Registered charity · Derby
The Trent Rivers Trust
The Trent Rivers Trust is a registered charity (number 1089239) based in Derby, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Mark Owen since 2011. Latest income £1.9m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
The objects of the Company shall be to protect, conserve and enhance, for public benefit, the natural aquatic environment and biodiversity of the catchment of the River Trent and promote understanding of sustainable approaches to water management in...
- 10 trustees
- Income £1.9m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Mark OwenChair · since 2011
- Dr Hollie MarshallTrustee · since 2025
- Elisabeth Helen GibbsTrustee · since 2025
- IAN ButterfieldTrustee · since 2012
- Martin Leonard StarkTrustee · since 2022
- MR Geoff NickoldsTrustee
- Richard James KayTrustee · since 2021
- Timothy Hordern FarrTrustee · since 2012
- Tom WalshTrustee · since 2025
- Valerie L HoltTrustee · since 2015
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, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
- Where
- Rotherham, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and more
- Website
- www.trentriverstrust.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Trent Rivers Trust
- Registered
- 2001
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.9m£1.8m
- 2024£2.2m£2.0m
- 2023£1.7m£1.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.2m£1.2m
- 2021£917k£934k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 10% · Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
The objects of the Company shall be to protect, conserve and enhance, for public benefit, the natural aquatic environment and biodiversity of the catchment of the River Trent and promote understanding of sustainable approaches to water management in urban and rural area.
Grants received
43 grants · £740,346 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
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £553,670 (40 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £186,676 (3 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- 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.
10 trustees on the board
- Mark Owen Chair since 2011
- Dr Hollie Marshall since 2025
- Elisabeth Helen Gibbs since 2025
- IAN Butterfield since 2012
- MR Geoff Nickolds
- Martin Leonard Stark since 2022
- Richard James Kay since 2021
- Timothy Hordern Farr since 2012
- Tom Walsh since 2025
- Valerie L Holt since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- Mark Owen Chair since 2011
- IAN Butterfield since 2012
- Timothy Hordern Farr since 2012
- Valerie L Holt since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Dr Hollie Marshall since 2025
- Elisabeth Helen Gibbs since 2025
- IAN Butterfield since 2012
- MR Geoff Nickolds
- Martin Leonard Stark since 2022
- Richard James Kay since 2021
- Tom Walsh since 2025
- Valerie L Holt since 2015
Portfolio (2)
- Mark Owen Chair since 2011
- Timothy Hordern Farr since 2012
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
3.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 8.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1089239
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30/05/2001AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 20/03/2014 as amended on 15 Aug 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 04225307 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07881 229714 · DIRECTOR@TRENTRIVERSTRUST.ORG
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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