THE RIVERS TRUST

Registered charity 1107144 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ART, ASSOCIATION OF RIVER TRUSTS, ASSOCIATION OF RIVERS TRUSTS

To advance the understanding of water management, leading to sustainable environmental improvement, and the understanding of rivers, their flora and fauna, based on integrated catchment management and the ecosystem approach. To promote rivers trusts at a national level; to provide support for emerging, new and established trusts on generic issues affecting rivers trusts.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £8.8m with total expenditure of £8.6m, resulting in a net surplus. The charity held unrestricted free reserves of £999k at year-end, which the Trustees confirmed met their reserves policy and were sufficient to carry out the Trust's objectives.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Westcotts (SW) LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Rivers Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• PEACEPLUS — “Protecting Shared Waters is a cross-border collaborative project supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Bo…” (source page)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (75% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• GRAHAM THOMASchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Alastair William Muirhead
• Bernadette Ann O'Hanrahan
• David Michael Turley
• Dr Bella Davies
• Elizabeth Susan Passey
• Fayza Benlamkadem
• Jack William Arthur Spees
• Joanne Harrison
• Jodie Alice Mills · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Paul Fedosiuk

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE TRENT RIVERS TRUST.

• THE TRENT RIVERS TRUST income £1.9m
• RIBBLE RIVERS TRUST LIMITED income £3.8m
• THAMES RIVERS TRUST income £136k
• Dee Trust income £800k
• EAST YORKSHIRE RIVERS TRUST income £147k
• WESTCOUNTRY RIVERS TRUST income £4.6m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.