i￿G￿D co]WPANY th￿&16y8 (ED%lattd xudlVale51
JiEGt8TEIIED CILIRITY NIIMBER: 1147477
CHARiri
COMMISSION
THE YEAR ENDED31 MARCU21J25
TS
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15ri81
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8 10 17

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TrUST
ARUN ANDROYHER
TRUST
REP.ORTOF THETRU&TEES
FOR THL YURETrifJED 31 MARC11242S
The tLWSte¢& wkn akn 4iiL*tots cfwkty forthe of th¢ CornpartirF& A¢120(kQ PEEgo]rt tknetr IBPOri with
ftO2llcial Df ihe Gbarity fv the ￿￿[ ended 31 Marth 2025. The Inith adopS¢d tl)* provisio￿
Reportity by Charities.. Slat¢1(*￿ of ReCOn￿}ended applicablo lo eltsrities pr¢patri￿￿ th¢J'r
t￿4n￿ iti acL￿d&￿' with th¢ FJw¥itEI RtportiDg Sf2ndard atvli¢abl¢ iti tbtsilK ar¥1 Repthlio of Ite]alld (Fas 102)
(¥kTt¢ti¥B l Jauuaty2&19).
Obj¢dive5 aims
obJ"L*t of the rlthily is to ¢OQ5erve. protect. and illJPLxbtre the ii*¢F4 aivl %{reall￿ of th¥ ALun ThPL%fem
Rolbu (Etchmeuts oth£¥ Tiverg and tribu￿IL's s￿sSeX ¥l$6vxbcr¢ the EttYtronts)eAt A8eULy'$ Easl
regioL 'IILe ¢lMity also io atfvaBce the of the Dubli¢ NRkt o&T.ofwisdtirnts ih ￿n(krStanding the rÉY
ysths andtha￿e*d1orjI9
Publl¢lJ¢nofit
Th¢ tLUSteL°s paid dtr TrsaTd to T]w Charity Conm?is%ioll& gumtatr pvblt¢ The 4ctiTritiqs of the
vaJce & L￿virO￿￿￿e￿OI P547trctioJJ oftbe IiV¢L ¢archmollt of die Anm w￿WaSte￿ LU)th¥r riveA It algo the
Ed￿ation uf tlt w)blic .a[￿ all tirgaDysatioMs in the underssÈtiditig 4rf tiver& thotr eatchn*rts iwludiog Ih¢ir
fiTilY4 flLf4 bio-dyvwiiy> XOn(Trmi¢ or social activtty and the nted lor b£llefitg of yrotedlon.
Charithble*ctiiqtses
The d¢tiiled WDrÈ is as an apFn&'z hF tlre 4tttx)wJtr #t& out in detaa the clwitabjo athiyitits
idttlthBiuthEp¢r&)dntt&tgevw.
FllqAf4CIALREVIEW
Fillbwcithl positi
Ihiing the p*iod gTWkts totslllog £310.256 (2024 . £283,743) of Thkn"cl1 £303,256 tyetc trstr(e*d ID )]ature £1.￿10
werRwJre$trict2d Wer¢T￿e1ve4l.
A st%LpIos UJllYstri¢t¢d of£l.U53 [21124 . Defi¢il£6.Y72) wa8 4ch2eFwJ <knAog ye4ralld thislw5 t¢¢41 aad
to tli¢re8av¢s btDughtfoThvrdof £5Q.800fj> leav#£51.853 to be¢aÉfiLNI
Res¢rws prf&,y
li is tke poliey offb¢ to maint￿ll the res(rn 0£ the trllsl al a l¢Fel kn pravidfr sthi¢nt fi]llds *> tover
As at 31st Thlarth 21)25 trjtst had fgRd$ D££407,J49 (2o24,£AI1,6￿o) rfvA]idK£555,296 <2024 £380,841} w¢ro CF
Trwore%triotedrcstrves at31sthlErcb202S,llth represented byfrgd wett£4A196 (2024£45,262).
8TRUCTURE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMEfiT
do¢umEllÉ
the ehorÉty is wutrolkd ty its d￿Tio& thè a￿1 Atiiol&s ofAssootatiott dated 13th Nov¢n)b¢r
2011. afjdcol￿11t￿teSi11￿ltÈd cojllpany.i1￿ébyg￿￿t, deliti￿{ lyi￿ Ciwipffji48 A¢t2iKy6.
Ott tho 9th S4)iembèr 2024 the ¢lyatity Ch￿ its Jtst¥Le fro￿ The Ar1￿ aod Rother R￿eE& Trn9t tr We8tsllts Sbss¢X
River&TrnsL
tha￿J robsdtuti
Tikoconwyw* i¥gT$t&das & clJ2Eityiwithlhe CJraTityCotiwsgionon2&tb May 2011
Rerru5tfft¢D*and aypo1titBtr￿ tTusfL*
Tr&5#tes¥re appoillt￿6Y thoBDOtd yti ¥cco[da￿e vothtlL¢ attdATtidesof A5MKkati07L
h8¢1

