RIVERS FOUNDATION

Charity number: 1078545
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The trust supports educational projects in the UK & abroad whether it is in terms of actual buildings, educational materials or paying for children's education. The trust seeks welfare projects to support via small charities with well targeted schemes.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £337,785
Total expenditure: £79,274

People

6 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Disability
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England
  • Belize
  • India
  • Kenya
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Thailand

Governance

Registration history:
  • 10 December 1999: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:
  • THE RIVERS CHARITABLE TRUST (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

6 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
ALAN JAMES RIVERS Chair
None on record
Euan Douglas Mungo McMillan Trustee 22 February 2020
None on record
CASS FARRAR Trustee 29 May 2013
None on record
SUSAN RIVERS Trustee 29 May 2013
BORLETTI-BUITONI TRUST
Received: On time
KEITH CONSTABLE Trustee
None on record
CHRISTINE JOAN BOLTON Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Total gross income £35.70k £76.54k £21.87k £105.63k £337.79k
Total expenditure £73.94k £87.11k £49.66k £83.89k £79.27k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2025 30 January 2026 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 30 January 2026 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2024 23 October 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 23 October 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 31 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 Not required
Annual return 31 March 2022 18 November 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 18 November 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 31 January 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 31 January 2022 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

TRUST DEED DATED 04/11/1999 AS AMENDED ON 11/12/2012

Charitable objects

TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL OR SUCH ONE OR MORE EXCLUSIVELY OF THE OTHERS OR OTHER OF THE SCHEDULED INSTITUTIONS OR FOR OR IN THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH ONE OR MORE OF THE SCHEDULED PURPOSES AND IF MORE THAN ONE IN SUCH SHARES AND GENERALLY IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT. (1. FOR SUCH WHOLLY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE. 2. FOR SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS REGISTERED WITH THE CHARITY COMMISSION AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.)

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
16 LAMBTON PLACE
LONDON
W11 2SH
Phone:
02077921234
Email:
ajrultra@btinternet.com
Website:

No information available