Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 12

THE CALDER AND COLNE RIVERS TRUST

We aim to conserve and protect the waterways throughout the Calder river catchment. We aim to educate the public, particularly children, in: (1) The understanding of rivers,including their fauna, flora and economic or social activity, and river catchment management.(2) The need for, and benefits of, conservation, protection, rehabilitation and improvement of aquatic environments.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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		£412	£235	£177	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/22		£80	£91	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/21	*	£88	£29	£59	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	26
31/03/20		£13	£17	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/19		£29	£39	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/18	*	£39	£26	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£16	£11	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£30	£24	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£40	£36	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£64	£70	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£103	£78	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£21	£17	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£37	£2	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 14 years

http://calderandcolneriverstrust.org/

trustees@calderandcolneriverstrust.org

01422399580

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Calderdale, City Of Wakefield, Kirklees,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

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
Community Foundation for Calderdale - South Pennine Farmers Group
£10,000	27/07/2023	Grant to Calder and Colne Rivers Trust
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - PGW 0765-CF1975-Connecting the Calder-2122-£24368, 2223-70k
£70,000	01/04/2022	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 - WEIF201.2-20/21 - Aire and Calder
£7,500	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 - WEIF201.2-19/20- CALDER- WFD CRF GRANT PAYMENTS FOR CHARITIES
£7,500	01/04/2019	Water Environment Improvement Fund - Catchment Partnership Action Fund (CPAF) 2019/20
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - ALB - Environment Agency - Floating Pennywort Eradication Project 18/19
£6,461	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 - ALB - Environment Agency - Floating Pennywort Eradication Project 18/19
£8,021	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 - Transforming our Upper Calder Heritage
£5,000	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 - Yorkshire Floating Pennywort Project
£10,000	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

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-79

CINDY LOUISE LOCKWOOD Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Tax Consultant

ESTHER JOY GORDON-SMITH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Project Manager

IAN WHITWORTH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Architect

JASON YOUNG Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Operational Sheq Manager

FRANK LAWSON Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Engineering Consultant

GEOFFREY SWEANEY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Consultant

HELEN JANE UPSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Project Officer

NICHOLAS SIMMS (Chair) Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Conservation And Wildlife Management

TIMOTHY RUSSELL CONROY Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/02/2010, number: 1134377
Registered at Companies House on 17/02/2009, number: 06822083

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures

Filing Record

13 returns made; AR21: 1 days late, AR18: 1 days late,

Main office

Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre
Hopwood Lane
HALIFAX
West Yorkshire
HX1 5ER

Objectives

(A) TO CONSERVE, PROTECT, REHABILITATE AND IMPROVE THE RIVERS, STREAMS, WATERCOURSES AND WATER IMPOUNDMENT'S OF THE CATCHMENTS COMPRISING THE RIVERS CALDER (WEST YORKSHIRE), COLNE, HOLME AND RYBURN ALL OTHER TRIBUTARIES AND CONNECTED WATERWAYS.(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:(1) THE UNDERSTANDING OF RIVERS, RIVER CORRIDORS AND CATCHMENTS, INCLUDING THEIR FAUNA, FLORA AND ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL ACTIVITY, AND RIVER CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT.(2) THE NEED FOR, AND BENEFITS OF, CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WEST YORKSHIRE

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