Clean Rivers Trust

Analysis

Clean Rivers Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derbyshire. It was registered in May 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending November 2025, Clean Rivers Trust reported income of £58k and spending of £65k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £37k to £58k (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2022, when income rose by 103%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Clean Rivers Trust sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Teviot British Bangladeshi Association (£58k), The Friends of Baale Mane Gopalapura (£58k) and The Mothers Union (Diocese of Durham Branch) (£58k).