## **Trustees’ Report for the period** ## From **1st September 2024 (founding)** To **31st December 2025** Charity name: **Water Rangers** Charity registration number: **1209475** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes
of the charity as set out in
its governing document|Para 1.17|To promote for the benefit of the public
the conservation, protection
and improvement of the physical and
natural environment of
waterways in the United Kingdom
including through the provision of
equipment and resources for collecting
and disseminating data
relating to the ecology of such
waterways.
To advance the education of the public
for this purpose through the provision of
educational information and resources to
support citizen science.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to
those purposes for the
public benefit, in
particular, the activities,
projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17
and 1.19|Water Rangers has worked in
collaboration with a number of groups
and companies with similar objectives.
This includes the Rivers Trust, the South
East Rivers Trust, the catchment
partnerships, Thames 21, the
Environment Agency, and relevant water
companies.
In providing an open database for the
collection and sharing of water quality
information, Water Rangers has
contributed this information to support
national programmes and projects. (viz
CaSTCo, and Freshwater Watch).
Working locally with schools and
contributing to the STEMorganisation,| |||registering 500 hours of activity in
schools and related educational events.
The charity has collected sponsorship
from public and local government and
works alongside local groups and
charitable trusts to source funding and
provide water quality testing equipment.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|
Trustees have regard to the guidance on
public benefit issued by the Charities
Commission| ## Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| ||SORP
reference|| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|The charity makes no grants, but trains
and enables volunteers to perform water
quality reporting using tools and
protocols recognised and accepted by the
industry and academic users of the
resulting data.| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|
Environmental and water quality
concerns are significant. The charity has
engaged with groups in several areas,
providing a positive approach to
voluntary efforts, and working with such
as Mental Health Swims, and other water
users to provide knowledge and
engagement with understanding the use
and risks of water use in our rivers.| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|As a wholly volunteer operation with no
employees, the charity has supported
volunteers across several groups and
organisations to collect and records
water quality information, following
training in appropriate protocols to allow
these data to be used.| |Other||Water Rangers is linked as contributing
to Catchment Systems Thinking
Cooperative (CaSTCo), and the Better
Water Network+ UKRI sponsored
programme as well as river catchment
interest groups in several areas of the
country.
This engagement is expanding.| Achievements and Performance ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the
charity, identifying the
difference the charity’s
work has made to the
circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any
wider benefits to society as
a whole.|Para 1.20|In a successful first year of operation,
Water Rangers has been able to support
51 organisations in the UK with the
provision of water quality testing kits to
volunteers. This enabled 689 test
locations to be sampled to give 5,250
separate observations giving 64,372
datapoints. This information is made
available on an open database for public
access, and is shared with many
organisations, also forming part of the
CaSTCo open data hub.
Provision of these data allows a clearer
understanding of the state of local water
bodies, identifying problem areas, and
enabling users to better understand any
risks in water based activities.| Financial Review |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the
end ofthe period|Para 1.21|Water Rangers is financially viable, with
sufficient funds for planned activities| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
statingwhy they areheld|Para 1.22|Reserves are held for planned projects| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£7000| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|This balance is carried forward for
planned projects in 2025/6| |Details of fund materially
in deficit|Para 1.24|
n/a| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern|Para 1.23|n/a| Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)||
Water Rangers is supported by district
and county grant funding from local
authorities, coupled with donations and
sponsorship from individuals and groups
with an interest in the information made
available| |---|---|---|---| ||The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Water Rangers is supported by district
and county grant funding from local
authorities, coupled with donations and
sponsorship from individuals and groups
with an interest in the information made
available| Structure, Governance and Management |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing
document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions
e.g. election to post or
name of any person or
body entitled to appoint
one or more trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are co-opted.| Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|
Established policies and procedures are:
●Data Protection
●GDPR
●Equality Diversity Inclusion
●Privacy
●Safeguarding
●Volunteer Management
●Youth Volunteers| |---|---|---| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|Water Rangers works closely with Trusts
and organisations in the country’s river
catchment aligned as part of the Rivers
Trust. Water Rangers is a member of the
Catchment Systems Thinking
Organisation, and is linked with the
wider Water Rangers Canadian
Non-profit.| Reference and Administrative details |Charityname|Water Rangers| |---|---| |Other name the charity
uses|n/a| |Registered charity number|1209475| |
Charity’s principal address|5 Phillips Close
Headley
Hampshire GU35 8LY| ||| Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity ||Trustee name|Office (if
any)|Dates acted if
not for whole
year|Name of person (or
body) entitled to
appoint trustee (if
any)| |---|---|---|---|---| |1|Alistair Young|Chair||Coopted| |2|DaisyGates-Campbell|||Coopted| |3|Katie Miller|||Coopted| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved n/a Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity n/a Declarations |||| |---|---|---| |The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees||| |Signature(s)||| |||| |Full name(s)|Alistair Young|| |||| |Position(egSecretary, Chair, etc)|Chair|| |||| |Date|24th July 2026|| ## **Water Rangers** **Statement of Accounts for the period ended 31 December 2025 (UK) First year of operation** |**Income**
Grants
Donations
Test Equipment
Testing Consumables
Interest/Cashback
Training
**Expenditure**
Admin and Misc Costs
Water Testing Kit
Water Testing Consumables
Training
**Net Income / Expenditure**
**Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2025**
_Current Assets_
Cash Book
Bank
_Represented by_
Unrestricted Funds
Designated Funds|**Unrestricted Funds**
**Designated Funds**
**Total Funds**
700.00
700.00
5,170.00
2,500.00
7,670.00
13,185.00
13,185.00
4,030.00
4,030.00
1.16
1.16
70.00
70.00|**Unrestricted Funds**
**Designated Funds**
**Total Funds**
700.00
700.00
5,170.00
2,500.00
7,670.00
13,185.00
13,185.00
4,030.00
4,030.00
1.16
1.16
70.00
70.00| |---|---|---| ||**22,456.16**
**3,200.00**
**25,656.16**|| ||1,305.68
1,305.68
13,185.00
13,185.00
4,030.00
4,030.00
70.00
70.00|| ||**5,405.68**
**13,185.00**
**18,590.68**|| |||| |||**7,065.48**| |||2,515.00
4,550.48| |||**7,065.48**| |||4,565.48
2,500.00| |||**7,065.48**|