MERSEY GATEWAY ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST

Registered charity 1138743 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The MGET has been set up to monitor and manage the environmental disciplines associated with the Mersey Gateway Project. The Trust vision is to promote for the benefit of the public the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment of the Upper Mersey Estuary and related areas. This includes the ability for the Trust to bid for additional resources.

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Latest income
£218k
Latest spending
£168k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds stood at £12,345,678 at the year end, representing a surplus for the period. The trustees confirm that the charity is operating on a going concern basis with adequate resources to continue its activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saffery Champness. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Halton · Warrington

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£218k£168k
31/03/2024£252k£200k
31/03/2023£292k£302k
31/03/2022£342k£320k
31/03/2021£307k£368k

Common questions

Is MERSEY GATEWAY ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds stood at £12,345,678 at the year end, representing a surplus for the period. The trustees confirm that the charity is operating on a going concern basis with adequate resources to continue its activities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery Champness.

Who funds MERSEY GATEWAY ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MERSEY GATEWAY ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST as a grant recipient include THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund08/03/2017£10kThe Plastic Resolution

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MERSEY GATEWAY ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST£218k——unclear—no doubt
MERSEY RIVERS TRUST FY2025£1.2munclear0above—no doubt
MERSEY FOREST FOUNDATION FY2025£124k—0above—no doubt
THE DERBYSHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.2m—0above—no doubt
GREATER MANCHESTER ENVIRONMENT TRUST FY2025£1.1m—0below—no doubt
MERSEYSIDE YOUTH ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£5.1m£70,001 - £80,000—above—no doubt

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