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2020-12-31-accounts

Names of thecha rityfusteesu#roma nagethe charity
Trusteename Office (ifany) Dates acted if notforuhole
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1 Dee O'Connell Chair AGMand Trustees
2 Michael Clack Treasurer Resigned31Jan 2021 AGMand Trustees
aJ Chris Jones Secretary AGM and Trustees
4 Sarah Saunders AGM and Trustees
5 CharlesLaw Appointed04Feb2021 AGMand Trustees
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Names of thetrusteesfiorthe charity, ifany, (for examplo" anycustodian trustees)
Name Dates actedif not for wholeyear

criptionofthe cfiari$r'strust s
Typeofgoverning document Constitution
Howthecharityisconstituted cro
Trustee selectionrnethods As set outintheconstitution, trustees shallbeelected by membersatthe
AGMA fulltermis5years.cnceaterrniscomplete,thetrustee will retire
atthe AGM and may stand for re.election.
Vacancies so arising maybefilted by members at an AGM. The members
orthetrusteesmay atanytime decidetoappoint anewtrusteein
accordance withtheconslitution.

As with all charities in 2020, Covid hadabig affectonLondon
Waterkeeper" Unlikelikethose that deliver practical volunteering work,
we did not have to cancel events.Ourfocusisadvocacy, which works
wellonline.
The increaseinthenumber of visitors to local parks, manyofthemwith
rivers running throughthem,meant that more people were interestedin
our campaignforreal-time, online notifications when sewers overflow.
We asked people to email Thames Water whenitrained to askifsewers
had discharged to a series ofrivers.
Summaryofthe main wehighlighted several public parks that are blighted by sewage pollution.
activitiesundertakenfor the The wetlandsinthe Olyrnpic Park, Woodcock Park in Brent. South
public benefitinrelationto Notwood Country Park. Tokyngton Park, Brent. Richmondpark.
theseobjects (includewithin ln addition, we drew attention to the overflows from Ewell andEpsom
thissection the statutory storm tanks, which spilltotheHogsmillRiver.
declarationthattrusteeshave
had regardto the guidance We continuedtoraise the importance of Sustainable Drainage Systems
issuedbythe Charity asawaytoreduce urban surface water flooding and river pollution.
Commission on public
benefit) When part of a sewer wallatMogden Sewage Works collapsed, andraw
sewage enteredtheDuke of Northumberland's River in lsleworth we
advised local people on the questions they needed to ask the authorities.
wecan confirm our trustees do have regard to thecharity commission's
public benefit guidance when exercising any powers or dutiestowhich
theguidance is relevant. They are aware of the guidance and have taken
it into account when making decisionstowhichitisrelevant.

CHARITY(OMMISSION
FOREi*GtANDANDWALES
CHARITY(OMMISSION
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London London Waterkeeper Waterkeeper 1 165862
Receipts andpayrrlcnts accounts
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Period start date
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funds
funds
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39,203 19,725
Subtotal(Grossincome 3S,203 19,726
Totalreeeig F:-Er:-r-rcr@
Salary 14,217 11,666
N 1,841 1.841 771
Pension 776 776 348
Suplliers 445 45 540
Accommodation 1,152 1152 1,136
Insurance 179 179 175
General Expenses 170 170 623
N4obilePhone 4{)9 409 275
Travel 1,172 1,172 461
Membership and fees 341 v1 21
Postaqe & Stationary 26 26 1t
Technology 2,39{l 2.390 839
lnterest (st
Charges 65 66 3e
(153)
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1s3 16,903
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A5 Transfers betweenfunds
46CashtundsHyearend 4,925
Casfi funds thisyear 21,O97
SectionA lndependent Examiner'sReport
Reporttothetrustees/ LONDON WATERKEEPER
membercof
Onaccounts fortheyear
ended
31DECEMBER2O2O
Charityno
Setoutonpages
Ireport to the trustees onmyexaminationofthe accountsofthe above
charity("theTrusf')for the year ended31I12I2O2O.
Responsibilitiesand Asthecharity's trustees,youare responsibleforthepreparationofthe
basisofreport accounts in accordance with the requirementsofthe Charities Ad.2011
("the Act").
Ireport in respect ofmyexaminationoftheTrustsaccounts carried out
undersection145of the 2011Actandincarryingoutmyexamination,I
havefollored alltheapplicable Directions givenbytheCharity Commission
undersection145(5Xb) of the Act.
lndependent
examiner's statement