# CanalAbility

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1108452
- **Other names:** CANAL BOAT PROJECT, THE CANAL BOAT PROJECT
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [05246504](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05246504)
- **Registered:** March 4, 2005
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1108452


## Contact

- **Address:** LOCK VIEW, BURNT MILL LANE, HARLOW, ESSEX
- **Postcode:** CM20 2QS
- **Phone:** 01279 424444
- **Email:** hello@canalability.org.uk
- **Website:** www.canalability.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROVIDE, OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE -TIME FACILITIES, IN THE INTERESTS OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL- WELFARE FOR PERSONS WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, DISABILITY, SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR SPIRITUAL, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING..

**Activities:** CanalAbility provides affordable day trips on the inland waterways of Essex, and Hertfordshire for disabled and disadvantaged individuals and organisations. Their two purpose-built boats provide facilities for all users and enable them to participate fully in the operation of the boat. The charity is also an accredited training provider.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Disability, Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, ESSEX.
- Essex
- Hertfordshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Marc Balkham** | Chair | Sept. 14, 2016 |
| Benjamin Alexander Seaton |  | Dec. 19, 2022 |
| Charles Simon Jacques Fraser |  | Oct. 9, 2017 |
| Ian Arthur Ramsay |  | Sept. 2, 2015 |
| Robin Bishop |  | July 15, 2024 |




