INTERNATIONAL TREE FOUNDATION
Registered charity 1106269 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Protecting, promoting and planting trees to benefit the natural environment and the wellbeing and livelihoods of communities
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that total income reduced to £1,718,081 in 2024, while unrestricted reserves increased to £459,329. The charity reports that its reserves policy target of six months' running costs is met, with general unrestricted reserves standing at £312,220 against a budgeted requirement of approximately £167,000. The auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's 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
Largest income source: Grants (85% of income)
“Grant income was received from several sources and formed 85% of total income.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 8.2% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Cost of raising funds have risen to £140,739 (2023: £106,734).”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months’ running costs (held: £459k)
“The Trustees resolved that it is appropriate to maintain a policy of having a level of general unrestricted reserves equivalent to a minimum of six months’ running costs, with a desire to build this as the organisation grows.” — page 26
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Wenn Townsend. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
What the charity says about itself (2021)
From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.
The report states that 30% of tree species are threatened with extinction.
“We now know that 30% of tree species are threatened with extinction”
The report identifies 142 tree species as extinct in the wild.
“at least 142 tree species are recorded as extinct in the wild”
The report notes that over two-thirds of tree species are found in protected areas.
“over two-thirds of tree species are recorded in at least one protected area”
The report states that about a third of tree species are found in botanic gardens or seed banks.
“about a third of tree species are found in botanic gardens or seed banks”
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — International Tree Foundation (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Thomas Lupton — Chair of Trustees (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£68k
Reported reserves equal ~5.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Burkina Faso · Cameroon · Ghana · Kenya · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Oxfordshire · Rwanda · Tanzania · Uganda
Income and spending
Common questions
Is INTERNATIONAL TREE FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total income reduced to £1,718,081 in 2024, while unrestricted reserves increased to £459,329. The charity reports that its reserves policy target of six months' running costs is met, with general unrestricted reserves standing at £312,220 against a budgeted requirement of approximately £167,000. The auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Wenn Townsend.
Who funds INTERNATIONAL TREE FOUNDATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name INTERNATIONAL TREE FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE TRESANTON TRUST, TREE SISTERS, THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST, BOTANIC GARDENS CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL, THE NORTHWICK TRUST.
Shared trustees with funders
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Known funders
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