13 Rivers Trust

Analysis

13 Rivers Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in london. It was registered in April 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09300481). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 13 Rivers Trust reported income of £2.9m and spending of £2.2m, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £2.9m (+101%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, 13 Rivers Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aston Villa Foundation (£2.9m), Woking Homes (£2.9m) and The Retreat York (£2.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 62%, donations and legacies 36% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £2.0m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.