# WESSEX RIVERS TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1130991
- **Other names:** WESSEX CHALK STREAM AND RIVERS TRUST, WESSEX CHALKSTREAM AND RIVERS TRUST, WCSRT
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Aug. 6, 2009
- **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=1130991


## Contact

- **Address:** The Granary, Phillips Lane, Stratford Sub Castle, SALISBURY, Wiltshire
- **Postcode:** SP1 3YR
- **Phone:** 01722654253
- **Email:** info@wessexrt.org.uk
- **Website:** www.wessexrt.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE:(A)  TO CONSERVE, PROTECT, REHABILITATE AND IMPROVE THE RIVERS, STREAMS, WATERCOURSES AND WATER IMPOUNDMENTS OF THE CATCHMENTS COMPRISING THE RIVERS OF HAMPSHIRE, ISLE OF WIGHT, WILTSHIRE AND DORSET, INCLUDING ADJACENT ESTUARIAL AND COASTAL AREAS.(B)  TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, OR ANY ASSOCIATION, COMPANY, LOCAL AUTHORITY, ADMINISTRATIVE OR GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR PUBLIC BODY OR REPRESENTATIVE BODY IN:(1)  THE UNDERSTANDING OF RIVERS, RIVER CORRIDORS AND CATCHMENTS, INCLUDING THEIR FAUNA, FLORA AND ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL ACTIVITY, AND RIVER CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT.(2) THE NEED FOR, AND BENEFITS OF, CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS.

**Activities:** We are continuing to work to establish the charity with the objectives as set out below: environmental, educational and scientific.

**Area of benefit:** HAMPSHIRE, WILTSHIRE AND DORSET




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Dorset
- Hampshire
- Isle Of Wight
- Wiltshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | £1791401 | £1199688 | £1220918 | 20 |
| June 30, 2024 | £1334086 | £1135533 | £629205 | 19 |
| June 30, 2023 | £1532018 | £1449383 | £430652 | 14 |
| June 30, 2022 | £1226454 | £1247074 | £348017 | 14 |
| June 30, 2021 | £751761 | £630449 | £368637 | 10 |



## Trustees

- **Joanna Baldwin** (Chair) — appointed April 20, 2026
- ALEXANDER NICHOLAS JOHN BARING — appointed March 20, 2013
- FIONA BOWLES — appointed Oct. 20, 2014
- GARY JONATHAN MANTLE
- GEORGE EDWARD SPENCER SELIGMAN — appointed March 20, 2013
- Giles Marshall Hallam Mills — appointed May 31, 2018
- Jeremy Dunn — appointed May 9, 2024
- Jessica Brown — appointed April 20, 2020
- Jonathan Durrant — appointed Feb. 6, 2024
- Philip Sidney Leonard — appointed May 4, 2023
- RAYMOND DUNCAN BORRAS
- RODERICK GEORGE BALFOUR PARKER — appointed March 20, 2013
- Timothy John Sykes — appointed May 4, 2023