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ES
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REFERENCE AND ADMNWRATIVE DETAILS
R4istek*dC*Jwny number
(17853698 (E4g1a}￿attdW￿￿s)
R4istCTod ChaTity nurn1￿r
1.147477
Rcgistsred offiee
YaTd
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Pulb(Yougk
WÉEI Susge
CBaket
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D A GLr¢n
XS CT(K￿ (T¢siwivI 14.10.25)
ARL* (rtsi8ryed28.11.25)
SMaded<appoittted 7.5.24)
D Jts]Jtsg)A(aFPQUrted 22.9￿}
llldepelldent ￿￿￿1met
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FI CRT Litnited
1&t 24 WetliWoJll&Cou
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BNI 6tD
STATE￿NT OF IliUStEEST RESPONSIBILITIES
The tsU&￿ts (who ar¢ 4]so tbe dittetots of We*m StWJL kivoD4 fot PU4MJ$C* of law) or¢
4wiblc POE pryatRllS the Report Dlthe TTUStLY3 aad the fioan¢i?l st3¢¢meMts i• atcordallce with appltcabk law
U￿ted￿]ng￿0thAreOl￿itiJs.Stan￿ardS <UDitedKing&)M GLYwlly Ac£eF¢dAccrrtthiingPraclic£).
L.0￿palLY idw re4￿1¥¢￿. the trrtcs lopwyo s(atwnEnts foE each ￿￿&￿e￿at which give a truL and fair view
of tkc 8tate Df affai.T5 of thE cjwithlt rompally alld of rtsou￿￿ and 4Vhcati￿ of E¢SOWCES, indudll
the ￿£x>W4 and expknditute, of dktitsbl¢ that pqio¢L h PIZ￿1￿ tIxJ5e fwial sftatewettts, the
IL¥t¢￿ atgteqllked.tts
S#kctsuitsbk￿￿¢1)VnÉ￿tigpo11¢ACb thvn apptythem Cobsi￿￿y.
ob￿¢ thethethods attdprin¢iplv3 thth¢ChoritySOKF;
. And estiitiate¥ th￿. ftWIets￿btc andpffudffjt.
]Mppm the on the EOiti8 <0￿¢￿ bA5ts U])lokn it is tlldpptt>priatp (b pKesumty th&t the 01￿}t￿le
eoJWyWtllcontIn￿e jub￿￿￿eg8.
Tho iTUSt¢es are ff8pDngibk fork¢¢piD8 prop¢r ￿n￿ltIng Trwrds whidk disdosE with t<aBollabk at ar4y timE
the fiDancial position of thecharÈi2b!e ¢un]patky ￿ld lo ￿b￿ tlwh kn e)wtr¢ that staiemcnts cv￿pfy ￿31￿
7ho Act 2ts06. They IPSE￿sIb[e ts sateguardtng th2 assets Df the thatitsble ¢Dmpany and t.or
taknngrewnabk steps fot tbe prev¢ThtioTranddei&fkon oEfraudAlld oih¢r Ir¥egul￿lI1es.

