BRISTOL MEMORIAL WOODLAND TRUST

Registered charity 1082094 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

For the public benefit to create and preserve woodland areas and to maintain and perpetuate the same by long rotations of planting and felling.

Objects

A) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO CREATE AND PRESERVE WOODLAND AREAS AND TO MAINTAIN AND PERPETUATE THE SAME BY LONG ROTATIONS OF PLANTING AND FELLINGB) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO CONSERVE AND PROTECT ALL FORMS OF WILDLIFE SO AS TO SAFEGUARD GENETIC DIVERSITY IN WOODLANDS AND SPECIAL NATURE RESERVES MAINTAINED BY THE TRUST AND ELSEWHERE

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

Latest income
£83k
Latest spending
£161k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £78,286 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £1,164,035. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Reserves are classified as designated funds intended for the future maintenance of the woodland estate.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: increase reserves to a level where the charity can maintain the woodlands from invested income over the long term (held: £1.2m)
“In accordance with the Charity’s objectives, it is the policy of the Trust to increase reserves to a level where the charity can maintain the woodlands from invested income over the long term.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 12
“The Charity has incurred professional fees of £14,196 (2024 - £10,672) in respect of businesses of which a Trustee is a director.” — page 12
“The Trust has received £18,770 (2024 - £nil) from BMWL and this is included in the total of donations and legacies.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 12
“The Charity has incurred professional fees of £14,196 (2024 - £10,672) in respect of businesses of which a Trustee is a director.” — page 12
“The Trust has received £18,770 (2024 - £nil) from BMWL and this is included in the total of donations and legacies.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 12
“The Charity has incurred professional fees of £14,196 (2024 - £10,672) in respect of businesses of which a Trustee is a director.” — page 12
“The Trust has received £18,770 (2024 - £nil) from BMWL and this is included in the total of donations and legacies.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 2
“The Charity has incurred professional fees of £14,196 (2024 - £10,672) in respect of businesses of which a Trustee is a director.” — page 12
“The Trust has received £18,770 (2024 - £nil) from BMWL and this is included in the total of donations and legacies.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Bristol Memorial Woodlands Limited
“Bristol Memorial Woodlands Limited is a company established to provide the setting for sensitive burials in a woodland setting.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£83k£161k
31/07/2024£51k£26k
31/07/2023£49k£7k
31/07/2022£29k£4k
31/07/2021£25k£3k

Common questions

Is BRISTOL MEMORIAL WOODLAND TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £78,286 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £1,164,035. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Reserves are classified as designated funds intended for the future maintenance of the woodland estate. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.