THE TRENT RIVERS TRUST
Registered charity 1089239 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TRENT SALMON TRUST
To preserve, protect and improve the rivers and streams of the Trent catchment and the biodiversity they support, by maintaining and improving water quality by reducing the impacts of rural and urban land use upon watercourses. Maintaining, improving and restoring the natural habitat and function of streams and rivers and their floodplains.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a modest surplus of £67,769 with total funds increasing to £1,024,980. The trustees report healthy levels of reserves and a strong project pipeline, confirming the charity is financially resilient and prepared on a going concern basis.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six to nine months of core operating expenditure (held: £457k)
“The target range is therefore to hold between six and nine months of core operating expenditure as free reserves” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Trent Rivers Trust (matched by registered charity number).
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- MARSHALL, Hollie, Dr — director, appointed 21/03/2025on trustee list
- WALSH, Tom — director, appointed 21/03/2025on trustee list
- GIBBS, Elisabeth Helen — director, appointed 21/03/2025on trustee list
- STARK, Martin Leonard — director, appointed 28/02/2023on trustee list
- KAY, Richard James — director, appointed 03/12/2021on trustee list
- HOLT, Valerie Lois — director, appointed 29/10/2015on trustee list
- FARR, Timothy Hordern — director, appointed 17/01/2012on trustee list
- BUTTERFIELD, Ian — director, appointed 17/01/2012on trustee list
- OWEN, Mark — director, appointed 25/11/2009on trustee list
- NICKOLDS, Geoffrey David — director, appointed 27/11/2003not on trustee list
- HOLT, Valerie Lois — secretary, appointed 19/02/2019
Official officers record.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- MARK OWENchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Dr Hollie Marshall
- Elisabeth Helen Gibbs
- IAN BUTTERFIELD
- MR GEOFF NICKOLDS
- Martin Leonard Stark
- Richard James Kay
- Timothy Hordern Farr · trustee of 4 other charities
- Tom Walsh
- Valerie L Holt
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Birmingham City · Derbyshire · Doncaster · Leicestershire · Lincolnshire · Nottinghamshire · Rotherham · Solihull · Staffordshire · Warwickshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE TRENT RIVERS TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a modest surplus of £67,769 with total funds increasing to £1,024,980. The trustees report healthy levels of reserves and a strong project pipeline, confirming the charity is financially resilient and prepared on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UHY Hacker Young.
Who funds THE TRENT RIVERS TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE TRENT RIVERS TRUST as a grant recipient include THE DERBYSHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST LIMITED.
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