SEVERN RIVERS TRUST

Registered charity 1134096 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SRT

Latest income
£2.9m
Latest spending
£2.7m
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £2,297,546, with unrestricted funds rising to £555,573. The charity reports a surplus for the year and maintains adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Reserves have grown significantly from the previous year, supported by increased trading income from its subsidiary.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: suitable to manage the risks of the Trust (held: £946k)
The objective of the Trust is to have a working reserve suitable to manage the risks of the Trust. — page 12
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Severn Rivers Ecology Limited
The Severn Rivers Trust is the sole shareholder of the not-for-profit subsidiary, Severn Rivers Ecology Limited (SRE), company number 10081868. — page 12
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Ormerod Rutter Limited.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£2.9m
Total spending
£2.7m
Cost of raising funds
£620k
Reserves (reported)
£257k
Employees
29

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£2.9m£2.7m
31/07/2024£2.5m£2.3m
31/07/2023£2.3m£1.9m
31/07/2022£1.6m£1.5m
31/07/2021£1.5m£1.2m

Common questions

Is SEVERN RIVERS TRUST financially healthy?

The accounts state that total income increased to £2,297,546, with unrestricted funds rising to £555,573. The charity reports a surplus for the year and maintains adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Reserves have grown significantly from the previous year, supported by increased trading income from its subsidiary. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by Ormerod Rutter Limited.

Who funds SEVERN RIVERS TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SEVERN RIVERS TRUST as a grant recipient include THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST, THE LINDER FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/06/2013£9k"SRT improvement fund"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/05/2013£10k"Teme River Communities (TRiC)"

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FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION1£120k

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