13 RIVERS TRUST

Registered charity 1161219 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide one to one person centred support and empower the terminally ill and those reaching end of life. Service users are paired with a befriender to support him/ her with their personal, social and spiritual needs.Provide support, advice and grants for burials.Provide the necessary aid to people in Sylhet, who are living in poverty or any other forms of calamities

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.9m
Latest spending
£2.2m
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a significant operating surplus of £678k for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by increased income from donations and charitable activities. The trustees report that free reserves of £1,984k are sufficiently ahead of their stated policy target of six months' expenditure, indicating strong liquidity. The independent auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six month's expenditure (held: £2.0m)
“The Trustees have set a target of six month's expenditure as a prudent level of reserves. Our current level of reserves is sufficiently ahead of that target. Free reserves as at 31 March 2025 amounted to £1,984k” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by AGP Consulting. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£2.9m
Total spending
£2.2m
Reserves (reported)
£2.0m
Employees
12

Reported reserves equal ~10.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (62% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.9m£2.2m
31/03/2024£2.1m£1.5m
31/03/2023£1.2m£1.1m
31/03/2022£1.0m£931k
31/03/2021£1.5m£954k

Common questions

Is 13 RIVERS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a significant operating surplus of £678k for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by increased income from donations and charitable activities. The trustees report that free reserves of £1,984k are sufficiently ahead of their stated policy target of six months' expenditure, indicating strong liquidity. The independent auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by AGP Consulting.

Who funds 13 RIVERS TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name 13 RIVERS TRUST as a grant recipient include LONELY ORPHANS, THE COSARAF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LONELY ORPHANSFY2024£15kEmergency relief work abroad
THE COSARAF CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£0Supporting funeral and burial costs for needy Muslim families (amount not explicitly stated in text)

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund30/01/2019£10kArt Therapy for Vulnerable People
The National Lottery Community Fund09/12/2015£10kEden Care Befriending and Advocacy Service

Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
13 RIVERS TRUST£2.9m—0above—no doubt
RIVERTREE TRUST FY2025£518k—0above—no doubt
RIVERS FOUNDATION FY2025£338k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ST PETER AND ST JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£6.7m£160,001 - £170,000—above—no doubt
THAMES HOSPICE FY2025£21.2m——above—no doubt
RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY RESOURCE TRUST FY2025£160k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.