ACTION FOR THE RIVER KENNET

Registered charity 1120725 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To conserve, protect, rehabilitate and improve the rivers, streams, watercourses and water impoundments of the catchments comprising the River Kennet and its tributaries including adjacent river catchments, estuarine and coastal areas.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £559,056, resulting in an operating surplus of £71,110 and a net movement in funds of £46,273. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £306,743 and maintains a designated cash reserve of £120,000, which the trustees describe as approximately nine months of costs. The trustees report that the charity remains resilient for the future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Action for the River Kennet (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (86% 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: 2.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• RICHARD CLARKEchair
• David Hill · trustee of 1 other charity
• Judith Pauline Pitts
• Martin Gibson · trustee of 5 other charities

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

Operates in: West Berkshire · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Martin Gibson — trustee here and at THE G C GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST

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 KENNET AND AVON CANAL TRUST, LIMITED.

• THE KENNET AND AVON CANAL TRUST, LIMITED income £481k
• RIVER ACTION UK income £1.1m
• SEVERN RIVERS TRUST income £2.9m
• THE TRENT RIVERS TRUST income £1.9m
• THE LUNE RIVERS TRUST income £490k
• RIBBLE RIVERS TRUST LIMITED income £3.8m

Side by side with its peers

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