# Yeo Rivers Community Trust

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1180724
- **Other names:** YEOVIL RIVERS COMMUNITY TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Nov. 16, 2018
- **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=1180724


## Contact

- **Address:** 19 CHILTON GROVE, YEOVIL
- **Postcode:** BA21 4AN
- **Phone:** 07908492266
- **Email:** lorne.thomson@yrct.org.uk
- **Website:** https://www.yrct.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BOTH LOCALLY IN YEOVIL AND THE WIDER PUBLIC WITHIN SOMERSET AND DORSET, THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY PROMOTING AND MAINTAINING BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, NOTABLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN THE RESTORATION, ENHANCEMENT AND CREATION OF WATERCOURSES AND ANY OTHER WATER FEATURES (INCLUDING MULTI-FUNCTION SURFACE FEATURES AS PART OF A SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE SYSTEM) AND THEIR ADJOINING TERRESTRIAL AREAS. MAINTAINING BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INCLUDES MANAGING AND MONITORING RELEVANT HABITATS FOR THE MUTUAL BENEFIT OF BIODIVERSITY AND THE PUBLIC.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

**Activities:** The key activities are to promote, protect, restore and create natural and constructed blue infrastructure, e.g. ponds, rivers and sustainable drainage features, to provide multiple benefits for the public and wildlife to combat climate change, deliver enhanced and resilient ecosystems and natural capital for amenity, biodiversity, educational, wellbeing, aesthetic and conservation purposes.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Dorset
- North Somerset
- Somerset



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £83372 | £62197 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £103048 | £174694 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £144706 | £134719 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £134755 | £52132 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £42266 | £30915 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **LORNE EDWARD JEANS THOMSON** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 17, 2018
- Anna Marie Anderton — appointed Oct. 22, 2025
- Josiah David Knights — appointed Oct. 10, 2022
- THOMAS ANTHONY RICHARD BELL BSC — appointed Jan. 17, 2018
- Yasmin Khan — appointed April 1, 2020