Don Catchment Rivers Trust

Analysis

Don Catchment Rivers Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in February 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06618848). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Don Catchment Rivers Trust reported income of £623k and spending of £626k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £482k to £623k (+29%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Don Catchment Rivers Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Neots Aquatic and Leisure CIO (£622k), Alty FC Foundation Limited (£625k) and Rackets Cubed (£620k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and donations and legacies 1.1%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £203k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.