WYRE RIVER TRUST

Registered charity 1161776 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WYRE RIVERS TRUST

The conservation, protection, restoration and improvement of the River Wyre and surrounding area from its source to the Irish Sea including its flora and fauna for the public benefit.

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £69,198 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £422,469. The trustees describe the financial position as 'very strong' with significant cash balances, noting that resources are adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Lonsdale & Marsh. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08008486
• Trading subsidiary: WYRE RIVER SOLUTIONS LIMITED Companies House 13730168 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• LAWSON, David Edward — director, appointed 26/06/2025on trustee list
• WILSON, Jean — director, appointed 25/09/2023on trustee list
• FOLKARD, Andrew Martin, Dr — director, appointed 10/11/2021on trustee list
• COOK, Graeme — director, appointed 10/05/2017on trustee list
• GORNALL, Michael James — director, appointed 27/10/2016on trustee list
• ROBSON, Philip John — director, appointed 27/03/2012on trustee list
• EDNEY, Alan George — director, appointed 27/03/2012on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (27/09/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (27/09/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PHILIP ROBSONchair
• ALAN EDNEY
• David Lawson
• Dr Andrew Martin Folkard
• Graeme Cook
• Jean Wilson
• MICHAEL JAMES GORNALL

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WEST WALES RIVERS TRUST.

• WEST WALES RIVERS TRUST income £884k
• THE WYE AND USK FOUNDATION income £1.6m
• THE LUNE RIVERS TRUST income £490k
• WESSEX RIVERS TRUST income £1.8m
• SEVERN RIVERS TRUST income £2.9m
• MERSEY RIVERS TRUST income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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