WEST£RF4 SUSSE
FORMiLY
TRUST
REPO
FOR THE ITÉIR £NDKD 31 ThL4RC112025
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ISREPORTTO
STE
SU&SEXRIVERS T
USIEES OF
lttdcpendent ex*mitter'$r2prtfvth¢ (rméeuof We&*ernsuis￿R£¥eThT￿￿ (Yh¢ Comp#ny')
Irwito the¢ha¥ityltosLt&40hJllyeX*irtidatioD o£the*¢outtts ofthtCoJ))panyfortbeyor oTknkd31 Marth2025.
Rt$P&&5￿vI1ti¢S #tt¢J baw gf wiwt
As Ib¥ clMriW5 tru8tees ot thecotspty (aAd aLw its dwtots fw fJKnufpa4es of e(wtty hw) yDll #T¢ reSp(￿SIb￿ for
thEpryt￿ of ac¢wiiy JllacGtknwith Iherequir¢m¥it&tsf tbeLom3Jani¢s A4 20Q6llhe 2006A£*).
tlaviag sa*isfkd ffiy%sIf thqt ￿ ¥cc<iJ]Trts of the Company nrfjt requirgdto IE a￿[1*¢a imderPart 16 otthè 2(M>& A¢t
ar¢ digible for itidcpk*dtut ￿E￿i￿all￿, I report io fttspEEt of rny of your charityg awounts as ¢4ttied
KMRt uudeT Sw¢xou L45 of thc Cbuitie5 Act 201.1 Ohe 2011 Arf). In ¢anyin8 Out my 0¥all]i￿akn I knvt fol]ow¢d fhe
Diit¢ttOk5 gil'¢￿ by tht tharityLomtvi$siots uThJet S¢¢tiots 145(S) O)) ot tbt21)11 Aa.
Sinc¢ y(nw ¢hatiry'S ]￿lle erf<eed￿ £25n,IXIO your CX&￿I￿rr Jnust a membtr of a listtyt bo(ty.. I
at I m qualified w wid¢rtake the beLkwe l a ts¢rnber of th¢ T￿￿11￿1? of A(x(Huthts i
E])Elalld*ndWal￿￿￿i£h1s oneof j1fftdlx￿Et5.
l. ktve eojtylded my eKao)iqation. r r￿Lfi￿n that no Jrths Im gome. kn ]Ly ixt c.On￿l￿1 with lh¢
exathi￿ti[￿ ts>helicv¢.'
actouth￿£wda￿Sr Wtkept in ￿￿Pect oELbe Conwallyasytquu￿lby Seclu)￿ 386or&e 2[￿ ALi or
the aGwuBts d0llQtar(¥)tdwli h tho5Em*on1￿, o
the acGLAuts do not cowty wlth & f*toJthttO8 ye4u1￿￿￿￿ts bf Seclioji 396 of the 2006 A¢t Ot7￿ thaL atsy
uirwent tknt the accoknt8 8iVe ts knLtr far view is noi. a tha1t￿. coJwd¢ted ?&wtof an itid¢pcsu]¢nt
the aw0￿lts. ]Javc llot becll PTep4rtil IE Wkith th¢ mEdith and pl￿]pk5 0£
I£#cOll￿1￿￿ed Pwli¢¢ f(* aLWUnting r¢pottw¥ by chattties {applicable ￿ ￿￿111<& PLYP3f7Dy thEir ?wJLmts
ittatto¥dthce witknlh¢ Finowiol Liepxting Siatséj￿aPpl1Qablc in tlJCULaudRLp￿￿￿lC ofhtlalla(VRS 102)}.
I knv¢mo ¢okEekm8 Alld have cojlle acro%% Jto mRtteL5 in C¢)Ill￿ witb tltr L*Lllinati¢)u to wknch 4tknttiotL sh￿￿a
p&athxtothisT¢P(Ktin oft(&trenAbk Aptop¥lldeTstallfiu¥vfthe a¢iwttt¥ Ao
C￿￿topheTROl￿rtTYl¢FFe￿rK￿￿ FCIE
FI CRTLimit¥d
t24WelliWJwCatht
Laine Close
Brighto
East
INI 61D
Dat¢: .Z
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FOR ThE YLAR KNDED31 MARCH 2025
2025
Tolal
UJT¢5triL*ed
RcstrictEd
INCO￿ AND ENDOWbJETr4TstrROM
Y)342
1.074
Charlt*ble*i*lrttl'(*
303.256
283J43
99
19J.l2
3(H,385
323,697
284516
EXPENDrruR4 ON
Cbtk(obltaclivtti
65.966
344189
254.159
TrIET INCDMEI(EXPENDIT15RE}
(46.654)
22,162
(24.492)
3QJ57
TrnDsf¢r&b¢¢weew
1.955
(75,545)
(24.492>
30357
REcONCI￿TION OFF11Tr4DS
T4JtalfUn&bro￿b{ forward
511.800
380,841
431.641
401.285
IYTAL viJNiig CAIiKIKD FORWARD
51.853
355,296
41J7,E49
431.642
The nt*¢sfonnpartofth&*fj￿ancl&l 5takttTht&
Pdg¢ 5

STERN SUSSEX
TRUST
RMELY ARUN ANDROTHER
TRUST
CE SHEET
31 MARCH 21125
2024
LT￿tE￿tea Re￿1¢1?1
fiwds
Total
nXTD A&8ETS
12
5ffi57
13
4,590
62,974
4.590
420,947
49.709
3ty6,3117
qhat bank
3S7,973
67.564
357973
446,016
CREDITORS
A￿￿U￿t$￿alI1nsd￿Tri￿illonSYefir
14
1.-I69)
{1676)
(24.045)
119.912)
CURRELYtASSETS
46,195
355297
401.492
426,104
TOTAL A&SflS LESS ¢itkREtoi
51,852
355.2￿7
407.149
431.642
ASSETS
$1,852
407.149
431,642
15
51,8J2
355297
380W2
7,14
431,642
The ¢b8JithbIe ¢ompaEty is elltsll¢d *y frmi oudit S¢(*iott 477 tsf th¥ Cowat]ies A£t 2[￿ for & yea
en(led31 M￿2￿25_
Th¢ memlMs ]Mv¢ not rewjred tbv (*)wy lo obtsill an aullit of it8 fmaA¢ial for the year £￿{￿d.
31 Mat¢h2025 in ￿￿ord￿￿e￿WIth S*tion476 of tho Comp&tiiaq Ad2iXI6.
ThvtrtLStttt ackoowledge lkniiresp(thi]Rties for
{a)
*ki thE ch21itable ¢oJnpany keeps a¢¢wttt£Dg teeottl& tha.t comply Trith S¢¢tions 356 ojtsl 387 of the
CowantesAcL21M>Gand
(b) pJEpariTrE financial stxtsmettts whichsive a ITh¢ and kir vitw of rho th of ¥tf12iT$ Otth¢ a#
t of. eaLIL sT￿r ot its wlus OT defieit for each fill#ttcial year a¢cotdao¢e with the
(PJ]M￿ts rf Sedions 394 and 395 and which oth￿iS¢ eompty MiÉhthe Tequiremellts oftb¢ Lon4)titia￿ Act
21N)6 F￿$￿￿1?[$t&E￿e￿rfE￿fi￿ as app]icab]e kn *he¢Tr%rfable compaThy.
Thenrfe&fornipattofthes¢
0£￿tinUe(l..

