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Registered charity · Worcestershire

Bristol Avon Rivers Trust

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £908k (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
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Somerset, Wiltshire, South Gloucestershire, Bristol City
Website
www.bristolavonriverstrust.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Bristol Avon Rivers Trust
Registered
2013

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£908k£850k
  • 2024£635k£572k
  • 2023£445k£372k
Earlier years
  • 2022£391k£319k
  • 2021£255k£221k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 49%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO CONSERVE,PROTECT,REHABILITATE AND IMPROVE THE RIVERS,STREAMS,WATERCOURSES AND WATER IMPOUNDMENTS OF THE CATCHMENTS COMPRISING THE RIVERS OF THE BRISTOL AVON,SOMERSET AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE STREAMS,INCLUDING ADJACENT ESTUARINE AREAS,FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF OBJECTS.(1)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 MANAGEMENT.(B)THE NEED FOR,AND BENEFITS OF,CONSERVATION,PROTECTION,REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS.

Grants received

52 grants · £679,034 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 · £517,098 (40 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £87,930 (2 grants)
  • Wiltshire and Swindon Community Foundation · £31,300 (4 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £19,880 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £10,000

Most recent

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £15,0002024-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £7,6872024-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £15,8132024-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £40,0002024-04-01
  • Wiltshire and Swindon Community Foundation £25,0002024-02-21
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.

4y median 5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure
8.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

7
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 7Environment/conservation/heritage 7

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 7Professional services 2

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.

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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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£908k latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

5.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 6.9 in 2021

14 from 11 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1154348
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12/03/2012
Companies House
Company number 07986475 · Active
Contact on the register
07802448755 · info@bristolavonriverstrust.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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