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Dorset Disabled Canoe Unit

Ddcu

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1187830
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Oct. 31, 2025. Filing history
Registered
Feb. 7, 2020
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
Sea Cadet site Phoebe
Rugby Club Car Park
Iford Lane
Christchurch
Dorset
BH6 5NF

Contact

Phone
07410 123412
Email
ddcu.enquiry@gmail.com
Website
ddcu.co.uk
Screenshot of the Dorset Disabled Canoe Unit website

Activities

The Dorset Disabled Canoe Unit is a British Canoeing affiliated club established approximately 20 years ago to provide a safe and friendly environment for people with disabilities to take to the water in canoes and kayaks. The club is based on the bank of the River Stour near Christchurch in Dorset. The club operates fortnightly paddling sessions on a Sunday afternoon from April until September.

Objects: The Promotion Of Community Participation In Healthy Recreation, And In Particular But Not Exclusively Among People With Disabilities In The Interests Of Social Welfare With The Object Of Improving Their Conditions Of Life, By The Provision Of Facilities For Participating In Canoeing And Kayaking (“Facilities” Means Land, Buildings, Equipment, Access To Coaching And Organising Sporting Activities).

Classification

How
Other Charitable Activities
What
Recreation
Who
People With Disabilities

Geography

Area of benefit
Local
Local Authority
Dorset

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
Jan. 31, 2025 Oct. 31, 2025On time £3,287 £1,478
Jan. 31, 2024 Oct. 25, 2024On time £1,305 £1,239
Jan. 31, 2023 Nov. 1, 2023On time £1,714 £11,230
Jan. 31, 2022 Oct. 18, 2022On time £10,302 £1,503
Jan. 31, 2021 Oct. 19, 2021On time £790 £979

Trustees

Name Appointed
Alexia Anderson Oct. 31, 2025
Elizabeth May Watkins March 3, 2021
Jagdeep Jagpal Nov. 19, 2019
Natalie Laura Coates Nov. 19, 2019
Vince Clark March 26, 2023