YTBE ARUN
TRUST
BALANCE ti
31 MARCH 2(Tr2J
These fillattci21 statwts ]]8ve been weparod ifj wilh the wvi$itsDS Mpplicable tty &knitable coi)Pllit
siifyecttothe*#all ¢onwaJtsTegiu*e.
ial were llppm￿d by Olè Ik>ard of TnMe¢$ attd foF i88ll¢ O
.. siw￿d￿nitsbC￿aIfbY.
Then(w foll￿part of finonciAI stat￿￿ts
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strssEXRIVERS
YTHE ARIJ]Y Af4D ROTHER
NOTESTO THtViNANCIALST
FOR THEYEAREI4DED 31 MARCH 2Q25
AccouffflNGA>ueffs
Bos18 ofpreparkn¥ th¢ $latomevts
The fithamcial s*alety¢nts oFthe clwitd)le L%)tD￿y. which 3s e ptsb]iG Iwi¥fit ethty FRSIOI bty¥
tryar¢d with1￿ Ckntties s￿RP (FRSI02) 'Aceom)tiug old Rqyortoig byCharitie&'. Stfttetllettt of
Rec1￿￿ Practice a￿lI￿ab￿ to ¢lwitie5 tkir a¢￿￿ttr with the Finatithdl R¢p￿trus SlaTh7aTd
zppIic8blt iTL the UK *nd KepDbtic of ttLlatrJ (FIL8102) (eare¢tive l Ja¥wy 20191,, Financial R¢EM)rttllg
staT￿L7rd FRSllll lThe Finanoiol Rq￿￿tiO8 Statt&¥d applicthle Tn tbe iIK wa R£public of Ir¢land' aNi the
Jttpauits 4Gt200& ]?* kiuanEt812*a1tsn￿h&V¢berttEwareathd*th￿h1￿knIl¢a1Qo<LY)￿vC1*(io
lkn arè p¥epar¢d ittstrtling. which is th¢ GIu7rr44 of thEt])arity. Mottekny anwwls, ia thegty
fi￿a￿CLOs stat#￿entS￿[cro￿￿￿tOtheut4TCStl.
(wsteesl<&ectol.4 tonsidef that Ul tttathrikl Al￿￿*￿￿ fjbility to eoolimr
agoitigconcom.
Grath8 r4¢thgNised OA an #(rnls basis. accoDEtcd £orinièlatDts io dte ￿N￿'t th&t iheyTdate. Where grdmy
have beets 1ocoiveLI fot ¢apitsl 31em8 the totsl g¥?nl ha& betll dIsck)￿d iti thv SOFA aud, d¢pt&yatithl, in
aetotdatte with the pèli¢its. has cbafged against thot illtOBLe eAtitnatd ￿8*￿
e¢ottomÉe life of tbe a$￿t. Wher¢ sranls are rLteivol the year E5NI¢T r¢vievi butrektro to tslthr th¢
am(R5nli5 drferr¢dunderGr0tySi￿AdVI￿￿￿tbe]I￿1ajc¢ Sh¢d.
Other
All other resDllrcts are ir(GI￿a£d the StattTnfflt rfFinanciD] Activiti￿ whL7A lh¢ charity És Icgdly
£tttitledtothe tnoj1ne￿￿thEamOUfit is deknea utth ￿lts iELAth•Dge inth2 BMlanceSli¢Et.
E￿e11dlti￿
All ¢xpvnth"IuL¥ is #CL￿ ots #tt aL¥tuals (ill¢hdiuB IT[￿&bk VAD alld ha8 b¢en ¥F05yifwd
nderJher¢l¢v8Jltlttadillgs.
.Ct￿rAth comptisos those tosts In¢￿tred by the cknty itt the delivdy of i18 aeiAVitièS
g￿Vice* for it& benefi¢l￿les. Il both oosfs tbai IK .&tctly 10 such adiviti¢y
('3)tsupport xoclu(le irkcJJrycd i1￿ the 8oyetnan¢p of oharity aad its &4ets alld are priynarily
SSt)ciakdNryth ￿n￿ltUtional￿ stakn4tf)ryr>wiEwicll
Taryiblpfixed wse*s
Ta￿1)It P￿ta 435*ts statEd at Lt)sÈ It￿ dwi*(OJL IkpEcIa1￿jry ts provtdrd 4)thr to MFiite off Vach
asset ovtT zts estityatLdT5efiEilife.
c.o￿v￿1¢r. eqwpjlleut: 2Wo ollcost
[￿ll1￿£S 25Yfj CqLVOSt
T¥xalio
The charily 18 ¢Ona31knd to tE818 S¢t o)Jt in I Sthq(]uA¢ 6 AQL 3)10 ts¢f0re il
meets lkn dgfit]itK)n of 4 wmplmy f￿ UK Airti￿￿ty Ebt ¢harity i&
r*)*niially exewpt t&Y*ion in reSp￿t of ond tsoeiv￿ ¢atrgOri￿ wver2d by L1aa]kn 3
Part 11 Cory0ra￿tt Tax Ad 20LO or Section 256 of the T&Y2fioL of ¢that¥ubl¢ Gaw Aot 1992, to ts exlffltr.
tlwt S￿¢b inLMY)i¢or8awg ateapp]i¢d exeMsiFelyto eh9ritpb1epi￿YOSty.
Pag¢ 8

