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Western Sussex Rivers Trust

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £324k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th 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
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
East Sussex, Hampshire, Surrey, West Sussex
Website
www.wsrt.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Western Sussex Rivers Trust
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£324k£348k
  • 2024£285k£254k
  • 2023£398k£158k
Earlier years
  • 2022£199k£174k
  • 2021£204k£144k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 73%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1) TO CONSERVE, PROTECT, RESTORE AND IMPROVE THE RIVERS, STREAMS AND OTHER WATERBODIES OF THE ARUN AND WESTERN ROTHER CATCHMENTS AND OTHER RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES IN SUSSEX AND ELSEWHERE IN THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY'S SOUTH EAST REGION AS MAY BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR 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 OR REPRESENTATIVE BODY IN:(A) THE UNDERSTANDING OF RIVERS, RIVER CORRIDORS AND RIVER CATCHMENTS, INCLUDING THEIR FAUNA, FLORA, BIODIVERSITY, ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL ACTIVITY AND RIVER CATCHMENT B) THE NEED FOR, AND BENEFITS OF, CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS.

Grants received

18 grants · £237,496 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

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £237,496 (18 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £15,0002024-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £15,0002023-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £15,0002022-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £14,9902022-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £8032021-04-01
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.

8 trustees on the board

6.6y median 4y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

6
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 8Economic/community Development/employment 1Education/training 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.

Business services 8Professional services 5Arts and leisure 3

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£324k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1147477
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15 JUN 2011 AS AMENDED ON 17 JUL 2024AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 09 SEP 2024
Companies House
Company number 07853698 · Active
Contact on the register
07421 125804 · info@wsrt.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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