WEAR RIVERS TRUST
Registered charity 1094613 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WEARDALE ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST
The Objects of the Company are to conserve, protect, rehabilitate and improve the landscape, rivers, streams, watercourses and water impoundments of the Wear catchment To advance the education in:- (1) The understanding of rivers and river catchment management. (2) The need for, and benefits of, conservation, protection, rehabilitation and improvement of aquatic environments.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total incoming resources were £832,160 against total expenditure of £838,987, resulting in a net decrease in funds. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves have fallen below the stated policy target of six months' average expenditure, though they are confident the target will be met in 2026/2027.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £51k; policy: 6 months’ average expenditure)
“The level of reserves has fallen below the target.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Water and environmental resources management Limited
“A wholly owned company Wear Environmental Resources Management (WERM) continues to be developed to deliver environmental works on a commercial rather than grant basis for the coming financial year.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).
- Dan Britton
- James Tague
- Jason Alan Kennedy
- John David Hutchinson
- KIMM LAWSON · trustee of 1 other charity
- Michael Thomas Siddle
- Neil Embry Wilson ASHFORTH
- Terence Featherstone
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Durham · Sunderland
Income and spending
Common questions
Is WEAR RIVERS TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total incoming resources were £832,160 against total expenditure of £838,987, resulting in a net decrease in funds. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves have fallen below the stated policy target of six months' average expenditure, though they are confident the target will be met in 2026/2027. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds WEAR RIVERS TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name WEAR RIVERS TRUST as a grant recipient include THE SIR TOM COWIE CHARITABLE TRUST, CLA CHARITABLE TRUST, THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST.
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