Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 11

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 5

FORTH RIVERS TRUST

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile recently

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/03/18	31/03/19	31/03/20	31/03/21	31/03/22	31/03/23
Charitable activities	£521,633	£600,374	£776,811	£969,930		£676,051
Donations & Legacies	£62,627	£94,587	£71,480	£70,638		£77,094
Other Income			£2,896
Investment Income	£12	£12	£37	£26
Total income	£584,272	£694,973	£851,224	£1,040,594	£1,077,213	£753,145
Charitable activities spending	£485,583	£646,343	£870,855	£790,568		£799,797
Fundraising costs
Other spending	£50,846	£1,875
Total spending	£536,429	£648,218	£870,855	£790,568	£1,011,035	£799,797
Surplus/deficit	£47,843	£46,755	-£19,631	£250,026	£66,178	-£46,652

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Established: 15 years

www.forthriverstrust.org

Listed activities

It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy

Purposes

The advancement of education
The advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Where it operates

More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: Perth And Kinross

Who it helps

No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Heritage Fund	£466,430
Esmee Fairbairn	£272,466
Scottish Government	£53,836

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Forth Rivers Trust
£95,119	04/09/2023	#FIRNS Leven Landscape Enterprise Networks (LENs)
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to West Lothian Council
£285,611	07/03/2023	Bathgate Meadows Nature Park
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Forth Rivers Trust
£16,406	06/02/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Forth Rivers Trust
£256,060	02/11/2021 36	Towards core costs supporting community engagement and campaigning on the Lothian Esks.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Forth Rivers Trust
£49,200	25/08/2020	COVID19 Forth Rivers Trust
Scottish Government - Forth Rivers Trust
£53,836	02/04/2020	Detailed description not provided.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Forth Rivers Trust
£36,500	18/12/2019	The Forgotten Fish - using traditional methods for current conversation issues
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Forth Rivers Trust
£510	25/01/2018 3	To run an environmental programme in Slamannan Primary School, providing opportunities for children and their families to better understand and engage positively with local freshwater habitats around ....more To run an environmental programme in Slamannan Primary School, providing opportunities for children and their families to better understand and engage positively with local freshwater habitats around Slamannan.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (7)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Directors: 55-68

APPLEYARD, Stuart John
Appointed: 2020
Occupation: Countryside Volunteer

BROOMFIELD, Keith Godwin
Appointed: 2020
Occupation: Pr Consultant

BUCHANNAN, John Michael
Appointed: 2014
Occupation: Owner Cambusmore Estate

HOWIESON, Fenwick
Appointed: 2013
Occupation: Principal Consultant

SIMPSON, Fiona Elizabeth
Appointed: 2017
Occupation: Asset Manager

THOMAS, Christopher Walter, Dr
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Geologist (Retired)

TIMMS, Paul David William
Appointed: 2020
Occupation: Charity Manager

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 27/02/2009, number: SC040311
Registered at Companies House on 25/06/2008, number: SC344935

Filing Record

5 returns made; AR20: 1 days late,

Main office

The Clubhouse, 106 Biggar Road, Edinburgh, EH10 7DU

Objectives

(A) To advance for public benefit environmental protection and improvement by conserving and enhancing all species of freshwater fish and their environments primarily but not limited to the inland and coastal waters of the River Forth catchment including all waters which enter the Forth Estuary and Firth of Forth. (B) To advance the education of the public and any association, company, local authority, administrative or governmental agency or public body or representative body in: - (1) The understanding of aquatic ecosystems, including their fauna, flora and economic or social activity, and river catchment management. (2) The need for, and benefits of, protection, conservation, rehabilitation and improvement of aquatic environments.

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