# OLD UNION CANALS SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 510361
- **Other names:** O U C S
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Aug. 26, 1980
- **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=510361


## Contact

- **Address:** 2 NITHSDALE CRESCENT, MARKET HARBOROUGH
- **Postcode:** LE16 9HA
- **Phone:** 01858461483
- **Email:** thebagobob@aol.com
- **Website:** www.old-union-canals.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE, FOSTER AND CO-ORDINATE PUBLIC INTEREST, STUDY AND ACTIVITY IN ALL ASPECTS, PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE, OF ALL INLAND WATERWAYS, ESPECIALLY THOSE CANALS, FEEDERS AND RESERVOIRS FORMERLY PLANNED AND OWNED BY THE LEICESTERSHIRE AND NORTHAMPTONSHIRE UNION CANAL COMPANY (OLD UNION) AND THE (OLD) GRAND UNION CANAL COMPANY OF 1810.

**Activities:** Volunteer work on canals and associated works provide funding for canal based works and other environmental improvements.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Leicestershire
- Northamptonshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £3963 | £4281 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £5075 | £9628 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £4649 | £2703 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £5094 | £3539 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £4061 | £4240 | — | — |



## Trustees

- CARL NORMAN BEDFORD
- Jane England — appointed May 30, 2022
- Owen Summerfield — appointed May 30, 2022
- ROBERT WALTER BOURNE