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Description
The Mersey Rivers Trust is a charity working in partnership with all those interested in improving our local rivers and waterways. As a member of the national Rivers Trust movement, it is the Rivers Trust for the River Mersey and its catchment. The Trust covers a large area of the North West River Basin District and includes the rivers Alt, Crossens, Irwell, Tame, Goyt, Bollin, Weaver and more.
CCEW Charity number
Registered
Postcode
SK4 3GN
Website
Domain
merseyrivers.org
Latest income
£683,053 (on )
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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 2 inactive records, from 2 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1196777 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
Mersey Rivers Trust (this record)
Mersey Rivers Trust (inactive)
Mersey Rivers Trust Ltd (inactive)
This organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Grant-making foundations
H10
UK Charity Activity Tags
These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.
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Environment
EN» Conservation and sustainabilityEN102
Theme (CCEW)
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Environment/conservation/heritage
112
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
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The General Public/mankind
207
Activities (CCEW)
-
Provides Services
306 -
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
307
Scale of operation
- National
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-25 |
CIO registration |
|
| 2022-06-20 | 936,662 | 1,130,897 |
| 2023-03-31 | 683,053 | 655,243 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 14 | 13 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | - | - |
| Volunteers | 262 | 179 |
| Trustees | 9 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
Statement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 27.5 | - |
| Legacies | - | - |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 27.5 | - |
| Income from charitable activities | 652.8 | 936.1 |
| Income from other trading activities | - | - |
| Income from investments | 2.7 | 0.5 |
| Other income | - | - |
| Total | 683.1 | 936.7 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | - | - |
| Other spending on raising funds | - | - |
| Spending on raising funds | - | - |
| Grants to institutions | - | - |
| Other charitable activities | 655.2 | 1,130.9 |
| Charitable activities | 655.2 | 1,130.9 |
| Other spending | - | - |
| Total | 655.2 | 1,130.9 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | 27.8 | (194.2) |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | - | - |
| Investment assets | - | - |
| - | - | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | - |
| Cash | 614.9 | 840.4 |
| Other current assets | 244.1 | - |
| 859.0 | 840.4 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (474.8) | (484.0) |
| Net current assets | 384.2 | 356.4 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 384.2 | 356.4 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | - | - |
| Net assets | 384.2 | 356.4 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | 52.8 | 221.8 |
| Unrestricted funds | 331.5 | 134.7 |
| 384.2 | 356.4 | |
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Contracts with government | ||
| None recorded | ||
| Government grants | ||
| Income from government grants | 158,170 | 140,760 |
| Government grants as % of total income | 23.2% | 15.0% |
| Number of government grants | 10 | 6 |
Received 58 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water Environment Improvement Fund - Catchment Based Approach National Support Group (CaBA NSG) 2022-2025 |
£15,000 | WEIF4201 22/23-Lower Mersey | ||
|
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water Environment Improvement Fund - Catchment Based Approach National Support Group (CaBA NSG) 2022-2025 |
£15,000 | WEIF301 22/23-Alt/Crossens | ||
|
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water Environment Improvement Fund - Catchment Based Approach National Support Group (CaBA NSG) 2022-2025 |
£15,000 | WEIF8502 22/23-Upper Mersey | ||
|
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Catchment Partnership Grant (CPG) - Water Environment Improvement Fund 2022-2025 |
£70,950 | PGW 0857-CF1997-Upper Weaver Water Friendly Farming ***ADV to be checked*** | ||
|
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Catchment Partnership Grant (CPG) - Water Environment Improvement Fund 2022-2025 |
£32,845 | PGW 0898-CF1960-Fairywell Baguley***Adv 25%*** | ||
|
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Catchment Partnership Grant (CPG) - Water Environment Improvement Fund 2022-2025 |
£47,340 | PGW 0847-CF1951-Upper Alt Water Quality | ||
|
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Catchment Partnership Grant (CPG) - Water Environment Improvement Fund 2022-2025 |
£24,892 | PGW 0907-CF1949-Moston Brook | ||
|
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Catchment Partnership Grant (CPG) - Water Environment Improvement Fund 2022-2025 |
£12,500 | ART 0001-CF1893-Bollin WMPs 2223 | ||
|
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Catchment Partnership Grant (CPG) - Water Environment Improvement Fund 2022-2025 |
£10,875 | PGW 0885-CF1853-Micker Brook | ||
|
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Catchment Partnership Grant (CPG) - Water Environment Improvement Fund 2022-2025 |
£6,750 | PGW 0899-CF1837-Gas House Weir Removal ***Adv 25%*** |
Data source
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