SOUTH EAST WALES RIVERS TRUST

Registered charity 1145724 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SEWRT

The Trust works in the former South East Wales Industrial Valleys. It Curently works with Wild Life Trusts, Councils as well as Schools and environmental Bodies such as Groundwork and Natural Resources Wales. Current Activities include the Running of School programes on River habitat and it's importance to the community as well as the important work of improving access to fish over man made weirs

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Latest income
£539k
Latest spending
£397k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2025 have been submitted to Companies House and the Charities Commission. The Trustees aim to maintain reserves sufficient to cover staff redundancy and one year's core costs, noting that full cost recovery is built into grant applications. The document does not provide specific financial figures for income, expenditure, or reserves in the provided text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to be able to cover staff redundancy should this be necessary. The Trust will also try to maintain a level in reserve to cover one year’s core costs.
“It is the aim of the Trustees to maintain a level of reserves sufficient to be able to cover staff redundancy should this be necessary. The Trust will also try to maintain a level in reserve to cover one year’s core costs.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£539k
Total spending
£397k
Cost of raising funds
£28k
Reserves (reported)
£122k
Employees
6

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (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: 5.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Blaenau Gwent · Caerphilly · Cardiff · Merthyr Tydfil · Rhondda Cynon Taff · Torfaen · Vale Of Glamorgan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£539k£397k
31/03/2024£250k£185k
31/03/2023£157k£291k
31/03/2022£212k£187k
31/03/2021£304k£216k

Common questions

Is SOUTH EAST WALES RIVERS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2025 have been submitted to Companies House and the Charities Commission. The Trustees aim to maintain reserves sufficient to cover staff redundancy and one year's core costs, noting that full cost recovery is built into grant applications. The document does not provide specific financial figures for income, expenditure, or reserves in the provided text.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government19/12/2024£123k#NNF4 - Ely Catchment Community Connections (ECCCo)
Postcode Lottery29/03/2024£18kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Heritage Fund19/12/2022£11k"#NNF2 - Restoration, Protection and Enhancement of the Ely Valley SSSI (RePrEEV)"
UK government19/12/2022£146k#NNF2 - Restoration, Protection and Enhancement of the Ely Valley SSSI (RePrEEV)
UK government19/12/2022£52k#NNF2 - Restoration, Protection and Enhancement of the Ely Valley SSSI (RePrEEV)