# DON CATCHMENT RIVERS TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1134414
- **Other names:** DCRT
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Feb. 22, 2010
- **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=1134414


## Contact

- **Address:** 303 LYDGATE LANE, SHEFFIELD
- **Postcode:** S10 5FR
- **Phone:** 01142685422
- **Email:** david.rowley@dcrt.org.uk
- **Website:** http://www.dcrt.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (A) UNDERTAKE, ADVISE UPON, CREATE, CONSERVE AND SUPPORT USE, MANAGEMENT,CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, REHABILITATION, IMPROVEMENT OF AND COMMUNITY BENEFITSFROM THE RIVERS, STREAMS, WATERCOURSES, WATER IMPOUNDMENT'S AND OTHER AQUATICENVIRONMENTS OF THE CATCHMENTS COMPRISING THE RIVERS DON, ROTHER AND DEARNE'INCLUDING THEIR TRIBUTARIES AND ADJACENT ESTUARINE AND COASTAL AREAS(B) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, OR ANY ASSOCIATION, CHARITY, LOCAL AUTHORITY,ADMINISTRATIVE OR GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR PUBLIC BODY OR REPRESENTATIVE BODY IN,(1) THE UNDERSTANDING OF RIVERS, RIVER CORRIDORS AND CATCHMENTS, INCLUDING THEIRFAUNA, FLORA AND ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL ACTIVITY, AND RIVER CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT,(2) THE NEED FOR, AND BENEFITS OF, CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, REHABILITATION ANDIMPROVEMENT OF AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS, AND(3) THE BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY OF EFFECTIVE AND COMPETENT MANAGEMENTAND USE OF RIVER CATCHMENTS

**Activities:** The Trust was formed to promote good practice in the conservation and improvement to the habitats of the rivers, wetlands and water bodies within the catchments of the rivers Don, Rother and Dearne.

**Area of benefit:** THE RIVERS DON, ROTHER AND DEARNE'




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Barnsley
- Derbyshire
- Doncaster
- Rotherham
- Sheffield City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | £623375 | £625845 | £263750 | 13 |
| June 30, 2024 | £649260 | £755350 | £398828 | 13 |
| June 30, 2023 | £649260 | £755350 | £398828 | 10 |
| June 30, 2022 | £857361 | £535156 | £775901 | 10 |
| June 30, 2021 | £481670 | £367555 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **DAVID WILLIAM ROWLEY** (Chair)
- Andrew James Newton — appointed June 1, 2015
- CHRISTOPHER JOHN FIRTH MBE
- Carys Hutton — appointed Feb. 1, 2019
- Dr Paul Nicholas Gaskell — appointed April 1, 2019
- Dr William Brown — appointed June 1, 2015
- Peter Worrall — appointed June 1, 2015
- Robert Sedgwick — appointed June 1, 2015
- Simon Paul Firth — appointed Feb. 15, 2022