# WEST CUMBRIA RIVERS TRUST LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1142396
- **Other names:** DERWENT RIVERS TRUST LIMITED
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** June 14, 2011
- **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=1142396


## Contact

- **Address:** Keswick Convention Centre, Skiddaw Street, Keswick
- **Postcode:** CA12 4BY
- **Phone:** 01768775429
- **Email:** info@westcumbriariverstrust.org
- **Website:** www.westcumbriariverstrust.org/



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE: - (1) TO CONSERVE, PROTECT, REHABILITATE AND IMPROVE THE RIVERS, STREAMS, WATERCOURSES AND WATER IMPOUNDMENTS OF THE CATCHMENTS COMPRISING THE RIVERS ANNAS, CALDER, DERWENT, ELLEN, EHEN, IRT, MITE, ESK, WAVER AND WHAMPOOL TOGETHER WITH ANY AND ALL SMALLER BACKS AND STREAMS NOT SPECIFICALLY NAMED HERE WHICH FLOW DIRECTLY TO THE SEA WITHIN AND AROUND THE GENERAL GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF THE ABOVE NAMED RIVERS ALL IN CUMBRIA INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE FOLLOWING LAKES: DERWENT WATER, BASSENTHWAITE LAKE, THIRLMERE, CRUMMOCK WATER, BUTTERMERE, LOWESWATER, ENNERDALE AND WAST WATER (TOGETHER WITH EACH AND EVERY TARN AND SMALL LAKE) AND INCLUDING THE ESTUARIES OF ALL SUCH RIVERS AND THE ADJACENT ESTUARINE AND COASTAL AREAS THERETO AND TO DO LIKEWISE WITH REGARD TO SUCH OTHER RIVER CATCHMENTS IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA CURRENTLY CONSTITUTED BY THE COUNTY OF CUMBRIA AS DETERMINED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE TRUSTEES. FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR IMPROVEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. (2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, OR ANY ASSOCIATION, INSTITUTION, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION, COMPANY, LOCAL AUTHORITY, ADMINISTRATIVE OR GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR PUBLIC BODY OR REPRESENTATIVE BODY IN: - (A) THE UNDERSTANDING, MANAGEMENT AND USES FOR ALL LAWFUL PURPOSES OF RIVERS, RIVER CORRIDORS AND RIVER CATCHMENTS, INCLUDING THEIR FAUNA, FLORA, BIODIVERSITY, ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL ACTIVITY, AND RIVER CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT. (B) THE NEED FOR, AND BENEFITS OF CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS.

**Activities:** To deliver environmental projects for the public benefit 'on the ground' in keeping with the 'wet feet' tradition of rivers trusts across England and Wales.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Cumbria



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £2487258 | £2294516 | £1475275 | 27 |
| March 31, 2024 | £1421884 | £1281407 | £1283152 | 25 |
| March 31, 2023 | £1718575 | £1516428 | £1146806 | 17 |
| March 31, 2022 | £1458454 | £1409315 | £941582 | 16 |
| March 31, 2021 | £2625121 | £2407912 | £892443 | 16 |



## Trustees

- Aemilia Ruth Gaussen McCooey — appointed May 23, 2022
- DAVID JOHN MAGRATH — appointed July 29, 2011
- Helen Baker — appointed Jan. 16, 2023
- James Turner — appointed June 9, 2025
- Patricia Dunlop — appointed March 11, 2019
- Ross Hayman — appointed Nov. 25, 2019