Erewash Canal Preservation & Development Association (Registered charity, number 1173704) Financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025
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Erewash Canal Preservation & Development Association annual report for the year ended 31 March 2025
Full name Erewash Canal Preservation & Development Association
Other names by which the charity is known ECP&DA
Organisation type Charitable incorporated organisation
Registered charity number 1173704
Principal address 130 Derby Road, Langley Mill, NG16 4AA
Trustees Doug Swain, Chair Dorothy Stenson Geraldine Martin, Treasurer Judy Berry Glyn Stenson Shirley Cornwell Paul King Vivienne Kilbourne, until 12/06/25 Susan Swain, since 15/12/24 Norman Cornwell, until 04/04/25
Independent examiner
, employee of Community Accounting Plus, Units 1 & 2 North West, 41 Talbot Street, Nottingham, NG1 5GL
Governance and management
The charity is operated under the rules of its constitution adopted January 2017.
New trustees are recruited from the members.
Objectives and activities
The objectives of the CIO are:
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The restoration, reconstruction, preservation and maintenance of the Erewash Canal and associated waterways. Its buildings, towing path, structures and craft and the conservation of its natural character as a navigable inland waterway system for the benefit of the public.
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To provide educational and training opportunities to members and the public in all aspects of canals, through the heritage of the built and natural environment, to promote respect for this and emphasise the importance of safety requirements in a waterway environment.
Public benefit statement
The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit, 'Charities and Public Benefit'.
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Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit
Summary of the main achievements during the period
Financial review
Financial risks
Independent e xaminer’s report to the trustees of Erewash Canal Preservation & Development Association for the year ended 31 March 2025
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Erewash Canal Preservation & Development Association (the charity) for the year ended 31 March 2025.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). | report in respect of my examination of the charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed ____ Date _______01/08/2025 Jo hn O’Brien ——MSc, FAIA, FCIE Employee of Community Accounting Plus
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Erewash Canal Preservation & Development Association Receipts & payments account for the year ended 31 March 2025
| 2024 Total Funds £ Receipts 634 Bank interest 394 Boat electric 849 Donations and legacy 16258 Events 319 Fundraising 2816 Gift aid 3626 Langley Mill - Members meal 3350 Memberships & subscriptions 622 Merchandise 9291 Moorings 4822 Sandiacre 285 Refunds 43266 Total receipts Payments 1477 Admin & office costs 63 AWCC 178 Bank charges 195 Club 70 6420 CRT rent - Erewash 14506 Events - Fundraising costs 3465 Insurance 1811 Langley Mill 415 Licences & fees 467 Miscellaneous costs 75 Pentland 3180 Rates & utilities 6893 Sandiacre costs - Tools, plant & machine - Training 39145 Total payments 4121 Net receipts/(payments) 30773 Cash funds at start of this period 34894 Cash funds at end of this period |
Unrestricted Funds £ 1129 367 41633 1219 311 - - 372 2612 323 9539 5152 - 62657 1644 144 113 190 6420 48 641 68 4721 1487 - - 84 2962 6445 409 872 26248 36409 31951 68360 |
Restricted Funds £ - - 1438 - - - - - - - - - - 1438 - - - - - - - - - 1212 - - - - 150 - - 1362 76 2943 3019 |
2025 Total Funds £ 1129 367 43071 1219 311 - - 372 2612 323 9539 5152 - |
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| 64095 1644 144 113 190 6420 48 641 68 4721 2699 - - 84 2962 6595 409 872 |
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| 27610 36485 34894 |
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| 71379 |
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Erewash Canal Preservation & Development Association Statement of assets and liabilities at 31 March 2025 2024 2025 Cash assets Bank accounts 34894 34894 71379 71379 (As restated) 3189 3189 Other monetary assets Prepayment- insurance 3541 3541 Assets retsined for the charity's own use Sandiacre lock cottages purchase price £65,000 Langley Mill cottage purchase price £27,000 Wood chipper purchased in 2019 for £1.680 Sundry tools and equipment totalling about £7,360 Liabilities Creditor- irKlependent examination 570 (570) 618 <618 These financial statements are acpted on behalf of the chanty by: Signed Geraldine Martin, Treasurer Dated 31n125
Erewash Canal Preservation & Development Association Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
1. Receipts & payments accounts
Receipts and payments accounts contain a summary of money received and money spent during the period and a list of assets and liabilities at the end of the period. Usually, cash received and cash spent will include transactions through bank accounts and cash in hand.
2. Funds analysis
Langley Mill fund is for the purchase of tools/training for Langley Mill. Sandiacre fund is for the purchase of a timeline for Sandiacre Cottages. CRT fund is to further canal work including the purchase of life jackets and helmsman training etc.
3. Premises
We rent Langley Mill basin from the Canal and River Trust for £1600 per quarter and sublet the moorings. We have the pump house on a 99-year lease no fees paid from Severn Trent. The lease started in June 1987. We lease the Workshop and tollhouse from the Canal and River Trust paid as part of our quarterly lease.
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Trustees received no expenses, remuneration or benefits in this period.
5. Related party transactions
There were no related party transactions in this period.
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6. Glossary of terms
Creditors: These are amounts owed by the charity, but not paid during the accounting period.
Prepayments: These are services that the charity has paid for in advance, but not used during the accounting period.
Restricted funds: These are funds given to the charity, subject to specific restrictions set by the donor, but still within the general objects of the charity.
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