WOODLAND HERITAGE LIMITED

Registered charity 1041611 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal activity of the Charity is that of the conservation of trees and woodland areas in the United Kingdom. The aim to achieve this by widening the skills and knowledge base of those people and organisations connected with arboreal matters. Through training courses we can ensure that the existence and integrity of these areas are available to the public for years to come.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds are £1,291,984, while free reserves (excluding the subsidiary) are £82,849. The trading subsidiary, WH Timber Ltd, incurred a net loss of £115,000 and has liabilities exceeding assets by £179,000, creating a material uncertainty regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months unrestricted expenditure (held: £83k)
“The trustees feel it is prudent to maintain free reserves equivalent to three months unrestricted expenditure, excluding W H Timber Ltd, currently £45,000”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: material uncertainty disclosed
“indicates that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the trading company’s ability to continue as a going concern.” — page 18
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Corporate donations from Gaze Burvill Ltd – a Company of which Trustee Simon Burvill is a Director, amounted to £8,542
“Corporate donations from Gaze Burvill Ltd – a Company of which Trustee Simon Burvill is a Director, amounted to £8,542 (2023: £4,050). Gaze Burvill Limited purchased £4,767 (2023: £62,596) of timber from W H Timber Limited during the period.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: W H Timber Limited
“The financial statements consolidate the accounts of Woodland Heritage Limited and its trading subsidiary undertaking W H Timber Limited.” — page 26
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by A D Accounts Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Woodland Heritage (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £255k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.8m
Cost of raising funds
£19k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
17

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£1.5m£1.8m
31/12/2023£2.0m£2.3m
30/06/2022£2.3m£1.3m
30/06/2021£1.2m£1.2m
30/06/2020£981k£1.2m

Common questions

Is WOODLAND HERITAGE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds are £1,291,984, while free reserves (excluding the subsidiary) are £82,849. The trading subsidiary, WH Timber Ltd, incurred a net loss of £115,000 and has liabilities exceeding assets by £179,000, creating a material uncertainty regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by A D Accounts Limited.

Who funds WOODLAND HERITAGE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WOODLAND HERITAGE LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE NORTHWICK TRUST, THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE MUMFORD MEMORIAL TRUST, SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST, CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE NORTHWICK TRUSTFY2023£12k
THE NORTHWICK TRUSTFY2022£10k
THE NORTHWICK TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£10kYr1 2020
THE MUMFORD MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2022£9k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3kGrant paid or payable
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/11/2025£225k"Woodland Heritage Skills"
UK government01/04/2024£2kWCPG-014-21-22
UK government01/04/2024£123kEWCO 083 23_24 James Wood
UK government01/04/2023£2kWCPG-014-21-22

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WILL WOODLANDS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WOODLAND HERITAGE LIMITED£1.5m—0unclear—material uncertainty
WILL WOODLANDS FY2025£602k—0above—no doubt
THE WOODLAND TRUST FY2025£89.4m——below17.3%no doubt
Wychwood Forest Trust Ltd FY2025£168k—0above—no doubt
SMALL WOODS ASSOCIATION FY2025£1.7m—0unclear—no doubt
THE WOODLANDS FARM TRUST FY2025£234k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.