RIVER THAME CONSERVATION TRUST

Registered charity 1156118 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RTCT

To conserve, protect, rehabilitate and improve the rivers, streams, watercourses and water impoundments of the catchments comprising the River Thame and its Catchment and other nearby rivers and their catchments for the advancement of environmental protection or improvement for the benefit of the public

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £326,533 are held, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £195,000 (representing six months of overhead costs). The filing confirms that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties affecting its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

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

Reported reserves equal ~6.9 months of spending — above 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• BENJAMIN STEPHEN PIPERchair
• CHARLES OLIVER PEERS · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAVID ARTHUR WALES
• Jennifer Jane Jackson
• NICHOLAS MARRINER
• Paul Michael Boone
• Sian Cattell · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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