## |||Page| |---|---|---| |Report ofthe Trustees||1 to 6| |Independent
Examiner's|Report|| |Statement of Financial|Activities|| |Balance Sheet||| |Notes to the Finandal Statements||10 to 15| |Detailed Statement of Financial Activities||16| ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## |AC|HIEVEMENT
AND PERFORMANCE|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |In|2020 we said we would:|||What we achieved:||| ||Grow|||||| ||Increase the slaff team with a river|||We have been able to recruit a new project oflicer working
on the||| ||restoration/biodiversity
officer.|||Green Recovery project at Branston Beck and the Pennywort
Eradication
Pro'ect.||| ||Continue to diversify
and increase our|||We were successful
in our bid to the Green Recovery Challenge|Fund|| ||funding,
focusing on business support.|||and
in 2020/21 our funding
grew by 62.5%.||| ||Deliver our first fish pass project on the|||Due to issues relating to the pandemic
and ownership
this project||| ||Upper Witham.|||was delayed
and is on hold until further notice.||| ||Install 'biahavens'
on the Brayford Pool||in|This pilot project has been successful
and well received and will|be|| ||Lincoln.|||extended
in 2021 and beyond.||| ||Continue to eradicate
invasive spades|on||We continued to work with our trusted
contractor and have||| ||the Upper Witham.|||significantly
reduced the amount of balsam
in the upper catchment.||| |||||We also were able to find a role for our volunteers
during the||| |||||pandemic
by surveying
and mapping
the density of plants ta provide
data for our contractors.||| ||Deliver in river habitat improvements|on||I'his was dehvered
m September 2020.||| ||the Upper Witham
in Grantham.|||||| ||Partner|||||| ||Work with the EA and Wild Trout Trust||to|This partnership
continues to be mutually
beneficial,
with several||| ||fund and deliver the ambition
on the|||projects awaibng
funding to progress.||| ||Umestone
Becks.|||||| ||Work with South and North Kesteven|||There were sianificant
diificulties
on the side ofthe councils during||| ||District councils to realise the blue/green
ambition
as part oftheir European
funded|||the pandemic to deliver this work but is hoped to take it forward
2021 and 2022.||in| ||work.|||||| ||Engage|||||| ||Continue
our engagement
programme||and|We increased the number ofvolunteers
and found new opportunities||| ||build on the number ofvolunteem,|||for surveying
and monitoring
during the pandemic.
We also had|a|| ||supporting
a new Riverfly group. Develop
and recruit different
volunteering
roles.|||book club and quizzes to keep our volunteers
engaged
during
lockdown. When government
guidelines
have allowed,
we have
small work parties.|held|| ||Develop our schools and family|||Unable to go inta schools we developed
online sources far schools||| ||engagement
resources.|||induding
videos for both our eel and mayfly
in the classroom
ro eels.||| ||Influence|||||| ||Continue to attend
local and national|||We continue to lead the Witham
Catchment
Partnership
and have||| ||events and ensure our work is promoted.|||presented
at online workshops
and conferences
including
the IFS,||| |||||GNLP and An
lian Waters Rivercare.||| ## ## |FINANCIAL
REVIEW||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Reserves policy||||||||||||| |It is the policy of the charity to maintain
reserves|at a level||which|||equates to approximately
four months'||||||| |expenditure.
