FOREST OF HEARTS

Registered charity 1160589 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We create and maintain natural landscapes which build biodiversity and provide opportunities for employment, volunteering, education and engagement in order to reduce loneliness, isolation and improve health and well-being.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT THROUGH SUSTAINABEL AND ACCESSIBLE FOREST GARDENS. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash funds of £132,083 against total receipts of £149,050 and total payments of £126,034 for the period. The trustees report that the charity is in a strong financial position with sufficient cash to deliver projects, noting a prudent approach due to being in its early years. The stated reserves policy is to maintain at least six months of running costs in reserve.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Forest of Hearts (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Cemex — “As an example Cemex have donated materials and expertise to help create Great Gardens for the community.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alex Drozd
• Daniel Gate
• Teresa Tra My Insua Luu

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FOREST OF MARSTON VALE TRUST.

• THE FOREST OF MARSTON VALE TRUST income £4.3m
• HEART WOOD income £124k
• WILL WOODLANDS income £602k
• Heart of England Forest income £7.6m
• THE SHERWOOD FOREST TRUST income £379k
• THE WOODLAND TRUST income £89.4m

Side by side with its peers

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