ATLANTIC SALMON TRUST

Registered charity 252742 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC037902 (OSCR)

To promote the conservation, protection and improvement of wild Atlantic salmon and sea trout stocks in the countries bordering the North Atlantic Ocean for the public benefit

Causes: Education/training · Animals · 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 expenditure of £342,396 for the year, a shift from the previous year's surplus, driven by a significant increase in charitable expenditure. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £563,405, which is below the stated policy target of approximately £640,000, though the charity maintains sufficient accessible cash to meet short-term operational needs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Whitelaw Wells. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Atlantic Salmon Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Dr Caro Cowan — Research Director (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Fishmongers’ Company — “Finding solutions to the significant problems facing the UK’s Atlantic salmon populations requires an ambitious, coordinated, and evidence-b…” (source page)
• Frödinflies — “Frödinflies, the Scandinavian fly fishing brand known for its dedication to sustainable angling, donated €50,000 to the Atlantic Salmon Trus…” (source page)
• The William Grant Foundation — “The William Grant Foundation is a funder of good causes, connected to one of Scotland’s leading family-owned businesses.” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~8.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (50% 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: 12.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christine Colvin
• Dylan Wyn Williams
• Haraldur EIRIKSSON
• John Miller
• Keith Wallington
• OLIVER REEVE
• Peter Landale
• Robert Henry Moffett Chaplin
• Robert Scott-Dempster
• Simon Laird
• William Davies

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

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

• THAMES RIVERS TRUST income £136k
• WEST WALES RIVERS TRUST income £884k
• THE WILD TROUT TRUST LIMITED income £934k
• NPT Transatlantic Limited income £84.3m
• SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £3.4m
• Ocean Conservation Trust Limited income £7.5m

Side by side with its peers

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