THE WILLOW TREE TRUST

Registered charity 1096149 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Making grants to individuals and organisations which are consistent with the objects of the Trust and general charitable purposes.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£184k

Latest spending

£234k

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £6,052,144, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of retaining £3,000,000 on a permanent basis. The charity reported a net income of £365,500 driven by investment gains and confirms it has sufficient resources to meet liabilities for at least one year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £3,000,000 (held: £6.1m)

“The trustees' intention is that £3,000,000 of the reserve should be retained on a permanent basis.” — page 3

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID HORNER
DAVID RAYMOND ST CLAIR PHILIPS
PAUL EDMUND FLINTOFF

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

Operates in: Ethiopia · Sierra Leone · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
28/02/2025	£184k	£234k
29/02/2024	£180k	£185k
28/02/2023	£199k	£152k
28/02/2022	£175k	£138k
28/02/2021	£148k	£114k

Common questions

Is THE WILLOW TREE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £6,052,144, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of retaining £3,000,000 on a permanent basis. The charity reported a net income of £365,500 driven by investment gains and confirms it has sufficient resources to meet liabilities for at least one year. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SWIRE 2765	1	£737k
BACON FOUNDATION LTD	1	£60k
THE ORP FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE ROTHERMERE FOUNDATION	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ELM TREE TRUST.

THE ELM TREE TRUST income £214k
THE WOODLANDS TRUST income £246k
THE ECOLOGY TRUST income £2.0m
WOLFSON HILLEL PRIMARY SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST income £460k
MOYNITRUST income £164k
THE ARBORICULTURAL ASSOCIATION income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE WILLOW TREE TRUST	£184k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE ELM TREE TRUST FY2025	£214k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WOODLANDS TRUST FY2025	£246k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ECOLOGY TRUST FY2025	£2.0m	—	below	—	no doubt
WOLFSON HILLEL PRIMARY SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£460k	—	within	—	no doubt
MOYNITRUST FY2025	£164k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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