WEST CUMBRIA RIVERS TRUST LIMITED
Registered charity 1142396 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DERWENT RIVERS TRUST LIMITED
To deliver environmental projects for the public benefit 'on the ground' in keeping with the 'wet feet' tradition of rivers trusts across England and Wales.
Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £192,123 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £1,475,275. The Trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £217,351 are acceptable based on their internal calculation method, and the auditor reported no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: sufficient to cover the salary costs of staff for the short term if the Trust cannot secure adequate funding to keep all staff fully employed (held: £217k)
“Unrestricted reserves comprise an amount of funds sufficient to cover the salary costs of staff for the short term if the Trust cannot secure adequate funding to keep all staff fully employed. The amount is calculated based on the turnover of the Trust, the likelihood of part of the Trusts funding not being forthcoming and the costs of wages and attributed overhead that might attach to such an occurrence.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trust Operations Director is a trustee of The Rivers Trust and Cumbria People and Nature Network; Trustee Mrs J Saxon is an employee of the National Trust; transactions occurred with these organisations.
“The Trust Operations director is a trustee of The Rivers Trust and Cumbria People and Nature Network, Mrs J Saxon, a trustee is also an employee of the National Trust and the trust had transactions with these organisations during the year.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Saint & Co. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — West Cumbria Rivers Trust Limited (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Jodie Mills — Director (source)
- Vikki Salas — Assistant Director (source)
- Luke Bryant — Assistant Director (source)
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.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- National Heritage Lottery Fund — “WCRT, in partnership with Moresby Parish council, has been awarded a grant of £1.9 million as part of a £2.3 million project from the Nation…” (source page)
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£300
Reported reserves equal ~1.1 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 (98% 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).
- Aemilia Ruth Gaussen McCooey · trustee of 2 other charities
- Amanda Jane Beinder
- DAVID JOHN MAGRATH
- Helen Baker
- James Turner
- Patricia Dunlop
- Philip Michael Cook
- Ross Hayman
- Theo Micael Lewthwaite
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cumbria
Income and spending
Common questions
Is WEST CUMBRIA RIVERS TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £192,123 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £1,475,275. The Trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £217,351 are acceptable based on their internal calculation method, and the auditor reported no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saint & Co.
Who funds WEST CUMBRIA RIVERS TRUST LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name WEST CUMBRIA RIVERS TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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