Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 8

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -4 times
Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 9

WEST WALES RIVERS TRUST

Through community partnership inititives secure the conservation, protection, rehabilitation and improvement of the rivers, lakes & wetlands of Pembrokeshire.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 4 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/03/23	*	£455	£389	£66	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/22	*	£276	£314	£-38	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/21	*	£541	£457	£84	£0	£304	£4	0.1	3	10
31/03/20	*	£144	£175	£-32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/19		£280	£66	£214	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/18		£74	£54	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£4	£7	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£12	£3	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£4	£6	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£5	£12	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£15	£8	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£8	£31	£-22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£15	£11	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£34	£15	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£26	£34	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£26	£20	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£16	£22	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£23	£18	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£44	£30	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 20 years

www.westwalesriverstrust.org

admin@westwalesriverstrust.org

01437 766669

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
12 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
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to West Wales Rivers Trust
£58,500	15/11/2023	Towards project costs to bring together citizen science, arts and activism to create a powerful new movement for social change which can be replicated across other rivers in the UK
National Lottery Community Fund - Afonydd ar gyfer Cymunedau/ Rivers for Communities
£9,700	21/03/2023	West Wales Rivers Trust will use the £9700 grant to coordinate a community forum of water users within their catchment area. They will provide engagement opportunities for community groups who use ....more West Wales Rivers Trust will use the £9700 grant to coordinate a community forum of water users within their catchment area. They will provide engagement opportunities for community groups who use the rivers to help them learn about river health and discuss their priorities for future improvements. The grant will cover general running costs travel river monitoring equipment and engagement materials. Bydd Ymddiriedolaeth Afonydd Gorllewin Cymru’n defnyddio grant £9700 i gydlynu fforwm cymunedol o ddefnyddwyr dr o fewn eu dalgylch. Byddan nhw’n darparu cyfleoedd ymgysylltu i grwpiau cymunedol sy’n defnyddio’r afonydd i’w helpu i ddysgu am iechyd afonydd a thrafod eu blaenoriaethau ar gyfer gwelliannau yn y dyfodol. Bydd y grant yn talu am gostau cynnal cyffredinol teithio cyfarpar monitro afonydd a deunyddiau ymgysylltu.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-84

ADRIAN PAUL PHILPOTT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

DR MARK GRAHAM MACKLIN Appointed: 2023

HANNAH MARIE CORCORAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

STEVEN RICHARD EVANS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Farmer

CLIVE ROBERTS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director

DR IAN THOMAS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Trustee

EDWARD THOMAS HUW EVANS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director

KAY DEARING, Occupation: Accountant

CHRISTOPHER STRETTON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeship: JOHN WESTON STRETTON OF KIDDERMINSTER CHARITY,

WILLIAM JOHN MORRIS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: CYMDEITHAS MUDIADAU GWIRFODDOL CEREDIGION / CEREDIGION ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION CADUCEUS BRANCH 1373,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/08/2004, number: 1105663
Registered at Companies House on 18/02/2003, number: 04668878

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

13/04/2017 - Asset transfer in from TEIFI RIVERS TRUST
12/09/2017 - Asset transfer in from TEIFI RIVERS TRUST

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR23: 21 days late, AR22: 40 days late, AR21: 40 days late, AR20: 60 days late, AR17: 2 days late, AR16: 31 days late, AR13: 64 days late, AR12: 34 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 31 days late,

Main office

West Wales Rivers Trust
Llys Afon
Hawthorn Rise
HAVERFORDWEST
Dyfed
SA61 2BQ

Objectives

THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVES AND OTHERWISE, AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY:- (I) TO SECURE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE RIVERS, STREAMS, WATERCOURSES AND WATER IMPOUNDMENTS IN THE COUNTIES OF CARMARTHENSHIRE, CEREDIGION AND PEMBROKESHIRE AND ADJACENT AREAS AND OF THEIR BANKS, RIPARIAN LANDS AND CATCHMENT AREAS IN ALL THEIR ASPECTS. (II) TO SECURE THE CONSERVATION, REHABILITATION AND PROTECTION OF INDIGENOUS SPECIES OF ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE OF THE RIVERS, STREAMS, WATERCOURSES AND WATER IMPOUNDMENTS IN THE COUNTIES OF CARMARTHENSHIRE, CEREDIGION AND PEMBROKESHIRE AND OF THEIR BANKS, RIPARIAN LAND AND CATCHMENT AREAS, AND THEREBY TO ENHANCE THE COUNTIES BIO-DIVERSITY. (III) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF AQUATIC HABITATS, THEIR RELATED CATCHMENT AREAS, AND THEIR ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE, AND THE NEED FOR THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF SUCH ENVIRONMENTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CARMARTHENSHIRE, CEREDIGION AND PEMBROKESHIRE AND ADJACENT AREAS

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