# BEDFORD & MILTON KEYNES WATERWAY TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1114294
- **Other names:** B & MK TRUST, B-MK WATERWAY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** May 19, 2006
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1114294


## Contact

- **Address:** 9 WINDMILL HILL, BIDDENHAM, BEDFORD
- **Postcode:** MK40 4AG
- **Phone:** 07879999619
- **Email:** contact@bmkwaterway.org
- **Website:** www.b-mkwaterway.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 3.1 TO PROMOTE OR PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF OR VISITORS TO BEDFORDSHIRE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND MILTON KEYNES OR ANY GOVERNMENT, REGIONAL, LOCAL OR OTHER AUTHORITY WHICH VARIES OR REPLACES THESE AREAS, AND AS PART OF A PROGRAM OF REGENERATION OF THE AREA TO ENCOURAGE THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREAS TO BE BENEFITED TO TAKE PART IN AND HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROMOTION, PROVISION OR MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE SAID INHABITANTS OR VISITORS.3.2 TO PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OR MAINTENANCE OF FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF OR VISITORS TO THE AREAS REFEREED TO IN CLAUSE 3.1 ABOVE THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OBJECTS EXPRESSED IN CLAUSE 3.1 ABOVE.

**Activities:** To promote and campaign for the building of a navigable waterway link between the Grand Union canal in Milton Keynes and the River Great Ouse in Bedford

**Area of benefit:** BEDFORDSHIRE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND MILTON KEYNES OR ANY GOVERNMENT, REGIONAL, LOCAL OR OTHER AUTHORITY WHICH VARIES OR REPLACES THESE AREAS




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Bedford
- Buckinghamshire
- Central Bedfordshire
- Milton Keynes



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £56171 | £107886 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £66104 | £64507 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £63656 | £41749 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £38341 | £2682 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £177750 | £111396 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Beryl Jane Bennett — appointed Nov. 30, 2015
- Chris Hilliard — appointed June 9, 2020
- Drew Marchant — appointed Dec. 2, 2013
- Hilary Jane Chipping — appointed June 25, 2024
- JOHN VINCENT MATTHEW BEST — appointed June 12, 2011
- JULIAN MARTIN HOGARTH ARMITAGE — appointed Nov. 30, 2015
- James Barbour — appointed Jan. 25, 2020
- Janet Elizabeth Goodland — appointed June 6, 2023
- Leigh Willows — appointed Sept. 16, 2014
- PAUL SMITH — appointed June 9, 2020
- Simon Peter Clewlow — appointed Nov. 30, 2015
- Steve Ashley — appointed June 27, 2017