THE RIVERS TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-08 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-17.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
+20.6% vs 2023
Employees
75
+31.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE RIVERS TRUST 2011-08-02 → present
- ASSOCIATION OF RIVERS TRUSTS 2004-05-25 → 2011-08-02
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £688,690 | £1,397,236 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£136,191 | £216,357 | |
| Cash | £5,912,442 | £4,899,304 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,047,945 | £1,264,302 | |
| Net assets | £1,047,945 | £1,264,302 | |
| Equity | £1,047,945 | £1,264,302 | |
| Average employees | 57 | 75 | |
| Wages | £2,564,796 | £3,837,598 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -19.8% | 15.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 84.9% | 79.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.17x | 1.25x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Westcotts (SW) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries and due consideration, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the Trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- THE RIVERS TRUST · parent
- River Ecosystem Services Limited 100%
- Patchview Designated Activity Company 100%
- Abhainn BEO Company 100%
Significant events
- “In 2024 an Independent Water Commission was established in England and Wales and the Trust has devoted substantial resources to providing evidence and policy proposals to the Commission promoting a systems approach to collaborative river catchment management at a local and regional scale.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAMB, Paul James | Secretary | 2025-12-09 | — | — |
| BENLAMKADEM, Fayza, Ms. | Director | 2025-07-09 | Mar 1981 | British |
| DAVIES, Bella Ruth, Dr | Director | 2020-06-30 | Oct 1976 | British |
| FEDOSIUK, Michael Paul | Director | 2025-07-09 | Nov 1992 | British |
| HARRISON, Joanne Elizabeth | Director | 2019-07-02 | Nov 1973 | British |
| MILLS, Jodie Alice | Director | 2023-07-04 | Sep 1974 | British |
| MUIRHEAD, Alastair William | Director | 2019-07-02 | Sep 1953 | British |
| O'HANRAHAN, Bernadette Ann | Director | 2023-07-04 | Jul 1958 | Irish |
| PASSEY, Elizabeth Susan | Director | 2022-07-06 | Sep 1972 | British |
| SCHOONBAERT, Bart Constant | Director | 2022-07-06 | Oct 1976 | British,Belgian |
| SPEES, Jack William Arthur | Director | 2017-11-14 | Aug 1982 | British |
| THOMAS, Graham Daniel Medley | Director | 2020-06-30 | Jun 1967 | British,South African |
| TURLEY, David Michael | Director | 2025-07-09 | Nov 1961 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALEY, Roland | Secretary | 2022-03-20 | 2025-12-09 |
| DILLON, Peter Anthony | Secretary | 2018-09-21 | 2022-01-01 |
| HAWKEN, Alan Geoffrey | Secretary | 2004-05-25 | 2016-05-10 |
| WIERINGA, Tjarko | Secretary | 2016-05-10 | 2018-09-21 |
| BAILEY, Jonathan Peter | Director | 2014-06-09 | 2015-03-24 |
| BRIGHT, Dylan Ian Paul, Dr | Director | 2006-04-27 | 2014-10-03 |
| BRIGHTY, Geoff, Dr | Director | 2016-07-06 | 2021-07-06 |
| BROWN, David Richard | Director | 2009-06-11 | 2022-07-06 |
| CARR, James Ronald, Exors Of Mr | Director | 2005-05-09 | 2010-07-22 |
| COULDRICK, Laurence Benjamin, Dr | Director | 2015-07-09 | 2023-07-04 |
| COWX, Ian Graham, Professor | Director | 2011-07-21 | 2015-07-09 |
| EDMONDSON, Vincent | Director | 2015-07-09 | 2017-10-16 |
| GREGG, Ian Davis | Director | 2004-05-25 | 2014-06-10 |
| GURNELL, Angela Mary, Professor | Director | 2016-07-06 | 2019-07-02 |
| HAINES, David Michael | Director | 2004-05-25 | 2006-04-27 |
| HITCHMOUGH, Charlotte | Director | 2016-07-06 | 2024-07-02 |
| HOWAT, Martyn John Rutland | Director | 2010-11-16 | 2016-07-06 |
| LORD, John Philip | Director | 2004-05-25 | 2014-06-10 |
| MALTBY, Alistair | Director | 2004-05-25 | 2005-05-09 |
| MARSH-SMITH, Stephen John, Dr | Director | 2013-06-27 | 2016-11-15 |
| MARSH-SMITH, Stephen John, Dr | Director | 2004-05-25 | 2008-07-15 |
| ORMEROD, Stephen James, Professor | Director | 2008-07-15 | 2012-07-10 |
| PATTERSON, Donald Robert | Director | 2008-07-15 | 2017-06-20 |
| POUPARD, Christopher William | Director | 2009-06-11 | 2013-06-27 |
| ROBINSON, Margaret | Director | 2008-06-06 | 2009-04-30 |
| ROSS, Martin Mcgregor | Director | 2010-11-16 | 2015-04-20 |
| WALLACE, Andrew Robert | Director | 2010-11-16 | 2023-07-04 |
| WARREN, Lynda May, Professor | Director | 2005-05-09 | 2008-04-05 |
| WHITE, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2016-07-06 | 2025-07-09 |
| WILD, Thomas Charles | Director | 2013-06-27 | 2015-10-19 |
| YONGE, Nicholas Patrick | Director | 2004-05-25 | 2010-07-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-10 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-07-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-13 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+102.9%
£688,690 £1,397,236
-
Cash
-17.1%
£5,912,442 £4,899,304
-
Net assets
+20.6%
£1,047,945 £1,264,302
-
Employees
+31.6%
57 75
-
Wages
+49.6%
£2,564,796 £3,837,598
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers