ESSEX AND SUFFOLK RIVERS TRUST
Registered charity 1157392 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
To conserve, protect, rehabilitate and improve the rivers,streams,watercourses,groundwaters and water impoundments of the catchments comprising the rivers in Essex and Suffolk,including adjacent estuarine and coastal areas.To advance the education of the public, or any institution.
Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £686,217 for the year ended 31 May 2025, with total unrestricted free reserves of £54,257. The trustees confirm the organization remains a going concern and is in a stronger financial position than in previous years.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £20,000 (held: £54k)
“To date we have sought to maintain £20,000 of unrestricted reserves.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).
- ADRIAN CHRISTOPHER JOHN WOOD BSCHONSMSB
- Anna Martin-Edwards
- Christopher James Whitehouse
- Dr ALAN WOODS
- Henry Charles Wilkes
- Jane Mary Burch · trustee of 1 other charity
- Sarah Louise Morton
- Simon Tiller
- Tara Arnold
- Thomas James Palmer
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Essex · Suffolk
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ESSEX AND SUFFOLK RIVERS TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £686,217 for the year ended 31 May 2025, with total unrestricted free reserves of £54,257. The trustees confirm the organization remains a going concern and is in a stronger financial position than in previous years. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds ESSEX AND SUFFOLK RIVERS TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ESSEX AND SUFFOLK RIVERS TRUST as a grant recipient include JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST.
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