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Norfolk Rivers Trust
- 9 trustees
- Income £2.8m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Thomas James DeardsChair · since 2023
- Alison Elizabeth RobinsonTrustee · since 2025
- Benjamin StewardTrustee · since 2015
- Dr Geoffrey BrightyTrustee · since 2014
- Dr Richard CooperTrustee · since 2023
- Gareth Frank Allen MearsTrustee · since 2025
- Kerry Anne FosterTrustee · since 2023
- Robert John CookeTrustee · since 2023
- Simon LearmountTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Norfolk
- Website
- www.norfolkriverstrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Norfolk Rivers Trust
- Registered
- 2012
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.8m£2.4m
- 2024£2.5m£2.4m
- 2023£2.1m£1.8m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.9m£1.4m
- 2021£913k£750k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts under 1% · Government grants 28%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1.TO CONSERVE, PROTECT, REHABILITATE AND IMPROVE THE RIVERS, STREAMS, WATERCOURSES AND WATER IMPOUNDMENTS OF THE CATCHMENTS COMPRISING THE RIVERS OF NORFOLK INCLUDING ADJACENT ESTUARINE AND COASTAL AREAS, FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.2.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, OR ANY ASSOCIATION, INSTITUTION, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION, COMPANY, LOCAL AUTHORITY, ADMINISTRATIVE OR GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR PUBLIC BODY IN :- (A) THE UNDERSTANDING OF RIVERS, RIVER CORRIDORS AND RIVER CATCHMENTS INCLUDING THEIR FAUNA, FLORA, BIODIVERSITY, ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL ACTIVITY, AND RIVER CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT. (B) THE NEED FOR, AND BENEFITS OF, CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS.
Grants received
78 grants · £2,005,194 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 · £1,753,074 (75 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £252,120 (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.
9 trustees on the board
- Thomas James Deards Chair since 2023
- Alison Elizabeth Robinson since 2025
- Benjamin Steward since 2015
- Dr Geoffrey Brighty since 2014
- Dr Richard Cooper since 2023
- Gareth Frank Allen Mears since 2025
- Kerry Anne Foster since 2023
- Robert John Cooke since 2023
- Simon Learmount since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Benjamin Steward since 2015
- Dr Geoffrey Brighty since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Thomas James Deards Chair since 2023
- Alison Elizabeth Robinson since 2025
- Benjamin Steward since 2015
- Dr Geoffrey Brighty since 2014
- Dr Richard Cooper since 2023
- Gareth Frank Allen Mears since 2025
- Kerry Anne Foster since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Robert John Cooke since 2023
- Simon Learmount since 2025
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
4.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1145854
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10 OCT 2011
- Companies House
- Company number 07803739 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01263711299 · info@norfolkriverstrust.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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