INTERNATIONAL DENDROLOGY SOCIETY

Registered charity 1178252 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Operates worldwide, with members in 50 countries. Organises tours and study periods, provides bursaries for dendrology students , produces a Yearbook and Newsletter and maintains a Website, alerts authorities where arboreta or natural plant resources are under threat, publishes the Website Trees and Shrubs Online, incorporating New Trees and Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles.

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Latest income
£727k
Latest spending
£354k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £381,700 at the end of the year, which exceeds the budgeted unrestricted expenditure of £226,000 for the next financial year. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to meet commitments for the following twelve months and that the charity is operating on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: twelve months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £382k)
“The trustees aim to ensure that there is sufficient unrestricted funding available to meet all commitments for the following twelve months” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income
£727k
Total spending
£354k
Cost of raising funds
£48k
Reserves (reported)
£382k
Employees
7

Reported reserves equal ~12.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (86% 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: 6.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£727k£354k
30/09/2024£359k£274k
30/09/2023£266k£234k
30/09/2022£261k£193k
30/09/2021£136k£144k

Common questions

Is INTERNATIONAL DENDROLOGY SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £381,700 at the end of the year, which exceeds the budgeted unrestricted expenditure of £226,000 for the next financial year. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to meet commitments for the following twelve months and that the charity is operating on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
INTERNATIONAL DENDROLOGY SOCIETY£727k—0above—no doubt
THE ARBORICULTURAL ASSOCIATION FY2025£1.7min excess of £70,0001unclear—material uncertainty
THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETIES FY2024£5.1m£100,001 - £110,0002unclear—no doubt
WOODLAND HERITAGE LIMITED FY2024£1.5m—0unclear—material uncertainty
INTERNATIONAL TREE FOUNDATION FY2024£1.4m—0above8.2%no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY FOR PLANT PATHOLOGY FY2024£405k—0above—no doubt

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