FOREST SCHOOL SWANSEA NEATH AND PORT TALBOT

Registered charity 1087964 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOREST SCHOOL SNPT

Forest School SNPT aim to provide a unique alternative learning experience through interaction in woodlands to all age groups in the Swansea and Neath Port Talbot areas.

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Latest income
£108k
Latest spending
£140k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £108,185, resulting in a net cash outflow of £31,369. The trustees note that some activities were funded from reserves to ensure continuity while securing further funding, indicating a dependency on future grant income to maintain operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grant funding
“£47,865 received in grant funding” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three working months (held: £52k)
“Our policy is to strive to maintain a reserve of three working months, as well as a reserve for statutory redundancy of £15,940, as at 31 st March 2025.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Operates in: City Of Swansea · Neath Port Talbot

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£108k£140k
31/03/2024£135k£104k
31/03/2023£64k£81k
31/03/2022£105k£82k
31/03/2021£59k£53k

Common questions

Is FOREST SCHOOL SWANSEA NEATH AND PORT TALBOT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £108,185, resulting in a net cash outflow of £31,369. The trustees note that some activities were funded from reserves to ensure continuity while securing further funding, indicating a dependency on future grant income to maintain operations.

Who funds FOREST SCHOOL SWANSEA NEATH AND PORT TALBOT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FOREST SCHOOL SWANSEA NEATH AND PORT TALBOT as a grant recipient include THE OAKDALE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE OAKDALE TRUSTFY2025£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery31/03/2025£24kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund25/11/2024£20kForest School SNPT Seedlings Mudbugs and Woodland Explorers
Postcode Lottery30/06/2023£25kProject Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund03/03/2020£10kAccessible Forest School
The National Lottery Community Fund08/05/2016£5kForest Confidence
The National Lottery Community Fund02/02/2011£4kOpening up Forest School
The National Lottery Community Fund14/05/2008£7kKillay
The National Lottery Community Fund23/04/2008£4kNew Seeds Project
The National Lottery Community Fund22/05/2006£5kForest Fun Days

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GLAMORGAN WEST AREA SCOUT COUNCIL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FOREST SCHOOL SWANSEA NEATH AND PORT TALBOT£108k—0unclear—no doubt
GLAMORGAN WEST AREA SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£181k—0unclear—no doubt
Swansea Bay University LHB Charitable Fund and Other Related Charities FY2025£1.4m—0unclear18.7%no doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE SWANSEA NEATH PORT TALBOT LIMITED FY2025£1.4m—0within—no doubt
FOREST OF AVON TRUST FY2025£2.3m—0above1.4%no doubt
SWANSEA COMMUNITY BOAT TRUST FY2024£108k—0unclear—no doubt

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