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £8,485 to £17k (+98%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 52% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Whitchurch Waterway Trust sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Derby South District Scout Council (£17k), St Albans and London Colney Amateur Boxing Club (£17k) and Somerset Cricket Museum Limited (£17k).