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The Rivers Trust

(A) To advance the education of the public in the management of water and environmental protection, conservation, rehabilitation and improvement.(B) To advance the education of the public in the understanding of rivers, their basins, fauna and...

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £8.8m (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Northern Ireland
Website
www.theriverstrust.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Rivers Trust
Registered
2004

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£8.8m£8.6m
  • 2023£6.7m£6.9m
  • 2022£5.7m£5.8m
Earlier years
  • 2021£3.8m£3.9m
  • 2020£3.9m£3.2m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 49%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) To advance the education of the public in the management of water and environmental protection, conservation, rehabilitation and improvement.(B) To advance the education of the public in the understanding of rivers, their basins, fauna and flora. (C) To protect, conserve, rehabilitate and improve the rivers, streams, watercourses and river basins, including adjacent coastal waters and water impoundments, of the United Kingdom and Ireland or any part or parts thereof for the public benefit.

Grants received

49 grants · £4,586,525 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

  • Garfield Weston Foundation £900,0002026-03-23
  • Postcode Green Trust £350,0002025-02-25
  • SHAREGIFT £5,0002025-01-22
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £5,4812024-04-24
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £2,2912024-04-24
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.

11 trustees on the board

4.4y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (2)

11
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 11Environment/conservation/heritage 11Arts/culture/heritage/science 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Finance 19Education 11Professional services 10

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£8.8m latest income
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.

1.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 4.6 in 2020

75 from 26 in 2020
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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1107144
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25/05/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/11/2004AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 23/07/2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 02/08/2011 as amended on 01 Nov 2021 as amended on 01 Nov 2021 as amended on 06 Jul 2022 as amended on 09 Jul 2024
Companies House
Company number 05136671 · Active
Contact on the register
07483589507 · paul.lamb@theriverstrust.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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