SMALL WOODS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1081874 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SWA

Latest income

£1.7m

Latest spending

£1.8m

Registered

2000

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income

£1.7m

Total spending

£1.8m

Reserves (reported)

£57k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

JOHN BLESSINGTONchair
Alyson Anne May · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Ben Howard
Dr Elizabeth Mary Newton
Michael Innes · trustee of 1 other charity

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.7m	£1.8m
31/03/2024	£1.8m	£2.0m
31/03/2023	£1.7m	£1.7m
31/03/2022	£1.1m	£1.1m
31/03/2021	£817k	£833k

Common questions

Who funds SMALL WOODS ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SMALL WOODS ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ERNEST COOK TRUST, YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£25k
THE ERNEST COOK TRUST	FY2024	£15k
YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£3k
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION	FY2023	£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	06/07/2020	£62k	"COVID19: Small Woods Association"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/02/2010	£50k	"Woodland Learning"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	17/10/2005	£50k	"Mr Osbourne's coppice"