01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 29 June 2021
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 April 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £1,067,709
- Latest expenditure
- £1,145,278
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: 2nd Floor South, One Castle Park, Tower Hill, Bristol, BS2 0JA
Website recorded by the regulator: www.riveractionuk.com (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
To raise awareness on river pollution and apply pressure on industrial and agricultural producers to take greater responsibility for remedying the adverse environmental impact their supply chains are having on the health of our UK rivers.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 27 July 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 27 July 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £1,067,709
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,145,278
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 6 November 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 6 November 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,530,586
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,476,518
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 2 September 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 2 September 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £928,740
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £726,971
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 11 October 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 11 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £485,398
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £303,735
- Fin Period Start Date
- 29 June 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 21 July 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 21 July 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £278,080
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £211,411
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 27 July 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £1,067,709
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,145,278
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 40
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 6 November 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,530,586
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,476,518
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 100001 110000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 40
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 2 September 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £928,740
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £726,971
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 20
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 11 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £485,398
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £303,735
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- Yes
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 30
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 29 June 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 21 July 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £278,080
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £211,411
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 27 July 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 979484
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 83539
- Income Investments
- 4686
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1067709
- Income Legacies
- 28378
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £119,719
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,025,559
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1145278
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 3461
- Expenditure Governance
- 9450
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 213071
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £300,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £497,388
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £70,788
- Assets Current Investment
- 335000
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £426,600
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 70788
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £121,652
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 340423
- Funds Restricted
- 86177
- Funds Total
- 426600
- Count Employees
- 15
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 6 November 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1386296
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 132450
- Income Investments
- 11840
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1530586
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £144,558
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,331,960
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1476518
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 269219
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £250,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £574,429
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £70,260
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £504,169
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 70260
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £543,656
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 481470
- Funds Restricted
- 22699
- Funds Total
- 504169
- Count Employees
- 13
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 2 September 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 924026
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 4714
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 928740
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £93,244
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £633,727
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 726971
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 5377
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 157366
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £0
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £469,816
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £19,715
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £450,101
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 19715
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £458,355
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 380481
- Funds Restricted
- 69620
- Funds Total
- 450101
- Count Employees
- 9
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 205
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Classification Code
- 112
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- RIVER ACTION UK
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2021-06-29T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 29 Jun 2021 as amended on 01 Oct 2026
- Charitable Objects
- The object of the CIO is, for the public benefit, to advance education in, and to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of, the physical and natural environment, in particular in relation to rivers and other bodies of water.
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff