THE PLMT TEAM
Our Trust is dedicated to providing the best experience for our visitors.
We have a small team of staff working throughout the year, fundraising, welcoming thousands of passengers, maintaining the boats, and carrying out the administration of bookings for our trips. We are also governed by our board of Trustees.
Our Staff
Kevin Cutts
Workshop Co-ordinator
I have been a volunteer crew at the Trust since the late 90s and enjoy both meeting the many people who come aboard as well as getting to spend time on the water. I became a skipper 7 years ago and enjoy all the different types of trips the Trust runs.
I retired from my career in 2022 and now work freelance for the Trust providing workshop coordination. This involves training the PLMT crew at the start of the season as well as arranging the maintenance for the boats and supporting our different projects.
Angie Whitmore
Volunteer and Community Coordinator
I originally worked for the Trust for four years, running the Youth and Peoples Project and am delighted to be back working at the Trust as their Volunteer and Community Coordinator. I am now looking after the volunteers and getting out into the local community.
I am an RYA qualified Helms and regularly go on narrowboat holidays. I have been married for 30 years to Paul, and we are Leicester Tigers season ticket holders.
Denise Adamson
Administrator
I’ve been the part-time administrator at the Trust since March 2018. It’s a wonderfully varied role from booking trips to making sure the boats are stocked with biscuits! The best part is meeting so many different people, from our dedicated volunteers to the groups enjoying a day on the canal.
I’ve been married to Gary for over 30 years. We have two grown-up children, Samuel and Rebecca, both teachers in Nottingham. We love long walks with our three energetic chocolate Labradors; they certainly keep us active!
Carl Martin
Development Officer
I came to the Trust in September 2025 to fill the Development Officer post full-time. My primary aim is to bring funding to the Trust via grant applications.
By happy coincidence, I now live on a narrowboat! I have two teenage sons who play sport and this takes up most of my spare time.
Our Trustees
Born and raised in Nottingham, Matthew is Managing Director of A.W. Lymn The Family Funeral Service and the great-great-grandson of founder Arthur William Lymn.
Since becoming Managing Director in 2015, he has overseen daily operations while continuing to personally arrange and conduct funerals. Matthew has also held senior industry roles, including Chairman of the Selected Independent Funeral Homes European Group and President of regional National Association of Funeral Directors groups.
Outside work, Matthew is married to Alanna and has two daughters, Louisa and Alice. He enjoys classic car rallies and supporting Nottingham Forest Football Club.
Matthew Lymn Rose
Chair
Caroline Phillips
Vice-Chair
Caroline Phillips cut her teeth at the BBC as a broadcast journalist and has since spent over 25 years in marketing, business, and media production. She has two sons, and believes passionately in optimising people’s health, well-being and education. Her first children’s picture book, The Rotters, was published in 2023.
“When I first visited the Peter Le Marchant Trust in 2021, I was struck by its welcoming team and uplifting tranquil location. It is an honour to be part of such a dedicated group of volunteers, staff and trustees.”
Janie Martin
Trustee
Having been an army wife for many years, I wanted to find a charity that I felt I could help when my husband retired. PLMT filled the bill perfectly, as I am a great believer in the calming influence and benefit to one’s mental health and general health by being either on or by the water.
Dr Simon Wooding
Trustee
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Venetia Francklin
Trustee
Venetia has been a Trustee since 2010. Over the years, she has raised funds and the profiles of a number of charities, including Children Fighting Cancer (formerly The Paul O'Gorman Foundation), Reach UK, which supports adults with learning disabilities, and The Children’s Trust, where
she had first-hand support for her daughter.
“I enjoy the positivity and enthusiasm of everyone who is involved at the Trust. The boat trips bring such joy. It is the most wonderful experience, particularly for someone in a wheelchair.”
Rev. Clare Le Marchant Connell
Founder
Clare founded the Trust in memory of her brother Peter, using money he left her to help people of all ages and disabilities experience the countryside and the joy of being on the water. Despite early opposition, she had the first boat built, and following two successful years of trips, the Trust gained full charitable status.
For many years, Clare regularly skippered the boats and enjoyed sharing time on the waterways with passengers and volunteers. She later attended theological college and was ordained as a priest, working in rural parishes.
Clare also runs a dairy farm supplying milk to Colston Bassett Dairy, makers of award-winning Stilton cheese.