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THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE

Registered charity 1137523 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Concerned with sustainable production and sourcing of agricultural and forest commodities. Work is delivered through programmes - global level - providing technical support to multi-stakeholder initiatives, using partnerships to develop capacity and innovating approaches for smallholder development - regional level - addressing deforestation, climate change and sustainable economic development.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£1.0m
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £23,505 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income decreasing to £1,054,204 from £1,540,689 in the prior year. Unrestricted reserves increased to £402,400, which the trustees state is above the annual operating cost and provides a buffer against short-term funding gaps. The auditor confirmed the appropriateness of the going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Proforest Ltd recharged The Proforest Initiative £510,941 for costs of charitable activity paid on its behalf.
“During the year ended 31 December 2024 Proforest Limited recharged The Proforest Initiative £510,941 (2023: £536,242) for costs of charitable activity paid on its behalf.” — page 27
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.0m
Reserves (reported)
£402k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (58% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Brazil · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Colombia · Congo · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Gabon · Ghana · Indonesia · Ivory Coast · Liberia · Malaysia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£1.1m£1.0m
31/12/2023£1.5m£1.6m
31/12/2022£2.6m£2.6m
31/12/2021£2.2m£2.2m
31/12/2020£2.0m£2.1m

Common questions

Is THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £23,505 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income decreasing to £1,054,204 from £1,540,689 in the prior year. Unrestricted reserves increased to £402,400, which the trustees state is above the annual operating cost and provides a buffer against short-term funding gaps. The auditor confirmed the appropriateness of the going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE NORTHWICK TRUST2£55k
THE TRESANTON TRUST1£731k
The Global Returns Project Limited1£253k
ISEAL ALLIANCE1£224k
THE AURORA TRUST1£204k
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT1£188k
THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION1£155k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED1£70k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FOREST PEOPLES PROGRAMME.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE£1.1m——unclear—no doubt
FOREST PEOPLES PROGRAMME FY2025£9.6m——unclear—noted
RAINFOREST ALLIANCE LTD FY2025£2.3m——within—no doubt
PLANT-FOR-THE-PLANET UK FY2023£290k—0unclear—no doubt
LTPP FY2024£3.1m—0above—no doubt
INTERNATIONAL TREE FOUNDATION FY2024£1.4m—0above8.2%no doubt

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