Overall GiG Score: 22 based on 18 data points

Finance: 1

Governance: 9

Support: 12

Poor Liquidity: -1, Strong growth: +2,

Good trustee age range: +3, Dynamic board: +3, Gender balanced board: +3,

Supporters: +12

THE RIVERS TRUST

To advance the understanding of water management, leading to sustainable environmental improvement, and the understanding of rivers, their flora and fauna, based on integrated catchment management and the ecosystem approach. To promote rivers trusts at a national level; to provide support for emerging, new and established trusts on generic issues affecting rivers trusts.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
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 and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

Established: 19 years

www.theriverstrust.org

roland.caley@theriverstrust.org

01579372142

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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
31/12/22	£5,732	£5,790	£-59	£0	£1,184	£1,006	2.1	47	0
31/12/21	£3,805	£3,910	£-105	£0	£1,243	£1,060	3.3	34	0
31/12/20	£3,940	£3,241	£699	£0	£1,348	£1,232	4.6	26	10
31/12/19	£2,049	£2,049	£0	£0	£649	£549	3.2	21	0
31/12/18	£1,609	£1,649	£-40	£0	£650	£650	4.7	19	0
31/12/17	£2,184	£2,063	£121	£0	£689	£395	2.3	17	0
31/12/16	£1,294	£1,463	£-169	£0	£568	£278	2.3	13	0
31/12/15	£1,157	£1,181	£-24	£30	£737	£280	2.8	9	0
31/12/14	£1,071	£1,076	£-6	£30	£761	£462	5.1	8	0
31/12/13	£1,627	£2,157	£-530	£31	£767	£611	3.4	7	0
31/12/12	£3,175	£3,720	£-545	£32	£1,297	£1,416	4.6	7	0
31/12/11	£2,635	£2,606	£30	£38	£1,842	£884	4.1	10	0
31/12/10	£2,713	£1,888	£826	£26	£1,812	£1,600	10.2	5	0
31/12/09	£1,344	£624	£720	£22	£987	£915	17.6	5	0
31/12/08	£503	£451	£52	£18	£267	£94	2.5	5	0
31/12/07	£357	£293	£64	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/06	£337	£336	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/05	£249	£182	£67	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 13%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 77%
Liabilities/Income: 71%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 85%
Reserves/Spending: 2.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.9

Asset Split ?

What it does

Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

Who works here?

47 employees

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Throughout England And Wales,

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

Esmée Fairbairn Foundation	£3,435,000
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	£595,000
John Ellerman Foundation	£120,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
£60,000	20/02/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
£800,000	15/12/2022	Towards unrestricted core costs to scale up delivery through collaborative, multi-sector approaches
Garfield Weston Foundation
£100,000	01/04/2022	Core Costs to Enable Provision of Regional Support to Member Rivers Trusts
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
£100,000	21/09/2021	Riparian land, land within ten metres of a river or watercourse, is the largest underexploited landscape type for woodland creation in the United Kingdom. Due to its positive impact on rivers, ....more Riparian land, land within ten metres of a river or watercourse, is the largest underexploited landscape type for woodland creation in the United Kingdom. Due to its positive impact on rivers, wildlife and flood management, riparian tree planting offers eighteen times the benefits of conventional planting.
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
£350,000	31/08/2021 108	An investment enabling rollout of Natural Flood Management interventions in the Wyre catchment.
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
£50,000	17/06/2021	Towards core costs enabling completion of the River Wyre project to secure investments, buyers and sellers to start delivery of nature-based solutions to slow the flow of water and extend the ....more Towards core costs enabling completion of the River Wyre project to secure investments, buyers and sellers to start delivery of nature-based solutions to slow the flow of water and extend the approach to other catchment
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
£250,000	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 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 environment. Defra has supported civil society organisations to establish and maintain partnerships across Englands catchments.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
£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 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 environment. Defra has supported civil society organisations to establish and maintain partnerships across Englands catchments.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
£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 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 environment. Defra has supported civil society organisations to establish and maintain partnerships across Englands catchments.
John Ellerman Foundation
£120,000	26/11/2020	Contribution to the core costs of a new role of Commercial Director
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
£275,000	02/11/2020 24	Towards Core costs to build capacity, consistency and collaboration within the rivers trust movement
Garfield Weston Foundation
£75,000	31/07/2020	Reviving Our Rivers
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
£200,000	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 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 environment. Defra has supported civil society organisations to establish and maintain partnerships across Englands catchments.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
£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 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 environment. Defra has supported civil society organisations to establish and maintain partnerships across Englands catchments.
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
£40,000	22/10/2019 12	Towards project costs investigating the extent to which natural flood management in the Wyre Valley can be funded by private investment
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
£1,800,000	12/02/2019 48	Towards a bridging loan facility for Rivers Trust organisations seeking to fund work under the Government's Water Environment Grant.
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
£60,000	11/02/2019 18	Towards core costs to enable the development of a new strategy that will set out the priorities and ambition of the rivers trust movement, build public support for the cause and secure new, ....more Towards core costs to enable the development of a new strategy that will set out the priorities and ambition of the rivers trust movement, build public support for the cause and secure new, sustainable income.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
£200,000	01/04/2017	[Placeholder]
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
£12,000	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
£15,000	01/04/2017	Water Envronment Improvement Fund Catchment Based Approach National Support Group Work Programme 1718
John Ellerman Foundation
£150,000	23/03/2016 36	Towards the core costs of its work protecting, conserving and rehabilitating rivers and adjacent coastal areas in the UK.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 41-70

ALASTAIR WILLIAM MUIRHEAD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Trustee

BART SCHOONBAERT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Management Consultant

BERNADETTE ANN O'HANRAHAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

CHARLOTTE LUCY HITCHMOUGH Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Director

DR BELLA DAVIES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Trustee

ELIZABETH SUSAN PASSEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

GRAHAM THOMAS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Trustee, Other trusteeships: DIOCESAN COLLEGE TRUST, AFRICAN MOUNTAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION,

JACK WILLIAM ARTHUR SPEES Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director

JOANNE HARRISON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director Water Industry

JODIE ALICE MILLS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Executive

JONATHAN MARK WHITE (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/12/2004, number: 1107144
Registered at Companies House on 25/05/2004, number: 05136671
Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Main office

The Rivers Trust
Rain Charm House
Kyl Cober Parc
Stoke Climsland
CALLINGTON
PL178PH

Objectives

(A) To advance the education of the public in the management of water and environmental protection, conservation, rehabilitation and improvement.(B) To advance the education of the public in the understanding of rivers, their basins, fauna and flora. (C) To protect, conserve, rehabilitate and improve the rivers, streams, watercourses and river basins, including adjacent coastal waters and water impoundments, of the United Kingdom and Ireland or any part or parts thereof for the public benefit.

Defined Area of Benefit: NATIONAL

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