Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 9

RIVER LARK CATCHMENT PARTNERSHIP

The River Lark Catchment Partnership pursues activities that improve the environmental health, ecological bio-diversity and amenity value of the Lark River for the benefit of the public and stakeholders. These include:-- volunteer lead river restoration and naturalisation projects- projects to re-establish the connectivity of the river for fish and eel passage.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity only provides its support via other charities
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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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
30/11/23	£49	£53	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
30/11/22	£20	£21	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
30/11/21	£20	£15	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
30/11/20	£20	£19	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
30/11/19	£20	£20	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
30/11/18	£19	£16	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

riverlark.org.uk

admin@riverlark.org.uk

01284488502

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body

Where it operates

Suffolk,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
30 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - PGW0773-CF1358 - River Restoration with volunteers 2122
£5,000	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 - River Restoration with volunteers in the Lark Catchment
£6,925	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 - River Restoration with volunteers in the Lark Catchment
£3,075	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 - ALB - Environment Agency - Urban River Restoration and training on the Lark 18/19
£5,906	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 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 and deliver other EA objectives
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Chalk Stream Restoration and Sea Troat Project - River Lark River Restoration (Urban and Rural)
£4,947	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

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDREW HINCHLEY Appointed: 2018

CAROLINE ANN CHAMBERLAIN Appointed: 2022

CHRISTOPHER HAINSWORTH Appointed: 2023

DR PETER CHRISTOPHER LACK Appointed: 2024

GRAHAM ANDREW SHOWELL Appointed: 2022

JAMES STEPHENS Appointed: 2018

PROF ROS KING (Chair) Appointed: 2024

WILLIAM CRANSTOUN Appointed: 2018

WILLIAM JAMES SUTHERLAND Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/02/2018, number: 1177318

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; all on time

Main office

24 NORTHGATE AVENUE
BURY ST. EDMUNDS
IP32 6BB

Objectives

TO CONSERVE, PRESERVE AND IMPROVE THE RIVER LARK AND ITS CATCHMENT AREA FOR THE BENEFIT THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(I) IMPROVING ACCESS AND ENCOURAGING THE APPROPRIATE USE OF THE RIVER AND ITS ENVIRONS BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.(II) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE RIVER AND ITS ENVIRONS (III) FACILITATING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE CONSERVATION OF THE RIVER (IV) MONITORING THE RIVER & ITS CATCHMENT AND REPORTING ANY ISSUES OR CONCERNS TO THE APPROPRIATE BODIES HAVING STATUTORY RESPONSIBILITY.

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