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Ayrshire Rivers Trust

SC030426Registered charity from 20 July 2000
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address 2 Crosshill Cottage
By Mauchline
Postcode KA5 5HJ
Website www.ayrshireriverstrust.org
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
1 . Promoting and undertaking research into and study of the freshwater fishery resources (including salmon, sea trout and brown trout) and associated habitat in the area of Ayrshire, including the areas covered by the District Salmon Fishery Boards of the Rivers Ayr, Doon, Girvan and Stinchar, and the catchment areas of the Rivers Irvine and Garnock, and for the benefit of all persons interested in such fishery resources and associated habitats 2. Advancing the education of all persons interested in such fishery resources and associated habitats by raising their awareness and understanding of the importance of such fish and fishery resources, habitats and their conservation 3. Such other purposes as are recognised by law to be exclusively charitable within the meaning of Section 505 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 or any Act amending or replacing the same and which relate to the conservation and management of such fish and fishery resources, water, water quality and environmental conservation as the Trustees may from time to time in their sole discretion select and that without prejudice to the foregoing generality and without in any way fettering their said discretion
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
Ayrshire Rivers Trust (ART) is a conservation charity, centred in Ayrshire. Founded in 2000, its original aim is the conservation of wild salmon and sea trout stocks in Ayrshire's rivers. ART's purpose has evolved to encompass the conservation of freshwater ecosystems throughout Ayrshire using all available resources through collaboration, education and investment. The Trust has created a five year Strategic Plan and this plan recognises that the Trust has moved from simply the conservation of wild salmon and sea trout and, although these keystone species remain as vital indicators of the health of our rivers and burns, the best chance of their survival is through conservation measures of the entire aquatic ecosystem, the riparian zone and through landscape scale approaches.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 20 Jul 2000
Main Operating Location: South Ayrshire
Number of Staff: 6
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement"
Beneficiaries: "Children or young people", "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Jan 2022 £286,796 £173,427 10 May 2022 Yes
31 Jan 2023 £230,041 £215,821 28 Jul 2023 Yes
31 Jan 2024 £281,400 £280,932 09 Jul 2024 Yes
31 Jan 2025 £248,639 £273,410 01 Aug 2025 Yes Visit Charity's Website
31 Jan 2026 No Annual Information due by 31 Oct 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Donald Ross
Patrick Hunter Blair
Allan Deans
Douglas MacInnes
Andrew Sinclair
Alexander Fitzpatrick
Fiona Ross
David Hutton
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