This provides
sufncient
funds to cover|costs. Reserves were maintained|||||||at this level throughout||||| |the period.||||||||||||| |FUTURE PLANS||||||||||||| |In line with our new strategy our ambition:||||||||||||| |Grolllr||||||||||||| |~ Employ a new member ofstaff with a technical||background|||to|enable the|Trust to||use catchment|||data| |to better develop projects and opportunities.||||||||||||| |~ Develop
opportunities
on the Upper Witham|at|a catchment||||scale to provide||opportunities|||to access|| |larger funding
allocations.||||||||||||| |Restore||||||||||||| |~ Deliver the pass project on the Upper Witham||||||||||||| |~ Increase the 'biohavens'
on the Brayford
Pool|in|Lincoln||||||||||| |~ Continue to eradicate
invasive species on the|Upper Witham||||and Pennywort||on|the|Lower Witham|||| |~ Deliver our largest restoradon
project to date|at|Branston|Beck|||||||||| |~ Restore a section ofCringle Brook||||||||||||| |Partner||||||||||||| |~ Cement our woik with landowneis
on the Upper||Witham||||||||||| |~ Work with South and North
Kesteven
District|councils to||realise|||the blue/green||ambition as part oftheir||||| |European
funded
work.||||||||||||| |Engage||||||||||||| |~ Find new ways ofengaging
with our volunteers,||the public||and||wider community||with||our work||| |~ Increase our engagement
work outside ofschools working||||with||uniformed|and|youth groups.||||| |Influence||||||||||||| |~ Continue to attend
local and national
events and||ensure our|||work is promoted.|||||||| |~ Work with farmers
and landowners
to enable|an|understanding||||oftheir responsibilities||||toward|the|water| |environment.||||||||||||| |STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE
AND MANAGEMENT||||||||||||| |Governing
document||||||||||||| |The charity
is controlled
by its governing
document,
a deed
limited
by guarantee,
as defined
by the Companies
Act 2006.|||of||trust,
and constitutes||||a|limited|company,|| ## ## ||||||2021|2020| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total| |||Notes|fund
I|fund
6|funds
I|funds| |INCOME ANii ENDOWMENTS|FROM|||||| |Donations
and legacies|||80,899|244,689|325,588|212,740| |EXPENDITURE ON||||||| |Raising funds||||5,931|5,931|4,832| |Charitable
activities||||||| |Rivers activities|||86,895|98,913|185,808|188,926| |Total|||86,895|104,844|191,739|193,758| |NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)|||(5,996)|139,845|133,849|18,982| |Transfers between funds||9|~75964|~75964||| |Net movement
in funds|||69,968|63,881|133,849|18,982| |RECONCILIATION
OF FUNDS||||||| |Total funds brought forward|||82,514|120,499|203,013|184,031| |TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD|||~152 482|~184380|~336 862|~203 013| ## ||Balance Sheet|Balance Sheet|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||31March 2021||||| |||||2021|2020| |||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total| ||Notes|fund
I|fundI|funds
I|fundsI| |FIXEDASSETS|||||| |Tangible assets|6|342|||690| |CURRENT ASSETS|||||| |Debtors|7||16,707|16,707|294| |Cash at bank||~152140|~174189|~326 329|~204422| |||152,140|190,896|343,036|204,716| |CREDITORS|||||| |Amounis
falling due within one year|||(6,516)|(6,516)|(2,393)| |NET CURRENT ASSETS||~152140|~184380|~336520|~202 323| |TOTAL ASSETSLESSCURREIIT|||||| |LIASILlTIES||152,482|184,380|336,862|203,013| |NET ASSETS||~152482|~184380|~336862|~203 013| |FUNDS|||||| |Unresbicted
funds||||152,482|82,514| |Restricted funds||||~184380|~120499| |TOTAL FUNDS||||~336862|~203013| ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## |2021
f|2020
f| |---|---| |348|358| ## ## ||||2021
f|2020
f| |---|---|---|---|---| |Wages|and|salaries|66,203|58,148| ||||~66 203|~58 148| |The average
monthly
number ofemployees
dur|ing the year was as follows:|| |---|---|---| ||2021|2020| |Project Officer
Administrator|1
1|1| |Project Manager|1|1| ||3|| ## ## ||Notes tothe Financial Statements - continued
for the year ended 31March 2021|Notes tothe Financial Statements - continued
for the year ended 31March 2021|Notes tothe Financial Statements - continued
for the year ended 31March 2021|Notes tothe Financial Statements - continued
for the year ended 31March 2021||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |5.|COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES|||||| |||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total| |||||fund|fund|funds| |||||6|6|6| ||INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS||FROM|||| ||Donations
