ANDOVER TREES UNITED

Registered charity 1167574 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ATU

Our aim is to create a new Woodland for all in Andover, Hampshire as a recreational and educational green space. We aim to engage with all schoolchildren and the wider community in Andover. The resulting woodland will provide a resource for all to learn about and care for our natural environment.Membership of Andover Trees United is open to anyone supporting our aims and objectives.

Objects

THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF WOODLAND IN ANDOVER.THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN ANDOVER AND THE TEST VALLEY AREA INCLUDING BY PROMOTING THE WOODLAND AS A MEANS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT WIDER ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES SUCH AS: SUSTAINABILITY, CLIMATE CHANGE, ECOLOGY AND THE MITIGATING NEED FOR TREES.

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£148k

Latest spending

£115k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with an excess of income over expenditure of £32,684 and held total funds of £102,313, with no funds in deficit. The trustees report that sufficient funds are held to meet restrictions and that the organization is managed to ensure continuity even if funding streams cease.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“Of the fundraising efforts undertaken during the year, a Supper and Auction of Promises evening, sponsored walk and Festive Draw organised by volunteers and supported by many local businesses and individuals were particularly successful.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: £5,000 until March 2027, then £25,000 (held: £10k)

“Until March 2027, the reserves required by the charity to ensure the charity can continue for a minimum period of 6 months is £5000. This amount is required to ensure that free monies are available in each financial year to meet any reasonably foreseeable contingency.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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

Funders the charity credits

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

Big Lottery — “Thank you to the following local businesses for partnering with us… to Big Lottery, Global Giving and our local authorities” (source page)
Global Giving — “Thank you to the following local businesses for partnering with us… to Big Lottery, Global Giving and our local authorities” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (24/10/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

WENDY LORNE DAVISchair
Alex Lucy Marshall
Susan Jane Risdale
Timothy Martin Rolt

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£148k	£115k
31/03/2024	£104k	£116k
31/03/2023	£110k	£142k
31/03/2022	£148k	£90k
31/03/2021	£48k	£10k

Common questions

Is ANDOVER TREES UNITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with an excess of income over expenditure of £32,684 and held total funds of £102,313, with no funds in deficit. The trustees report that sufficient funds are held to meet restrictions and that the organization is managed to ensure continuity even if funding streams cease.

Who funds ANDOVER TREES UNITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ANDOVER TREES UNITED as a grant recipient include THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£4k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/11/2021	£299k	Branching Out
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/09/2021	£4k	Timbershare

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
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£752k
THE NORTHWICK TRUST	2	£72k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£16k
The Patricia Routledge Foundation	2	£14k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£7k
THE OAKDALE TRUST	2	£3k
THE MILLENNIUM OAK TRUST	1	—
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	—

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ANDOVER CHARITIES.

THE ANDOVER CHARITIES income £147k
WOODLAND HERITAGE LIMITED income £1.7m
CITY OF TREES TRUST income £3.6m
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ANDOVER income £592k
THE WOODLAND TRUST income £89.4m
FOREST OF AVON TRUST income £2.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ANDOVER TREES UNITED	£148k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE ANDOVER CHARITIES FY2024	£147k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WOODLAND HERITAGE LIMITED FY2025	£1.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CITY OF TREES TRUST FY2025	£3.6m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ANDOVER FY2024	£592k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WOODLAND TRUST FY2025	£89.4m	—	—	below	17.3%	no doubt

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