Overall Score: 10 based on 10 data points
Finance: -3
Governance: 6
Support: 7
(no PartB)
Volatile income: -3,
Good trustee age range: +3, Dynamic board: +3,
Supporters: +7

YORKSHIRE DALES RIVERS TRUST 

River catchment conservation measures for the Yorkshire Dales Rivers, namely the Wharfe, Nidd, Ure and Swale. The YDRT also supports and sponsors research and education to inform the public of the importance river habitat conservation for supporting biodiversity, for improving water quality and for oublic recreation and enjoyment.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 19 years

www.yorkshiredalesriverstrust.com

marie.taylor@ydrt.co.uk

07920387544

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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
31/03/22£409£429£-21n/an/an/an/an/a37
31/03/21£630£729£-99£0£212£550.9750
31/03/20£872£863£10£8£311£330.5714
31/03/19£900£768£132£0£301£380.6535
31/03/18£479£408£72n/an/an/an/an/a100
31/03/17?£158£157£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/16£184£175£9n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/15£152£179£-27n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/14£220£221£-2n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/13£191£145£46n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/12£189£179£11n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/11£97£78£19n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/10£99£90£9n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/09£31£38£-7n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/08£37£18£19n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/07£26£19£6n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/06£40£21£19n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/05£13£3£10n/an/an/an/an/a0

No information about staff salaries has been filed, which means that no-one was paid more than £60,000 in the latest financial year
What it does
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Who works here?
  • 37 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Darlington, Leeds City, North Yorkshire,

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£668,527
The National Lottery Heritage Fund£37,200
Two Ridings Community Foundation£15,282
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Two Ridings Community Foundation
£5,282 30/06/2021
Grant to Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust
Two Ridings Community Foundation
£10,000 05/05/2021
Grant to Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust
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
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
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
£13,335 01/04/2021
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
£15,106 01/04/2021
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
£8,409 01/04/2021
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
£24,922 01/04/2021
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
£7,500 01/04/2021
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
£68,998 01/04/2021
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
£37,000 01/04/2021
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
£31,369 01/04/2021
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
£34,856 01/04/2021
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
£33,500 01/04/2021
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
£4,200 01/04/2021
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
£43,000 01/04/2021
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
£10,651 01/04/2021
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
£23,034 01/04/2021
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
£12,106 01/04/2021
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
£15,499 01/04/2021
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
£85,480 02/10/2020
The purpose of the funding is to deliver tree planting in England in 2020/21, contributing towards national efforts to increase tree planting across the UK to 30,000 hectares per year by 2025
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
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
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
£6,456 01/04/2020
To provide capital and revenue egrants to third sector organisations to deliver projects in Natural Flood Management (NFM) technique. Schemes will aim to improve our understanding of NFM technique ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
£17,412 01/04/2020
To provide capital and revenue egrants to third sector organisations to deliver projects in Natural Flood Management (NFM) technique. Schemes will aim to improve our understanding of NFM technique ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
£22,577 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
£4,814 01/04/2019
Natural Flood Management Programme Grant 2019/20
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
£14,178 01/04/2019
Natural Flood Management Programme Grant 2019/20
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
£6,250 01/04/2019
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
£11,216 01/04/2019
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
£9,587 01/04/2019
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
£17,072 01/04/2019
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
£15,000 01/04/2019
Water Environment Improvement Fund - Catchment Partnership Action Fund (CPAF) 2019/20
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
£15,000 01/04/2019
Water Environment Improvement Fund - Catchment Partnership Action Fund (CPAF) 2019/20
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
£37,200 21/03/2019
Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust's Roaring Twenties
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
£6,706 01/04/2018
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 ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
£11,033 01/04/2018
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 ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
£15,000 01/04/2018
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 ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
£15,000 01/04/2018
Water Envronment Improvement Fund Hosting for Catchment Partnership for 1819
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
£15,000 01/04/2018
Water Envronment Improvement Fund Hosting for Catchment Partnership for 1819
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
£16,000 01/04/2018
To fund other flood and coastal erosion risk management authorities in England for capital projects included in six year FCERM capital programme
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
£23,967 01/04/2018
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 ....more
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
£97,200 17/05/2017
Rivers2U
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
£7,662 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
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
£15,000 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
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
£17,338 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
£35,000 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
£35,000 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
£40,000 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
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
£24,300 15/06/2016
Ure River
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 46-74
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/02/2005, number: 1107918
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/09/2004, number: 05220147
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Volunteer management
Main office

8 Kings Court
Pateley Bridge
HARROGATE
HG3 5JW

Objectives

(A) TO CONSERVE, PROTECT, REHABILITATE AND IMPROVE THE RIVERS, STREAMS, WATERCOURSES AND WATER IMPOUNDMENTS OF THE CATCHMENTS OF THE RIVERS WHARFE, NIDD, URE, AND SWALE AND ASSOCIATED RIVER SYSTEMS THAT MAY INFLUENCE THE WATER QUALITY, FAUNA AND FLORA OF THE YORKSHIRE DALES RIVERS. (B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, OR ANY ASSOCIATION, COMPANY, LOCAL AUTHORITY, ADMINISTRATIVE OR GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR PUBLIC BODY OR REPRESENTATIVE BODY IN THE COUNTRYSIDE AND THE TOWNSHIPS OF THE YORKSHIRE DALES IN: (1) THE UNDERSTANDING AND ENJOYMENT OF RIVERS, RIVER CORRIDORS AND CATCHMENTS, INCLUDING THEIR FAUNA, FLORA AND ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL ACTIVITY, AND RIVER CATCHMENTS MANAGEMENT (2) THE NEED FOR, AND BENEFITS OF, CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS.

Defined Area of Benefit: YORKSHIRE DALES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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