The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

DON Catchment Rivers Trust

Registered charity 1134414 Registered since 2010

Operates: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield City, Derbyshire

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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.

8.9y median 11y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

5
company-linked trustees

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

Arts and leisure 2Tech and media 2Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£623k 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.

3.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 6.4 in 2021

13 from 10 in 2022
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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttp://www.dcrt.org.uk
Emaildavid.rowley@dcrt.org.uk
Phone01142685422
Address303 LYDGATE LANE, SHEFFIELD, S10 5FR

Finances

£623,375 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£481,670£367,555
2022£857,361£535,156
2023£649,260£755,350
2024£649,260£755,350
2025£623,375£625,845

What it does

What

Education/trainingAmateur SportEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

(A) UNDERTAKE, ADVISE UPON, CREATE, CONSERVE AND SUPPORT USE, MANAGEMENT,CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, REHABILITATION, IMPROVEMENT OF AND COMMUNITY BENEFITSFROM THE RIVERS, STREAMS, WATERCOURSES, WATER IMPOUNDMENT'S AND OTHER AQUATICENVIRONMENTS OF THE CATCHMENTS COMPRISING THE RIVERS DON, ROTHER AND DEARNE'INCLUDING THEIR TRIBUTARIES AND ADJACENT ESTUARINE AND COASTAL AREAS(B) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, OR ANY ASSOCIATION, CHARITY, LOCAL AUTHORITY,ADMINISTRATIVE OR GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR PUBLIC BODY OR REPRESENTATIVE BODY IN,(1) THE UNDERSTANDING OF RIVERS, RIVER CORRIDORS AND CATCHMENTS, INCLUDING THEIRFAUNA, FLORA AND ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL ACTIVITY, AND RIVER CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT,(2) THE NEED FOR, AND BENEFITS OF, CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, REHABILITATION ANDIMPROVEMENT OF AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS, AND(3) THE BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY OF EFFECTIVE AND COMPETENT MANAGEMENTAND USE OF RIVER CATCHMENTS

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12 JUNE 2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 30 JANUARY 2010

Trustees (9)

9trustees
58median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

DON Catchment Rivers Trust · 06618848 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 12/06/2008

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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