Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 5

Spending falling: -1
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

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

Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 6

AFONYDD CYMRU CYFYNGEDIG

Afonydd Cymru is the umbrella body for the 6 Rivers Trusts in Wales and the Marches. Activities include river restoration, seeking and distributing funding for member trusts and lobbying Welsh Government for better environmental outcomes for rivers and fisheries.

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile recently
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/23		£259	£208	£51	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/22		£102	£96	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21		£109	£73	£35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20		£932	£934	£-2	£0	£130	£-8	-0.1	0	0
31/12/19		£429	£442	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18		£263	£131	£132	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17		£135	£135	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16	*	£67	£55	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15		£292	£294	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/14		£454	£451	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/13		£392	£391	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/12		£433	£437	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Balance Sheet History

Established: 13 years
(16 years as a company)

www.afonyddcymru.org

admin@afonyddcymru.org

01874714207

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following 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 Afonydd Cymru
£18,000	20/02/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Afonydd Cymru
£180,000	30/03/2022 36	Towards unrestricted core costs for Afonydd Cymru to coordinate the Welsh rivers trust movement, advocating for and driving improvement in rivers in Wales
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Afonydd Cymru
£10,000	05/05/2020 6	towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Afonydd Cymru
£50,000	01/07/2019 30	Towards core funding to continue to press the Welsh Government for controls on pollution from agriculture, represent the 6 rivers trusts in Wales and free staff time to secure funding for river restoration

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 32-86

ANTHONY REES MBE Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Butcher (Retired)

CREIGHTON HARVEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

HARRIET ALVIS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Ceo Rivers Trust

JOSEPH MAX PIMBLETT Appointed: 2021

PETER POWELL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chief Executive Officer

SIMON CHARLES ANSELL EVANS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Chief Executive

THE VISCOUNT CHRISTOPHER MILLS (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/01/2012, number: 1145675
Registered at Companies House on 05/11/2008, number: 06742270

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

12 returns made; AR16: 28 days late,

Main office

The Right Bank
The Square
Talgarth
Bronllys
BRECON
LD3 0BW

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 WALES OR ANY PART OR PARTS THEREOF FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

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