WILL WOODLANDS

Registered charity 1038274 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity's principal activity is the conservation, preservation and establishment of trees, plants and all forms of wildlife in the United Kingdom and to secure and enhance the enjoyment by the public of the natural environment of those territories. The Charity has continued its policy of acquiring land and establishing woodlands.

Objects

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED FOR CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES ONLY AND (WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO OR LIMITATION OF THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING WORDS) FOR THE CONSERVATION, RESTORATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF TREES, PLANTS, AND ALL FORMS OF WILDLIFE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND TO SECURE AND ENHANCE THE ENJOYMENT BY THE PUBLIC OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF THOSE TERRITORIES.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £266,826, with a policy stating it is unnecessary to maintain any fixed amount of unrestricted funds due to the ability to meet shortfalls from expendable endowment. The trustees confirm that resources are sufficient to meet future commitments, including major afforestation projects, with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Hazlewoods LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management

Property (HM Land Registry)

9 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (9 freehold); recorded price paid £4.8m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (63% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 12.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Guy Norrie
• James David Davenport · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rupert Foley

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WOODLAND HERITAGE LIMITED.

• WOODLAND HERITAGE LIMITED income £1.7m
• THE WOODLAND TRUST income £89.4m
• THE TOTTLE WOODLAND AND WILDLIFE CHARITY income £136k
• WORLD LAND TRUST income £9.7m
• THE FOREST OF MARSTON VALE TRUST income £4.3m
• THE WOODLANDS FARM TRUST income £234k

Side by side with its peers

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