North Wales Rivers Trust Ltd

Registered charity 1127415 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CLWYD AND CONWY RIVERS TRUST, THE CLWYD CONWY AND GWYNEDD RIVERS TRUST

The Clwyd and Conwy Rivers Trust aims to promote the conservation, protection, rehabilitation and improvement of the rivers, streams, water courses and water impoundments in the Clwyd and Conwy catchments and in the counties of Denbighshire, Conwy and Gwynedd amd adjacent areas of their banks, riparian lands and catchment areas in all their aspects.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THERIVERS, STREAMS, WATER COURSES AND WATER IMPOUNDMENT'S IN THE CLWYD AND CONWYCATCHMENTS AND IN THE COUNTY'S OF DENBIGHSHIRE, CONWY AND GWYNEDD, AND ADJACENTAREAS OF THEIR BANKS, RIPARIAN LANDS AND CATCHMENT AREAS IN ALL THEIR ASPECTS.((B) TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, REHABILITATION AND PROTECTION OF THE INDIGENOUS SPECIES OF ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE OF THE RIVERS, STREAMS, WATERCOURSES AND WATER IMPOUNDMENTS IN THE COUNTIES OF DENBIGHSHIRE, CONWY, GWYNEDD AND ANGLESEY AND ADJACENT AREAS OF THEIR BANKS, RIPARIAN LANDS AND CATCHMENT AREAS AND THEREBY ENHANCE THE COUNTIES’ BIODIVERSITY.(C) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF AQUATIC HABITATS,THEIR RELATED CATCHMENT AREAS AND THEIR ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE AND THE NEED FOR THECONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF SUCH ENVIRONMENTS.

Area of benefit: DENBIGHSHIRE, CONWY AND GWYNEDD,

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Gwynedd, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £359,301, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of six months of core operating costs. The charity reported a net income of £99,982 for the year, with total income of £835,867 and total expenditure of £735,885, indicating a positive financial position.

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.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06100324 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• DUNN, Nuala Anne — director, appointed 15/07/2026on trustee list
• GARTSIDE, Avril Heather — director, appointed 15/07/2026on trustee list
• FERGUSON, Philip — director, appointed 04/09/2024on trustee list
• WHITE, Christopher John — director, appointed 08/09/2012on trustee list
• THOMAS, Roger Frederick — director, appointed 03/04/2007on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Avril Heather Gartside
• CHRISTOPHER JOHN WHITE
• Nuala Anne Dunn
• Philip Ferguson
• ROGER THOMAS

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

Operates in: Conwy · Denbighshire · Gwynedd

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• NORFOLK RIVERS TRUST income £2.8m
• NENE RIVERS TRUST CIO income £532k
• THE RIVERS TRUST income £10.5m
• WYRE RIVER TRUST income £2.1m
• Dee Trust income £511k
• COTSWOLDS RIVERS TRUST income £47k

Side by side with its peers

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