GOLD RIVERS TRUST — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Trust
Registered: 7 January 2011
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 3 April 2025 – 2 April 2026
Latest income: £0
Latest expenditure: £0
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Rear Of 12, The Crescent, LYTHAM ST. ANNES, Lancashire, FY8 1SZ

02 Activities

What the charity does

1 Volunteers have visited many landowners to open up new sites for educational gold panning2 We have participated in a diamond jubilee project, although the details are to be confidential3 We have developed a better understanding of ancient & obscure laws relating to gold mining and gold panning4 We plan to make jewellery using unrefined Welsh gold, to help promote further mineral research

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 3 April 2025
Fin Period End Date: 2 April 2026
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Reporting Due Date: 2 February 2027
Date Annual Return Received: 24 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0

Fin Period Start Date: 3 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 2 April 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 2 February 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 10 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0

Fin Period Start Date: 3 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 2 April 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 2 February 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 13 February 2025
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0

Fin Period Start Date: 3 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 2 April 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 2 February 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 31 March 2024
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0

Fin Period Start Date: 3 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 2 April 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 2 February 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 24 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £3,000
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,000

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Gwynedd
Welsh Ind: Yes

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Isle Of Anglesey
Welsh Ind: Yes

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Wrexham
Welsh Ind: Yes

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Carmarthenshire
Welsh Ind: Yes

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Devon
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Cornwall
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Oxfordshire
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Pembrokeshire
Welsh Ind: Yes

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Worcestershire
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Powys
Welsh Ind: Yes

05 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Classification Code: 110
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Amateur Sport

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 303
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Other Finance

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 112
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Environment/conservation/heritage

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

06 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: GOLD RIVERS TRUST
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2011-01-07T00:00:00

07 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: TRUST DEED DATED 24 DECEMBER 2010
Charitable Objects: TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY AND ECOLOGY OF GOLD BEARING RIVERS IN WALES AND ENGLAND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: (A) ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A MINERAL DATABASE; (B) PROMOTING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORY, METHODS AND THE CULTURAL HERITAGE AND IMPORTANCE OF LAWFUL GOLD PANNING AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH FURTHERING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY AND ECOLOGY OF GOLD BEARING RIVERS IN WALES AND ENGLAND (AND GOLD BEARING RIVERS IN OTHER COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT); AND BY (C) PROMOTING ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE, RESPONSIBLE AND LAWFUL GOLD PANNING ACTIVITIES IN WALES AND ENGLAND AS A MEANS BY WHICH THE PUBLIC CAN EDUCATE THEMSELVES OR BE EDUCATED IN THE SUBJECTS OF GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY AND ECOLOGY FOR THEIR BENEFIT AND IN PURSUANCE OF THESE OBJECTS (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY THEREOF) THE TRUSTEES WILL I. CREATE AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC INTEREST AND ADVISE AND ASSIST ANY PERSON OR BODY ON ANY MATTER THAT FURTHERS THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY; AND II. ACQUIRE, MANAGE AND PRESERVE LAND OR RIGHTS OR TO TRANSFER (AS A GIFT OR FOR NOMINAL CONSIDERATION) TO A PUBLIC AUTHORITY (TO BE HELD BY IT ON TRUST) OR SUCH CHARITABLE TRUSTS SUCH LAND OR RIGHTS, TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC SUBJECT TO SUCH CONSENTS AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
Area Of Benefit: WALES AND ENGLAND

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 408855
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: THE GOLD RIVERS TRUST SOCIETY

Charity Name Id: 408852
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: GRT