NORTHUMBERLAND RIVERS TRUST

Registered charity 1145188 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Protection of Northumberland's rivers and streams - those flowing into the North Sea south of the Tweed and north of the Tyne. We work with communities, anglers and partner organisations to reduce the sediment getting into rivers, improve the passage of fish and eels, improve habitat, and share knowledge and understanding of our waterways and coast.

Objects

3 The Objects for which the Company is established (Objects) are:-3(1) to conserve, protect, rehabilitate and improve the rivers, streams, watercourses, lakes and water impoundments of the River Tyne catchment and of the catchments comprising all of the rivers, streams and watercourses that flow into the North Sea south of the Tweed and north of the Tyne, including their estuaries and adjacent coastal areas for the advancement of environmental protection or improvement for the benefit of the public;3(2) to advance the education of the public, or any association, institution, voluntary organisation, company, local authority, administrative or governmental agency or public body or representative body in:3(2)(a) the understanding of rivers, river corridors and catchments, including their fauna, flora, biodiversity and economic or social activity, and river catchment management;3(2)(b) the need for, and benefits of, conservation, protection, rehabilitation and improvement of aquatic environments.

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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Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 27/02/2024, 27 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~4.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Transferred assets to another charity (27/08/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Operates in: Northumberland

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