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.

Objects

3. THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE(A)TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF BARNET AND HARINGEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS;(B)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;(C)TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT;IN PARTICULAR BY ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING ACCESS TO WOODLANDS AND BY ORGANISING RECREATIONAL,EDUCATIONAL, THERAPEUTIC AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES WITHIN WOODLANDS.

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

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Haringey, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reports a cash balance of £33,205 at the end of the financial year, which has been pre-allocated for future programme costs. Total income increased by 45.45% to £64,621.50, driven by secured multi-year funding and commissioned services. Expenditure on programmes and general running costs totaled £56,962.

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 2 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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

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

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

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

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WOODLAND CENTRE TRUST.

• THE WOODLAND CENTRE TRUST income £396k
• THE WORD FOREST ORGANISATION income £68k
• WILL WOODLANDS income £602k
• WILD WELFARE income £283k
• Wychwood Forest Trust Ltd income £168k
• TIR COED income £319k

Side by side with its peers

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