# EAST MERCIA RIVERS TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1157922
- **Other names:** LINCOLNSHIRE RIVERS TRUST, LRT
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** July 21, 2014
- **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=1157922


## Contact

- **Address:** c/o TC Brooks & Partners, 22 St. Peter's Street, STAMFORD, Lincolnshire
- **Postcode:** PE9 2PF
- **Phone:** 07857372207
- **Email:** admin@eastmercia.org
- **Website:** www.eastmercia.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. TO CONSERVE, PROTECT, REHABILITATE AND IMPROVE THE RIVERS, STREAMS, WATERCOURSES AND WATER IMPOUNDMENTS OF THE CATCHMENTS COMPRISING THE RIVERS WITHIN THE HYDROLOGICAL CATCHMENT BOUNDARIES OF THE LINCOLNSHIRE RIVERS BOARD/NRA, 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 IN:A) THE UNDERSTANDING 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:** Secured a years funding to recruit a Project Officer.Secured funding to carry out a number of river restoration projects on the Witham.Delivered Riverfly and Eels in Classroom projects.Attended the county shows and undertook Work Party events with our volunteers.took a lead role in the steering group for the Catchment Based Approach.Hosted the Rivers Trust Spring Conference.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Lincolnshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £965515 | £934505 | £482341 | 9 |
| March 31, 2024 | £972310 | £764090 | £451331 | 7 |
| March 31, 2023 | £445341 | £399711 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £411711 | £551092 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £325588 | £191739 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **ANDREW STUART MORRISS** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 1, 2019
- Benjamin Shrive — appointed Jan. 23, 2025
- James Stuart Birch — appointed Aug. 31, 2022
- John Kenneth Leventhall — appointed March 4, 2022
- Martin James Ballard — appointed Aug. 31, 2022
- Matthew Bills — appointed Aug. 31, 2022
- Peter James Holland — appointed April 23, 2025
- Rachel Dyson — appointed Feb. 7, 2024