Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 8
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

RIBBLE CATCHMENT CONSERVATION TRUST LIMITED 

Conservation etc of watercourses in the Ribble Catchment
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/01/23*£2,173£2,247£-74£0£1,120£4292.326300
31/01/22£2,065£2,049£15£0£1,194£3912.325583
31/01/21£1,974£2,006£-32£0£1,179£3502.123200
31/01/20£1,643£1,436£207£0£1,211£3302.821600
31/01/19£1,059£1,351£-292£0£1,003£3012.720600
31/01/18£1,454£1,731£-277£0£1,296£2671.9190
31/01/17£2,176£945£1,231£0£1,573£2403160
31/01/16£737£747£-10£0£342£2283.7150
31/01/15£1,291£1,467£-176£2£352£1781.5130
31/01/14£1,674£1,343£331£2£528£1291.2110
31/01/13£749£714£36£2£197£1182100
31/01/12£496£411£85£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/11£439£427£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/10£117£104£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/09£106£94£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/08*£40£46£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/07*£79£84£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/06*£106£107£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/05*£19£6£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/04*£20£14£6£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 38%
Reserves/Spending: 2.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 6.5
Asset Split ?
Established: 26 years

www.ribbletrust.org.uk

info@ribbletrust.com

01200 444452

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lancashire, North Yorkshire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 26 employees
  • 300 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs£383,822
DCMS£165,025
Department for Work and Pensions£16,351
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - WEIF5601 22/23-Ribble
£15,000 01/04/2022
The Water Environment Improvement Fund (WEIF) grant is to support the maintenance of partnerships across Englands catchments, primarily to deliver a catchment based approach to water, land and flood ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Countryside Stewardship Transferred to DEFRA NSA P2
£241,013 01/04/2022
This measure covers grant funding for basic services and village renewal in rural areas under Countryside Productivity and ESIF Growth Programme Small / micro rural businesses, rural community ....more
DCMS - GRCF2021: Health and Environmental Action Lancashire (HEAL)
£165,025 16/07/2021
The Green Recovery Challenge Fund is a short-term competitive fund to kick-start environmental renewal whilst creating and retaining a range of jobs. It is open to environmental charities and their ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - WEIF5601-2122 - Ribble - Catchment Host Funding
£15,000 01/04/2021
Defras Catchment Based Approach (CaBA) Policy published in June 2013, defined a framework to encourage the adaptation of an integrated catchment based approach to improving the quality of our water ....more
Department for Work and Pensions - RIBBLE CATCHMENT CONSERVATION TRUST
£16,351 01/04/2021
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - WEIF5601-20/21 - Ribble
£15,000 15/05/2020
Defras Catchment Based Approach (CaBA) Policy published in June 2013, defined a framework to encourage the adaptation of an integrated catchment based approach to improving the quality of our water ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - PGW0586-CF909 - Ribble Tributrees £72809.60 (2021), £75K (2122), £50K (2223), £27190.40(2324), £50K (2425)
£16,738 01/04/2020
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - PGW0161-CF1110 - Ribble Life Together - 18/19 £62375, 19/20 £47625, 20/21 £25,000
£25,000 01/04/2020
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - PGW0586-CF1109 - Ribble Tributrees £72809.60 (2021), £75K (2122), £50K (2223), £27190.40(2324), £50K (2425)
£56,072 01/04/2020
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment
Sport England - Get Active Fishing Project
£9,788 12/06/2018
14
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Get Active Fishing Project. This project is a Angling project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Ribble
£15,000 01/04/2017
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Ribble Life Together - Fish Passage 17/18
£25,000 01/04/2017
To provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations to deliver projects to protect and enhance the water environment and deliver other EA objectives
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Ribble Life Together - Fish Passage 17/18
£43,000 01/04/2017
To provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations to deliver projects to protect and enhance the water environment and deliver other EA objectives
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Ribble Catchment Conservation Trust
£1,998,100 03/03/2015
Ribble Life Together
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-85
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/07/1998, number: 1070672
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/01/1998, number: 03498691
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 4 days late, AR08: 120 days late, AR07: 48 days late, AR06: 104 days late, AR05: 13 days late, AR04: 48 days late,
Main office

c/o Hanson Cement
Ribblesdale Works
Clitheroe
Clitheroe
Lancashire
BB7 4QF

Objectives

TO SECURE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS, STREAMS, WATERCOURSES, WATER IMPOUNDMENTS, BANKSIDES AND TRIBUTARIES CATCHMENT AREAS AND ESTUARIES IN PARTICULAR OF THE RIVERS RIBBLE CALDER AND HODDER FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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