East Mercia Rivers Trust

Analysis

East Mercia Rivers Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stamford. It was registered in July 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08613863). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, East Mercia Rivers Trust reported income of £966k and spending of £935k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £326k to £966k (+197%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 118%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, East Mercia Rivers Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (£964k), Berkeley Castle Charitable Trust (£969k) and Essex and Suffolk Rivers Trust (£963k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £307k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.