and legacies|||14,191|198,549|212,740| ||EXPENDITURE ON|||||| ||Raising funds||||4,832|4,832| ||Charitable activities|||||| ||Rivers activities|||74,714|114,212|1&8,926| ||Total|||74,714|119,044|193,758| ||NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)|||(60,523)|79,505|18,982| ||Transfers between|funds||~64684|64684|| ||Net movement
in|funds||4,161|14,821|18,982| ||RECONCILIATION|OF FUNDS||||| ||Total funds brought forward|||78,353|105,678|184,031| ||TOTAl. FUNDS CARRIED FORVSARD|||~&2 514|~120499|~203 013| |6.|TANGIBLE FIXED|ASSETS||||| |||||||Computer| |||||||equipment| ||COST|||||| ||At 1April 2020 and|31March 2021||||~2439| ||DEPRECIATION|||||| ||At 1April 2020|||||1,749| ||Charge foryear|||||348| ||At 31March 2021|||||~2097| ||NET BOOK VALUE|||||| ||At 31March 2021|||||342| ||At 31March 2020|||||690| ## ## ||DEBTORS:A|MOUNTS
F|ALLIN|G DUE W1THIN ONE YEAR|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||2021|2020| ||||||||E| ||Trade debtors
Prepayments|||||16,360
347|294| |8.|CREDITORS:|AMOUNTS|FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR||||| |||||||2021|2020| |||||||E|E| ||Social security and other
Accrued expenses||taxes|||2,928
~3588|1,072
1 321| |||||||~6516|~2393| |9.|MOVEMENT IN FUNDS||||||| ||||||Net|Transfers|| ||||||movement|between|At| |||||At 1/4/20
f|in funds
f.|funds
f|31/3/21| ||Unrestricted|funds|||||| ||General
fund|||82,514|(5,996)|75,964|152,482| ||Restricted funds||||||| ||Restricted|||120,499|139,845|(75,964)|184,380| ||TOTAL FUNDS|||~203013|~133849||~336 862| ||Net movement|in funds, included||in the above are as follows:|||| ||||||Incoming|Resources|Movement| ||||||resources
E|expended
f|in funds
E| ||Unrestricted|funds|||||| ||General fund||||80,899|(86,895)|(5,996)| ||Restricted funds||||||| ||Restricted||||244,689|(104,844)|139,845| ||TOTALFUNDS||||~325 588|~191739|~133849| ||Comparatives|for movement||in funds|||| ||||||Net|Transfers|| ||||||movement|between|At| |||||At 1/4/19
f|in funds
E|funds
E|31/3/20| ||Unrestricted|funds|||||| ||General fund|||78,353|(60,523)|64,684|82,514| ||Restricted funds||||||| ||Restricted|||105,678|79,505|(64,684)|120,499| ||TOTAL FUNDS|||184,031|18,982||203,013| ## ## |Comparative|net movement
in funds, inc|luded
in the above are as follows|:|| |---|---|---|---|---| |||Incoming|Resources|Movement| |||resources
6|expended
f|in funds
f| |Unrestricted|funds|||| |General fund||14,191|(74,714)|(60,523)| |Restricted funds||||| |Restricted||198,549|(119,044)|79,505| |TOTAL FUNDS||~212740|~193758)|~18982| |A current yea|r 12months
and pr|ior year 12 months
combin|ed
position
is|as follows:|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||Net|Transfers|| ||||movement|between|At| |||At 1/4/19|In funds|funds|31/3/21| ||||6||| |Unrestricted|funds||||| |General fund||78,353|(66,519)|140,648|152,482| |Restricted funds|||||| |Restricted||105,678|219,350|(140,648)|184,380| |TOTAL FUNDS||~184031|~152831||~336 862| |A current yea
above are as|r 12months
and prior year
follows|12 months
combined
net movem|ent
in funds, i|nduded
in th| |---|---|---|---|---| |||Incoming|Resources|Movement| |||resources|expended|in funds| ||||6|| |Unrestricted|funds|||| |General fund||95,090|(161,609)|(66,519)| |Restricted funds||||| |Restricted||443,238|(223,888)|219,350| |TOTAL FUNDS||~538328|385497|~152831| ## ## ## ## ## ## |||idncolnshire
Rivers Trust||| |---|---|---|---|---| |||Detailed Statement ofFinancial Activities||| |||for the year ended 31March 2021||| ||||2021|2020| |INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS||||| |Donations|and legacies|||| |Donations|||80,899|14,191| |Grants|||~244 689|~198549| ||||~325 588|~212 740| |Total incoming resources|||325,588|212,740| |EXPENDITURE||||| |Raising donations
and||legacies||| |Wages|||5,931|4,832| |Charitable|activities|||| |Wages|||60,272|53,316| |Professional
insurance|/consultancy|fees|5,591
1,806|1,652
1,068| |Telephone|||320|381| |Postage and|stationery||207|430| |Adve*islng|||6,818|2,480| |River care activities|||101,866|121,150| |Sundries|||420|70| |Travel and subsistence|||1,153|3,594| |Software and equipment
Consents
and planning|||6,027
980|1,628
2,724| |Donations||||75| |Depreciation|||348|358| ||||~185808|~188926| |Total resources expended|||~191739|~193758| |Net income|||~133849|~18 982|