TRLST
IqoTES TO ThE
FOXTHL YEAR
¥kJI0￿1[
D31 I￿RCI1201
ACCOTIMCPOUCIKS. Co￿thIn￿d
Ufjr&Strict£%lfi￿dS£attbo used Ina￿Ord￿Wlt￿t￿e cha]itsbk.obiec1iv￿ the trw4tees.
R<strirted can olllybe used fr>rp¥fticulat rnstii¢t¢d pwpfsse9 Thuthittthe obie¢ls fjlthe clTr*ity. Rgsttictioll
&tise whettspecified by thedDJU)TDrkn thty&are rnised foE Particulariestrictedpuryok*S.
F1itth¢rcxpknat￿n0FthcJjaÉlly¢2U￿pWsLoEe￿cbfO]kn1J$jn¢TtsOEd È&l*llot¢gts) the fthtu￿¥aI $ttrtone]ts.
DOI¥ATIONS ANBIEGACIES
2025
DO￿tI0t*￿ILd￿B￿Ly￿5
13342
7.OQD
1.074
20J42
1,074
Gtallts ieL*ive¢ i]￿￿4£a ID thealx>v< ag eolknvs:
GeraIdhlickleth c1￿]￿ble Tmst
7.000
ESTMEf4TThCOME
99
coMEFROMCHARnABLE AcrIvriiE5
2025
2U24
303256
283343
Grallts receive￿ iJKLudedintkeaEAJv4 ate folknvs:
Bii8btfm & Hov¢ cty C￿[￿7
UJiL.1￿%￿lIIJis¥[1¢t CoL)n¢Jl
11930
203
s(¥,ioo
60.0
84,9411
648
11340
Fitt]oThth SthDol
DisttiGt C4ullcil
Kim Po￿]￿
TheR1v¢￿ Tnigt
SOuthbEnM￿Pa[1sheoUllcil
Sow&Dow]kAN￿IOn￿1PAlk
SouthemW*etSetyi¢é* Iott]ilod
bDiiedUttlitit&
4,W6
842
4,654
I￿.38&
303256
Pagè9

WESTERN SUSS
ARUN JIND ROThE
TRUST
S TO THE
FOR THE VEARENDED31 MARCH 2025
CIIARITABLE ACTtVlllEScosis
Dit¢ct
Costs (s&
)te 6)
Support
¢osts{geD
7)
Tofyb
80998
348,189
DIRECT cosfsoF CELIRITJIBLE ACThIIES
2ff25
2024
1.(4)0
78.962
6,940
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TO THE FDIAN
STAT
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3_1936
7Q567
(33936)
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(6274)
3Q63L
311357
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57.072.
341213
4111,285
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5Q798
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431.642
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7,270
4,136
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1283
11,406
11689
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320
321
1693
3.698
3.01.1
4.019
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7.032
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5.0.15
5.657
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4,577
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450
2.676
35,100
13.145
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4,59D
49.709
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TRUST
FOR THE YEARLYDED31 MARCH2
I& cRED￿(*￿s1 AM0iTNfsYALLINCDUEwma￿4 07Q ISAR
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8.(>71
5,151
lJ49
3,250
688
13.145
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25,713
(3J27)
359
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(3.030)
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56,580
255,337
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[2.737)
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(2.676)
18.438
61
18.438
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1.413
6,775
(1499)
54.819
33278
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(968)
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(4.6751
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20,074
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21,Dg3
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9,955
(3,914)
(1,996)
5,510
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22.163
(47.7117)
353,297
(24.492)
407.149
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VOR THE y£AREh￿ED31 MaRCH2025
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10,485
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(40,208)
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37.616
11,232
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54.434
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2,927
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(617)
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(1,?94)
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380.542
401285
30357
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Pase 17

