Charity Details

Ceased date: 16 August 2022

Edinburgh Canal Society

SC018330Registered charity from 24 November 1989

Notes:

This charity has now wound up and transferred its assets and liabilities to Edinburgh Union Canal Society (SCIO), SC051467 which is a SCIO.

Charity Information:

Address 32 Cowan Road
Edinburgh

Postcode EH11 1RH

Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee

Website No Link Provided

Regulatory Type Standard

Reason For Removal

Object:

The objects of ECS are to: - a) encourage and promote the public use of those stretches of the Union Canal and its towpath lying in and near Edinburgh, for educational, sporting, leisure and recreational purposes; b) promote and take all appropriate action for the preservation, conservation and development of the Union Canal and its towpath (hereinafter referred to as ?the canal?) and in particular the restoration of the channel to a navigable condition and the formation of a continuous publicly accessible towpath; c) promote, conserve, restore and maintain the history, geology, biology, architecture and buildings, canal craft and boats and artefacts associated with the canal; d) encourage and actively conserve the habitats and adequate breeding stocks of native wild plants and vegetation, birds, insects, fish and other forms of wildlife found in the canal and its towpathe) join with other interested individuals, societies, clubs and other bodies.if) seek to promote and enhance the environment which impinges on the amenity of the canal.

Operations:

Charity Status: Removed

Constitutional Form: Unincorporated association

Constitutional Form Date: 24 Nov 1989

Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh

Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the advancement of public participation in sport", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement"

Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
30 Sept 2011			No	Annual Information due by 30 Jun 2012
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Charity Trustees:

First Name	Last Name
No charity trustee information available
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First Name

Last Name

No charity trustee information available

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