Wear Rivers Trust

Registered charity 1094613 Registered since 2002

Operates: Sunderland, Durham

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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.

8 trustees on the board

3y median 2y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

John David Hutchinson since 2018

7.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

Kimm Lawson since 2024

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Environment/conservation/heritage 7General Charitable Purposes 7Economic/community Development/employment 1Education/training 1Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 8Professional services 3Hospitality 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£832k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

21 from 15 in 2024

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

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Campaign for Better Transport Charitable Trust Similar size; both Environment
The Resurgence Trust Similar size; both Environment
North Wales Rivers Trust Ltd Similar size; both Environment

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.wear-rivers-trust.org.uk
Email	admin@wear-rivers-trust.org.uk
Phone	07786886014
Address	Suite 6A, Kingfisher House, Meadowfield, Durham, DH7 8TZ

Finances

£832,160 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£327,701	£434,882
2022	£462,845	£440,156
2023	£484,188	£544,032
2024	£579,839	£615,060
2025	£832,160	£838,987

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

A) TO CONSERVE, PROTECT, REHABILITATE, AND IMPROVE THE LANDSCAPE, RIVERS, STREAMS, WATERCOURSES AND WATER IMPOUNDMENTS OF THE WEAR CATCHMENT, COUNTY DURHAM, INCLUDING WEARDALE, THE LOWER WEAR AND ADJACENT ESTUARINE AND COASTAL AREAS.B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, OR ANY ASSOCIATION, COMPANY, LOCAL AUTHORITY, ADMINISTRATIVE OR GOVERNMENT AGENCY OR PUBLIC BODY OR REPRESENTATIVE BODY IN - (1) THE UNDERSTANDING OF RIVERS, RIVER CORRIDORS AND CATCHMENTS, INCLUDING THEIR FAUNA, FLORA AND ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL ACTIVITY, AND RIVER CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT.(2) THE NEED FOR, AND BENEFITS OF, CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26/07/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/10/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/11/2008AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 04/12/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/08/2012

Trustees (8)

8trustees

61median age

1aged 70+

Dan Britton since 2021
James Tagueage band 60-64 since 2026
Jason Alan Kennedyage band 55-59 since 2025
John David Hutchinsonage band 75-79 since 2018
Kimm Lawsonage band 55-59 since 2024
Michael Thomas Siddleage band 55-59 since 2024
Neil Embry Wilson Ashforthage band 65-69
Terence Featherstoneage band 65-69 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

Wear Rivers Trust · 04260195 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 26/07/2001

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

1072073 1 shared trustee

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