Wc8tcrn Susscx
Rivcrs 'l"riist
Annual Report
2024-25

The Western Sussex Rlvcrs Trust (WSRT)
Annu21 Report 2024-2S
The Westorn Sussex Rivers TrLlSt (formerly known as tha Arun and Rother Rivers Trust)
is 8 member of the Rlvers Trust network in England 8nd Wales, one of 65 regional
Trusts supported by the national umbrella body Thé Rivers Trust.
The Western Sussex Rivers Trust IWSRT) covers the1600km catchment of the 'Arun
and Westem Streams. _ the Rivers Arun and Rother and the coastal streams which
feed Paghem end Chichester Harbours. WSRT works with farmers and landowners.
statutory agencies, anglers and other recreational users. community groups and NGOS.
By applying for funding, working in partnership and offerinÈ advice and practical
support we help promote local action to look after and to improve our rivors and their
associated riverscapes.
WSRT was formally launthed at a public event in Pulborough, Wpst Sussex. on15th
June 2011, under the name of the Arun and Rother Rivers Trust IARRT). when the ori
12 Trustees signed a Memorandurn of Understandin¢ and Articles of Association. A
was registered in EnÈl8nd & Wales as a Company Lirnited by Guarantee on18th
November 2011, Company Registration No: 7853698. It became a Charity when it
register6d with the Charty Commission for England and Walo6. entergd on thg Rggist9r
of Charities on 28th May 2012 88 Registered Charity No:1147477. ARRT'S Registered
Office is c/0 The Barlavington Estats Off ica. Dun¢ton Mill. Dye House Lane. Duncton.
Petworth, West Sussex GU28 OLF. On W December 2024 ARRT officially changed its
name to the Western Sussex Rlvers Trust.
inal
The Articles of Associatlon set out the Objects for which the Charfty is established:
(i) ro conserve, protec¢ restore and improve the rivers, stream4 and other
w8terbOd￿s of the Arun and Western Rother catchments and other rivers and
tributarie5 in Sussex andelsewhere in the EnvironmentAg8nGy's Southeastregion 8s
mayb6) deemedappropnale, for the advancement of en￿ronMenta/proteeti0n or
improyement for the benefit of the public.
f2} lo advancg the educafyon of the public, orony associafyon, institution, Voluntary
organisatson, companyi IoGal authority. administrative orgovernm8ntslagency orpublic
body orrepresontativ8 bodyin." _
lal The understanding of rivers. nver Gorridors andriv8r catchments. including th￿r
fauna, flora, biodivgrsity, econtyni¢ or social actiyity. and river catchment
management.
fbl The need for. andben&fyts of conservation. prot8cbon. rehabiftiation and
improvement of aquabc en￿ronrnl9nts.
WSRT is governed by its Trustees. who ara Members of the Company and constitute
the Board of Trustees of the Chartiy.

As et Sist March 2025, the Trustees of WSRT ware..
CPÈarlie Baker- Chairman
Nicholas Stewart Cross - Vice Ch911
Dave Brown
David Green
Andrew L
Sian MacLtrod
Davld Cooper
Tony Whltbread
Trusteé & Staff Changes
Trustee Changes
Trustee Resign8tlons:
Martin Willing- April 2024
trustee Appointments:
Si8n MacLeod - 30ib April 2024
Staff Changes
Qn 22nd April 2024 we welcomed Mandy PhyFFereon as our new Admin and Finance
Manager, replacing Tracy Thurlow who has moved to a new role as Pro"ect Manager.
We thank Tracy for all her work as Businass Maneger to the Trust. WSR¥ welcomod
Chloe Clarke on 9th September 2024 as Rother P&rtnership Coordinator, and on
November 2024 Kate Whitton joined WSRT as Chalk Stream Resilience Off icer for the
Lavant and Project Officer for the Aldlngbourne Rrfe.

