RIVER LARK CATCHMENT PARTNERSHIP

Registered charity 1177318 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The River Lark Catchment Partnership pursues activities that improve the environmental health, ecological bio-diversity and amenity value of the Lark River for the benefit of the public and stakeholders. These include:-- volunteer lead river restoration and naturalisation projects- projects to re-establish the connectivity of the river for fish and eel passage.

Objects

TO CONSERVE, PRESERVE AND IMPROVE THE RIVER LARK AND ITS CATCHMENT AREA FOR THE BENEFIT THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(I) IMPROVING ACCESS AND ENCOURAGING THE APPROPRIATE USE OF THE RIVER AND ITS ENVIRONS BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.(II) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE RIVER AND ITS ENVIRONS (III) FACILITATING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE CONSERVATION OF THE RIVER (IV) MONITORING THE RIVER & ITS CATCHMENT AND REPORTING ANY ISSUES OR CONCERNS TO THE APPROPRIATE BODIES HAVING STATUTORY RESPONSIBILITY.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: West Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total funds of £51,042 at the end of the period, comprising £49,064 in restricted funds and £1,978 in unrestricted funds. The trustees report that the charity does not have a reserves policy and does not hold funds in reserve, noting this will be reviewed in 2026. The financial review confirms that no funds were materially in deficit during the year.

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What the accounts disclose

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Policies the charity declares

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• Conflicting interests
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• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Prof Ros Kingchair
• ANDREW HINCHLEY
• Christopher Hainsworth
• Dr Peter Christopher Lack
• James STEPHENS
• William James Sutherland · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Suffolk

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