Registered charity · Stowmarket
Essex and Suffolk Rivers Trust
- 10 trustees
- Income £963k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Adrian Christopher John Wood BschonsmsbTrustee · since 2014
- Anna Martin-EdwardsTrustee · since 2017
- Christopher James WhitehouseTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Alan WoodsTrustee · since 2023
- Henry Charles WilkesTrustee · since 2023
- Jane Mary BurchTrustee · since 2019
- Sarah Louise MortonTrustee · since 2023
- Simon TillerTrustee · since 2025
- Tara ArnoldTrustee · since 2023
- Thomas James PalmerTrustee · since 2025
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
- Cambridgeshire, Essex, Suffolk
- Website
- www.essexsuffolkriverstrust.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Essex and Suffolk Rivers Trust
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£963k£277k
- 2024£323k£212k
- 2023£270k£167k
Earlier years
- 2022£159k£137k
- 2021£57k£47k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 35%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE: -1. TO CONSERVE, PROTECT, REHABILITATE AND IMPROVE THE RIVERS, STREAMS, WATERCOURSES, GROUND-WATERS AND WATER IMPOUNDMENTS OF THE CATCHMENTS COMPRISING THE RIVERS IN ESSEX AND SUFFOLK, INCLUDING ADJACENT ESTUARINE AND COASTAL AREAS, 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 MANAGEMENT.(B) THE NEED FOR, AND BENEFITS OF, CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS.
Grants received
21 grants · £412,520 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 · £373,970 (18 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £20,000
- Cambridgeshire Community Foundation · £13,550
- SHAREGIFT · £5,000
Most recent
- 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.
10 trustees on the board
- Adrian Christopher John Wood Bschonsmsb since 2014
- Anna Martin-Edwards since 2017
- Christopher James Whitehouse since 2025
- Dr Alan Woods since 2023
- Henry Charles Wilkes since 2023
- Jane Mary Burch since 2019
- Sarah Louise Morton since 2023
- Simon Tiller since 2025
- Tara Arnold since 2023
- Thomas James Palmer since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Adrian Christopher John Wood Bschonsmsb since 2014
- Anna Martin-Edwards since 2017
- Jane Mary Burch since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Adrian Christopher John Wood Bschonsmsb since 2014
- Anna Martin-Edwards since 2017
- Christopher James Whitehouse since 2025
- Dr Alan Woods since 2023
- Henry Charles Wilkes since 2023
- Sarah Louise Morton since 2023
- Simon Tiller since 2025
- Tara Arnold since 2023
- Thomas James Palmer since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Jane Mary Burch since 2019
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.
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
2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1157392
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07/01/2014 as amended on 14 Oct 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 08834787 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07861107100 · info@essexsuffolkriverstrust.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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