THE RIVER WEY TRUST

Registered charity 1177871 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust is active on the Southern Branch of the River Wey (and tributaries) in Hampshire, Surrey and West Sussex, from its source to its confluence with the Northern Wey at Tilford.It carries out conservation work, education and interpretation, covering the ecology, archaeology and history, landscape and the quality of the river itself.

Objects

(1) PRESERVE ENHANCE CONSERVE RESTORE AND PROMOTE THE MAN-MADE AND NATURAL FEATURES OF THE SOUTHERN BRANCH OF THE RIVER WEY ITS TRIBUTARIES AND VALLEY RELEVANT TO THEIR ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY GEOLOGY AND ECOLOGY.(2) TO STIMULATE INTEREST RESEARCH AND APPRECIATION OF THE RIVER WEY(3) TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH RELATING TO THE RIVER WEY AND PUBLISH THE RESULTS THEREOF(4) TO PROMOTE CREATE AND CONSTRUCT PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE RIVER WEY ALL FOR THE EDUCATION AND BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total unrestricted and restricted reserves of £52,580 as of 30th April 2025. The trustees consider an audit is not required under the Charities Act 2011, opting for an independent examination instead. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention for a proper understanding of the accounts.

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.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
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• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/06/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANGELA BETTY LANGTON GLASSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANTHONY JOHN WILLIAMS
• Alistair John Young
• Debra Curnow-Ford
• Dr John Richard Camin Carne
• Emma Charlotte Bird
• Jeanette Sheila Kirby
• Kathryn Kavanagh
• MICHAEL CROUCHER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Neville David Merritt
• Peter John Harris
• ROGER JAMES MILLER
• SIMON BLEACH

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Surrey · West Sussex

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