Chairman's Report
2024-2025 marked a year of groyvth for WSRT. Led by Aimee Felus who joined us in
July 2023, now with the titte Of Chief Executive. the trust has been successful in project
development, fundralslng and in raising the profile of WSRT with the public and the
media.
Projects along the langth of tho Rother have been put under way under the banner of
the Rother Partnership. ably led by Chloe Clark and 888iSted by a mixture of staff.
Trustees and volunteers.
Citizen science has developed at a terrific rate under the guidance of Keir Smith and
the volunteers number over 200. Results of water quality testing are collated to form a
picture Of the heaFth or distress of the rivers. WSRT is now one of the most
accomplished Trusts in UK at undertaking cit12en science in this wav,
Aimee has developed her fundraising skills both with approaches to beneficent trusts
and to individuals. On one occasion a kind individual donated a fiva-figure sum
following 8ttendance at ong of Aimee's lectures about the activities of WSRT and the
conditions of the rivers and rifes. Concentration on core funds has produced very
gratifying results. However this success is but a start in the expansion that is naeded to
make a difference to oll the sufferinÈ watercourses in West Sussex.
WSRT Made a very successful intervention to stop Southern Water pumping untreated
sewage into the River Lavant via the village pond in East Dean. The Rlver L8vant is one
of our precious ch81k streams and through WSRT alerting the local media the water
company changed its practice and began to ro-line the pipes in the village instead. The
efforts of WSRT received coverage in the national pres&
WSR T will continue these efforts to save and presÈfve our rivers despite all the
obstacles thet we meet. Where rivers pass through built-up 8reas, there seems to be
an Irresistible urge for some mombers of the public to use them as dumping ground8
for waste material of many kinds. WSRT has developed teams to help people
understand the importance of clean rivers. through educational visits with schoo16 and
parish councils.
There Is a persistent battle against inv8sive non-native species etc. Therg is the
constant problem of pollution f rom sewage treatment works, which simply kills life
downstream for varied distances.
And....there is the ever-present Issue of abstraction to serve clean wster to the ever-
growlng housing estste. This ompties the aqulfers which feed the chalk stream8 in the
SourhwÈst of the counry and completely atters the balancg of nature in the aquatic
world. Many species can no longer exist successfully in our chalk streams as a result It
is vital that we can continue to campaign for these rivers to have their share of water
for them to live.

Rivers trusts across the18nd ap faced with similar problems. All of them Involve nature
coming 58cond to human greed. both personal and corporate. Clearly in areas of low
population such problems are lèss severe, but in th8 over-crowded Southeast they get
wor8e 8S the population grows 8nd, in some circles, nature gets less respect.
WSRT will continue the fight to restoro and rovivg our countryside and help farmers and
landowners In their attempts to seve the rivers of West Sussex.
Charlie Baker- WSRT Chalrman
Chief Executive's Report
Aldin
bourne Rrfe:
We recruited a dedicated stsff member to look 8fter the rife, who made great strides to
build re18tions with lendowners and concelve of projects on the rlfe, also implementing
several to tackle invasive nan-natives through volunteer days.
Arun & Western Streams Catchment P8rmershi
As hosts for the Arun and Western Streams Catchment Partnership we have continued
to faeilitate regular quartetly meetings as well as field wslts for the members of thè
partnership. We have Covered a broad range of topics in these meetings, and
engagement f orm partners has been excellenL
The new website has been completed, en excellent tool for existing and potential
partners and interested p8rties to find out about the work of the partnership.
A'weter in the Park. report and subsequent forum. convened by the South Downs
National Park Authority (SDNPA) brought representatives from all Catchment
Partnerships in the park together to share best practices and experiences and discuss
how we could collaborate more strategic811y. This was useful 8nd enlightening and will
be used to inform futurg direction of the partnership.
Dlscussions with key partners proved f ruitful with commitments for addltlonal staff
resource to be forthcoming. These new staff vvill be hosted by WSRT and recruited in
the next financial year.
Ambe.rsham:
The Ambersham Loop has continued to re-naturalise beautifully after water was
allowed back to flow through this previously cut off meander. The necessary
parmission wero secured. so WSRT is ready for removal of a sluice and full
reconnection of the meander once landowner permissions are in place.
CaSTCo:
Our CaSTCo (Catchment Systems Thinking Cooperativel project developed f urther,
with numbers of Rivgr Guardian volunteers growing significantly. regularly testing water

aiity on their local river. Our Cartographer map was embedded on our website and
owind ever growing dats points which can bo interrogated by any interested party.
We compiled additional high-level data and associatèd map outputs which will have
many useful applicatlons. developing River Health Scorecards which will be used to
rget interventions and track th8 health of our rivers over time.
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Our Demo+ soil health proiecL Soilsmart. worked with partners and farmers to co-
croate citiz&n science soil health testing. A suite of tssts were used. with results input
to an 8pp which will be used to monitor soil health over time. This approach was
broadened out to other citizen scientists with our new Soil Guardians programmo.
Both our work on solls and River Guardi8ns were disseminated via the national
CaSTCo project and beyond to conferences etc.

