WILD ABOUT OUR WOODS CIO

Registered charity 1173958 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

It has been set up to advance the education of the public in the use and conservation of natural resources, and in the role of woodlands in promoting emotional, social and physical wellbeing and cognitive development in Barnet and Haringey.

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Latest income

£66k

Latest spending

£46k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity secured £45,352 in funding for the year, with unrestricted funds ending at £92,220. The trustees report that these funds have been pre-allocated to cover the costs of programmes scheduled to run after the financial year end.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Forest School Training (50% of income)

“Of this amount, £22,542 was generated through our Forest School training programmes.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

ALISON STAFFORD
Chetna Patel
SIMON JAMES DAVIS

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

Operates in: Barnet · Haringey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£66k	£46k
31/10/2024	£45k	£33k
31/10/2023	£26k	£26k
31/10/2022	£31k	£43k
31/10/2021	£48k	£29k

Common questions

Is WILD ABOUT OUR WOODS CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity secured £45,352 in funding for the year, with unrestricted funds ending at £92,220. The trustees report that these funds have been pre-allocated to cover the costs of programmes scheduled to run after the financial year end. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WILD ABOUT OUR WOODS CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WILD ABOUT OUR WOODS CIO as a grant recipient include THE YOUNG BARNET FOUNDATION, EDWARD HARVIST (ALSO KNOWN AS THE HARVIST ESTATE), THE BRIDGE RENEWAL TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE YOUNG BARNET FOUNDATION	FY2022	£7k	Space2Grow
EDWARD HARVIST (ALSO KNOWN AS THE HARVIST ESTATE)	FY2025	£5k	Grant
THE YOUNG BARNET FOUNDATION	FY2024	£4k	Space2Grow CYP Fund
THE BRIDGE RENEWAL TRUST	FY2023	£4k	Nature Nurturing Northumberland Park
THE YOUNG BARNET FOUNDATION	FY2023	£250	Space2Grow CYP Fund

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	13/02/2025	£19k	Nature nurturing wellbeing
The National Lottery Community Fund	26/08/2021	£2k	Deep Roots New Shoots - An intergenerational programme
UK government	24/07/2020	£9k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
London Borough of Barnet	02/08/2018	£5k	Grant to Wild About Our Woods