Charity Details

Go Forth and Clyde

SC050623Registered charity from 10 December 2020

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Charity Information:

Address Go Forth and Clyde Limited
Port Downie
Lock16
Falkirk

Postcode FK1 4QZ

Website www.goforthandclyde.org.uk

Regulatory Type Standard

Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/

Object:

The company's objects are: 4.1 To advance the education of the public about inland waterways and in particular the Lowland Canals and to encourage and promote the use of the canals for the benefit of the public; 4.2 To stimulate public interest and appreciation of the history, structure and beauty of the Lowland Canals with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom such facilities are primarily intended; 4.3 To protect and preserve or assist in the protection and preservation of Scotland's inland waterways, in particular the Lowland Canals; 4.4 To promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment in the area around the Lowland Canals. 4.5 To promote citizenship to advance and support personal and community development where boats and canals are used as the attraction to bring people together to develop skills and confidence to progress as individuals and regenerate their community for the benefit of everyone. 4.6 To offer opportunities to individuals and communities to develop using boating and canals for those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.

Operations:

What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:

We aim to use the canals as a resource to support our local community and our local community members. We provide opportunities for volunteers to support and improve their mental, physical and emotional wellbeing. We do this through the management of the canal lock keeping contract with Scottish Canals, through the provision of facilities for personal development and through the training and education of our volunteers. In addition to our direct canal work, which includes the regular free hire of our canal boat for community use, we have now also been able to establish a bike workshop, based on the popular cycling route of the Forth & Clyde canal, which is staffed by our trained volunteers. Whilst our focus is on making a big difference to a small group of people, we are looking to expand our community reach to affect a wider group from the local area.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Constitutional Form Date: 10 Dec 2020

Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh

Number of Staff: 2

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"

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
31 Aug 2021	£51,549	£34,307	13 May 2022	Yes
31 Aug 2022	£153,224	£141,378	30 May 2023	Yes
31 Aug 2023	£158,666	£158,209	28 May 2024	Yes
31 Aug 2024	£158,666	£158,209	14 Jun 2025	Yes	Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
31 Aug 2025			No	Annual Information due by 31 May 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green . If an annual return is late, the box is red .

Income and Expenditure:

Charity Trustees:

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