# OUSE & ADUR RIVERS TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1082447
- **Other names:** SUSSEX OUSE CONSERVATION SOCIETY ( S O C S ), SOCS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 16, 2000
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1082447


## Contact

- **Address:** Unit 4, High Cross Farm, Henfield Road,Albourne, HASSOCKS, West Sussex
- **Postcode:** BN6 9JH
- **Phone:** 01273 921040
- **Email:** info@oart.org.uk
- **Website:** www.oart.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** I. TO CONSERVE, PROTECT, RESTORE AND IMPROVE THE RIVERS, STREAMS AND OTHER WATER BODIES OF THE SUSSEX OUSE AND ADUR CATCHMENTS AND OTHER RIVERS, TRIBUTARIES AND WATER BODIES IN SUSSEX AND ELSEWHERE WHERE DEEMED APPROPRIATE.II. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE MANAGEMENT OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, CONSERVATION, REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT AND IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF RIVERS, THEIR BASINS AND ECOLOGY.

**Activities:** The Trust aims to conserve and improve the rivers, streams and other waterbodies of the Sussex Ouse and Adur catchments, and elsewhere as deemed appropriate in the Environment Agency's South East region, for the advancement of environmental protection or improvement for the benefit of the public, including through education and participation in research and a range of appropriate projects.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE EAST SUSSEX




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- East Sussex
- West Sussex



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £433921 | £429721 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £277196 | £260554 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £380770 | £350250 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £462568 | £418388 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £332443 | £330110 | — | — |



## Trustees

- DAVID RICHARD BROWN — appointed April 4, 2014
- Dr James Edward Ebdon — appointed April 22, 2015
- Lydia Burgess-Gamble — appointed Jan. 27, 2025
- Philip Stephen Evans — appointed April 24, 2019
- ROBIN JOHN AKERS — appointed April 4, 2014
- Roderick George Yuill — appointed Sept. 21, 2022
- Ruth Alexandra Wallis — appointed Jan. 31, 2024
- Simon Turner — appointed Dec. 5, 2017