Finance Score: 8

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 3

Good reserves management: +3
Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 14

THE WILD TROUT TRUST LIMITED

The advancement of public education in the promotion of conservation for the public benefit of wild trout and their habitats; ecosystems and environment; river and water conservation and management and creation of wild trout habitats. Wild trout being defined as any trout that has been spawned naturally including sea trout.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
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

Established: 9 years
(27 years as a company)

www.wildtrout.org

office@wildtrout.org

02392570985

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
30/04/23		£1,457	£1,343	£114	£94	£1,125	£453	4.1	13	10
30/04/22		£1,232	£1,270	£-38	£90	£1,012	£366	3.5	13	2,500
30/04/21		£1,060	£884	£176	£68	£1,050	£263	3.6	13	1,543
30/04/20	*	£656	£653	£3	£71	£873	£182	3.4	13	3,400
30/04/19		£719	£697	£22	£126	£870	£179	3.1	13	4,100
30/04/18		£638	£604	£33	£121	£848	£175	3.5	12	0
30/04/17		£750	£605	£144	£126	£815	£198	3.9	10	0
30/04/16		£1,217	£546	£671	£79	£671	£200	4.4	10	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 40%
Reserves/Spending: 4.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 28.9

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

13 employees
10 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 - PGW0793-CF1597 - River Habitat Improvements great Stour 2122-25k,2223-3k
£25,000	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 - PGW0783-CF1578 - Ashford Improvement Measures (15k every year 2122-2425)
£15,000	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 - PGW0792-CF1565 - Stonebridge Weir and Barton Mill -2122-8k,2223-12k
£6,300	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 - PGW0798-CF1535 - Porter Brook
£47,076	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 - PGW0702-CF1528 - Manthorpe Floodplain Reconnection, 2122 - 160k
£153,686	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 - PGW0677-CF1527 - Dunston Wood Restoration Scheme
£155,000	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 - PGW0703-CF1519 - Conjure Alders Fish Pass*25% Adv to be evidenced*
£21,238	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 - PGW0704-CF1513 - Upper Witham Floodplain Restoration Design -Saltersford to Easton, 2122 - 40k *25% Adv to be evidenced*
£30,000	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 - PGW0767-CF1333 - Snakelane Fish Pass
£27,000	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 - PGW0753-CF1329 - TWIST
£11,489	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 - PGW0659-CF1306 - Erewash Fish Passage & SSSI Restoration
£7,481	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 - PGW0704-CF1282 - Upper Witham Floodplain Restoration Design -Saltersford to Easton, 2122 - 40k
£10,000	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 - PGW0703-CF1209 - Conjure Alders Fish Pass
£18,988	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 - PGW0659-CF1186 - Erewash Fish Passage & SSSI Restoration
£2,500	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 - RTP0010-CF979 - Trees for Skirfare
£41,500	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 - PGW0557-CF901 - Eridge Stream habitat Improvement
£13,753	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 - PGW0393-CF917 - Olantigh Weir Phase 2 (4,610.06 19/20, 94,889.94 20/21)
£85,390	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 - PGW0507-CF960 - Derbyshire Derwent Fish Passage 2021
£12,586	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 - PGW0572-CF942 - Nocton Wood Dunston
£18,000	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 - PGW0554-CF932 - Ecclesbourne Fish Passage 2021
£19,991	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 - PGW0393-CF1007 - Olantigh Weir Phase 2 (4,610.06 19/20, 94,889.94 20/21)
£9,500	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 - PGW0615-CF1117 - Dunston Beck-Prior Lane Habitat project
£114,220	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 - PGW0509-CF1120 - Beck Weir Removal
£3,880	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 - PGW0508-CF1080 - Erewash Fish Passage
£25,228	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 - Upper Ouse Spawning and Habitat Improvement at Rectory Farm
£10,378	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 - Derbyshire Derwent Fish Passage
£19,743	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 - Olantigh Weir Phase 2
£4,610	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 - The Beck Weir Removal / Fish Passage
£5,440	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 - Improving connectivity of the Lower Witham Tributaries Pilot Project
£10,000	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 - Ecclesbourne Fish Passage
£30,000	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 - Lower River Shep Habitat Restoration
£16,041	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 - The Beck Weir Removal / Fish Passage
£4,560	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 - Upper Ouse Spawning and Habitat Improvement at Rectory Farm
£10,382	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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	29/11/2018	Wild Trout Trust Futures
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - ALB - Environment Agency - Chipping Sodbury Restoration 18/19
£7,500	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 - Victoria Park 18/19
£10,000	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 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 - River Avill Project
£10,000	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 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 - Hills to Levels - Multiple Benefits from Somerset Flood Action Plan 18/19 - WTT
£11,178	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 - Hills to Levels - Multiple Benefits from Somerset Flood Action Plan 18/19 - WTT
£11,458	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 - Olantigh Weir Fish Pass Project 18/19
£17,566	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 - Lincolnshire Limestone Becks Community river restoration
£20,000	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 - Restoring the Bentley Brook (Ex SNIFFER project)
£20,000	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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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 47-77

ANDREW HARVEY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: C.E.O.

CHRISTOPHER WATSON Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Company Director

DAVID FRASER Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Company Director

DAVID JOHN LLOYD Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired

DR GARY MANTLE MBE Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Chief Executive, Other trusteeship: SENSORY TRUST,

DR GRAHAM COLEY Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Company Director

GEORGE EDWARD SPENCER SELIGMAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Art Curator, Other trusteeships: THE WHEELYBOAT TRUST, COUNTRYSIDE LEARNING, WESSEX RIVERS TRUST, GESS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE MARK SELIGMAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, HAMPSHIRE GARDENS TRUST,

JENNY MANT Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Environmental Consultant, Other trusteeship: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW, HERTFORD,

MARTIN JACOBS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: BANKSIDE GALLERY LIMITED,

NEIL LLOYD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/07/2015, number: 1162478
Registered at Companies House on 07/04/1997, number: 03345901

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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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

8 returns made; AR20: 3 days late,

Main office

Marriott Gibbs Rees Wallis
Unit 4 Broadfield Court
SHEFFIELD
S8 0XF

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE PROMOTION OF CONSERVATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF WILD TROUT AND THEIR HABITATS, ECOSYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENT; RIVER AND WATER CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT AND CREATION OF WILD TROUT HABITATS. WILD TROUT BEING DEFINED AS ANY TROUT THAT HAS BEEN SPAWNED NATURALLY INCLUDING SEA TROUT.

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