# WILTS & BERKS CANAL TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 299595
- **Other names:** WILTS AND BERKS CANAL AMENITY GROUP, WILTS & BERKS CANAL AMENITY GROUP
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** July 20, 1988
- **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=299595


## Contact

- **Address:** Wilts & Berks Canal Trust, Dauntsey Lock, CHIPPENHAM
- **Postcode:** SN15 4HD
- **Phone:** 0845 625 1977
- **Email:** info@wbct.org.uk
- **Website:** www.wbct.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE CONSTRUCTION RESTORATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A NAVIGABLE WATERWAY LINKING THE KENNET AND AVON CANAL NEAR TROWBRIDGE WITH THE THAMES AND SEVERN CANAL (OR THE RIVER THAMES) NEAR CRICKLADE AND THE RIVER THAMES AT OR NEAR ABINGDON TO GOOD AND NAVIGABLE ORDER AND TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE WATERWAY FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION THE WATERWAY SHALL INCLUDE THOSE PARTS OF THE ORIGINAL ORIGINAL WILTS AND BERKS AND NORTH WILTS CANALS AND THEIR BRANCHES WHICH FORM PART OF THE NAVIGABLE LINKS AND ALL OTHER WATERWAYS BUILDINGS STRUCTURES AND WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WATERWAY.

**Activities:** To protect, conserve and improve the route of the Wilts & Berks and North Wilts canals and branches for the benefit of the community and environment.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Oxfordshire
- Swindon
- West Berkshire
- Wiltshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £346704 | £249192 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £301945 | £262229 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £313313 | £311931 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £388533 | £279068 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £439362 | £112754 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Andrew Bryan Rhoades — appointed March 30, 2026
- BRIAN PETER STOVOLD
- John Anderson Nigel Graham — appointed Sept. 12, 2023
- Justin D Lewis — appointed Jan. 15, 2020
- Martin Christopher Holliss — appointed Nov. 30, 2020
- Richard John Green — appointed Oct. 18, 2025
- STEPHEN PAUL BACON — appointed Oct. 15, 2016