Stream Re
Chichester District Council approved our proposals for their support to fund two Chalk
Stream Resllience Off icers to work on the Ems. Hambrook and Lavant - thank you to
the council for their support.
As a result we wore able to increase our dedic8ted officer time, including recruiting a
new Chalk Stream Re8illence officer for the Lavant.
On the Ems projects were refined and progressed, Includlng commissloning a
feasibility study for river restoration and fish passage improvemer7ts. We continue to
be concerned by low flows resutting from abstraction and drought, and are worlang
with local groups 8nd national River Trust to increase 8w8reness of this issue and the
impact on the Ems in particular.
One the Lavant we begin to build positive relations with18ndowners, communities and
increasing our volunteers. We tendered for a feasibility study for river restoration on the
Lavant which will progress durlng the next year.
Downs to the Sea:
We were delighted to receive news that the SDNPA'S bid to the National Lottery
Heritage Fund was successful, allowing this project to mov8 into the implementation
phase.
We successfully recruited our two Water Champions who will work with community
groups, p8rish couhcils, schools and young people to engage them wlth our rivers and
take action to improve them. These new team members will join the team in the next
f inancial year.
eworth's Climate Resihent Pla
round:
This project is showcasing raingardens, climate adaptation and nature recovery in the
f Irst climate resilient playground in West Sussex. Landscape Architects completed
detailed designs, with school staff and students being involved through the design
process. Fun workshops engaged children with ecological surveys and baseline
monitorlng.
rm:
Thanks to seedcorn funding from Horsham District Council and landowner
contributions we were able to progress plans for this projed to restore a reach of the
Arun, including floodplain reconnection and investigation of restoring 8 paleochannel.
We liaised with neighbours and carried out important surveys and b8selining to better
inform the epproach.
Liss NFM:
We partnered with e member of the Selborne Landscape Partnership to deliver Natural
Flood Management in Empshott, thanks to Community Infrastiucture Levy funding from
the SoLrth Downs National Park Authority. Following hedge and tree planting completed

in early 2024. we worked with the landowner to create a series of ponds and scrapes to
capture run-off and incre8so biodiversity.
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Rother Partnershi
Thanks to partners SDNPA South Downs Trust, Southern Water and Chichester Distrtct
Coun¢il we recruited our Rother Partnership Coordinator. who began in earnest to
invigorate & wide partnership and begin key engagement work to collaboratively
develop the Rother Action plan, a shared vision and plan for improving the ecologic81
status of the Western Rother.
Sussex Black Po
lar:
This year's black poplar season was 8 great su¢¢ess with 650 trees planted. Thanks to
the South Downs Trust we were awarded a further grant of £10,000 from Trees for the
Downs to continue our work to bring Sussex Black Poplar trees back to our
riverscapes. We would also like to thank Dur partners Wakehurst Place, Kew, for their
support in growing the trees.
Fundr
isin
We have made good progrgss this year in securing grants from trusts and foundations,
and raising our profile to attract support from individual donors. We have received

siÈnificant investment from partner organisations, Both our project profile and cor
funds have grown significantly throughout the year a6 a result increasing our financial
stability.
Reserves
olic
Qur policy is to hold S months running costs in reserves. This year has seen WSRT in a
significant growth trajectory. and at year end we were below our target on reserves,
largely due to tho increase in National Insurance employer contributions and hi
her
costs of insurance, fuel and energy. The Board authorised this short-term dip o
reserves as part of 8 broader plan addressin¥ full*ost recovery in project budgets and
ursuin4 unrestricted Income. We have contsnued to gradually Inrrease our reserve5
y contributsng through full-COSt recovery. and through funders donatinÉ unrestricted
funding.
Risk management is controlled through our risk register and updated at oach Board
meeting. with significant risks discussed. including in project updates vi8 email or in
discussion with the Chair betrween Board meetings as tho need arises.
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Our targeted activities for the year 25-26 includ
As hosts, to continue to grow and diversify the Arun and Western Strgams
Catchment Partnership. including recruitment of 2 dedicat￿ officers to driva
forward pertnershlp projectr.
Increase volunteer activity, recruiting new volunteers. increasing our coverage
and offerlng a larger suite of activities for volunteers
C8STCo will move into the wrapping up and evaluation phase, with our priority
on securln
funds for die continuation of these posts. In partlcular the citizen
science/vo
untperirig strands.
Expand Soilsmart to new canchments and communities via partner
organisations.
Pro
ress plans for rivèr restoration and improvements to fish passage on our
cha
k streams, including detsileé design of three schemes.
Water Champions work to begin in schools. youth groups, community groups
and with parish councils.
Tender and beginning of phaged construction of Fittleworth Primary School's
climate reEilient playground
Continued dgvolopment of plans to restore the 'Lost River of Hope Farm,
Continue our work to increase numbers of black poplars and the establishment
of black poplar woodland in our catchment
Development of the Rother Partnership. includin¥ a Rother Summit and
landowner evonts to draw together a shared vision and Rother Action plan
Further promotion to a wide range of audiences and fundraising focus,
particularly on core and reserves
Est8bllsh new methods of communicatlng to our audiences such as an official
newsletter and webinars
Aimee Felu8 - Chlef Executlve