TIR COED

Registered charity 1115229 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of education in woodland-related skills; and to develop, promote and encourage the provision of woodland-related facilities in the interests of health and social welfare, for the education and recreation of individuals in rural Wales who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, mental or physical disability, financial hardship or social circumstances.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN WOODLAND-RELATED SKILLS; AND TO DEVELOP, PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE PROVISION OF WOODLAND-RELATED FACILITIES, IN THE INTERESTS OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE, FOR THE EDUCATION AND RECREATION OF INDIVIDUALS IN RURAL WALES WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: WALES.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Ceredigion, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£319k
Latest spending
£371k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £51,919 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £179,015 to £127,096. Unrestricted reserves stood at £85,092, which is above the stated policy target of three months' core costs (£48,000). The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months (reserves figure: £85k)
“A Reserves Fund has been established, which equates to the total core cost of Tir Coed over three months”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2025

  • Volunteers: 12
  • Government income: £221,968 — grants £221,968 (6); 70% of the £319,023 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2024

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Government income: £301,119 — grants £301,119 (5); 54% of the £553,416 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2023

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Government income: £80,396 — grants £80,396 (2); 20% of the £399,563 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Tir Coed (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2024)

Total income
£553k
Total spending
£540k
Cost of raising funds
£12k
Reserves (reported)
£163k
Employees
30

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£319k£371k
31/10/2024£553k£540k
31/10/2023£400k£492k
31/10/2022£596k£557k
31/10/2021£406k£400k

Common questions

Is TIR COED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net expenditure of £51,919 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £179,015 to £127,096. Unrestricted reserves stood at £85,092, which is above the stated policy target of three months' core costs (£48,000). The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds TIR COED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TIR COED as a grant recipient include The Ashley Family Foundation, THE OAKDALE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2023£10k
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2021Unverified read£2kSingle Grant
THE OAKDALE TRUSTFY2022£1k
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2024amount not stated

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund29/07/2025£20kThe Penlan Farm Project
The National Lottery Community Fund21/03/2023£10kPryd: Community Gardens for Food Growing; Learning; Sharing & Volunteering
The National Lottery Community Fund18/02/2022£10kCilrath Farm Community Food Growing Project
The National Lottery Community Fund22/03/2021£10kCovid-19 - AnTir: Sustainable Land Management Training and Wellbeing.
The National Lottery Community Fund24/05/2018£533kLEAF: Learning to Enable Achievement and Fulfillment
The National Lottery Community Fund21/06/2015£5kForest School Sessions for Toddlers
The National Lottery Community Fund27/09/2013£250kVINE (Volunteering In the Natural Environment)
The National Lottery Community Fund24/01/2013£5kVINE (Volunteering In the Natural Environment) Pilot
The National Lottery Community Fund20/11/2006£300kWICKED - Woodland Initiatives as a Catalyst for Kids Education and Developm
The National Lottery Community Fund20/09/2005£5kUnspecified

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TIR NATUR.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TIR COED£319k—0above—no doubt
TIR NATUR FY2025£921k—0unclear—no doubt
WOODLAND HERITAGE LIMITED FY2025£1.7m——unclear—no doubt
THE WOODLAND CENTRE TRUST FY2026£396k—0within—no doubt
WILD ABOUT OUR WOODS CIO FY2025£66k——unclear—no doubt
WIGAN AND LEIGH COMMUNITY CHARITY FY2025£275k—0unclear—no doubt

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