Registered charity · West Sussex
Ouse & Adur Rivers Trust
- 7 trustees
- Income £434k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- East Sussex, West Sussex
- Website
- www.oart.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Ouse & Adur Rivers Trust
- Registered
- 2000
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£434k£430k
- 2024£277k£261k
- 2023£381k£350k
Earlier years
- 2022£463k£418k
- 2021£332k£330k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 72%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
I. TO CONSERVE, PROTECT, RESTORE AND IMPROVE THE RIVERS, STREAMS AND OTHER WATER BODIES OF THE SUSSEX OUSE AND ADUR CATCHMENTS AND OTHER RIVERS, TRIBUTARIES AND WATER BODIES IN SUSSEX AND ELSEWHERE WHERE DEEMED APPROPRIATE.II. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE MANAGEMENT OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, CONSERVATION, REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT AND IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF RIVERS, THEIR BASINS AND ECOLOGY.
Grants received
14 grants · £1,333,134 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £1,094,964 (2 grants)
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £203,177 (10 grants)
- Sussex Community Foundation · £34,993 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
7 trustees on the board
- David Richard Brown since 2014
- Dr James Edward Ebdon since 2015
- Lydia Burgess-Gamble since 2025
- Philip Stephen Evans since 2019
- Robin John Akers since 2014
- Roderick George Yuill since 2022
- Ruth Alexandra Wallis since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- David Richard Brown since 2014
- Dr James Edward Ebdon since 2015
- Philip Stephen Evans since 2019
- Robin John Akers since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- David Richard Brown since 2014
- Dr James Edward Ebdon since 2015
- Lydia Burgess-Gamble since 2025
- Philip Stephen Evans since 2019
- Robin John Akers since 2014
- Roderick George Yuill since 2022
- Ruth Alexandra Wallis since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1082447
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10 SEP 1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 JUN 2000AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 08 MAR 2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13 APR 2016
- Companies House
- Company number 03839870 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01273 921040 · info@oart.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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