WOODLEIGH IMPACT

Registered charity 1195788 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Objects of the Charity include the prevention and relief of poverty and the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment including by raising awareness of the impact of climate change.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY):3.1 TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING BY RAISING AWARENESS OF THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND BY MAKING GRANTS TO CHARITIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO CONSERVE, PROTECT AND IMPROVE THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT;3.2 FOR THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING GRANTS AND SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£225k
Latest spending
£106k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,079,063, which the trustees consider adequate to meet charitable objectives. The charity reported a net income increase of £187,753 driven by new donations and investment gains, resulting in a strong financial position with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: retain sufficient funds to meet charitable objectives (reserves figure: £1.1m)
“The policy on reserves is to retain sufficient funds to meet charitable objectives.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Total income
£814k
Total spending
£188k
Reserves (reported)
£626k
Employees
1

Reported reserves equal ~39.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (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
31/12/2025£225k£106k
31/12/2024£40k£152k
31/12/2023£498k£175k
31/12/2022£814k£188k

Common questions

Is WOODLEIGH IMPACT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,079,063, which the trustees consider adequate to meet charitable objectives. The charity reported a net income increase of £187,753 driven by new donations and investment gains, resulting in a strong financial position with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WHITLEY FUND FOR NATURE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WOODLEIGH IMPACT£225k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WHITLEY FUND FOR NATURE FY2025£2.6m——above—noted
THE TOTTLE WOODLAND AND WILDLIFE CHARITY FY2025£136k—0unclear—no doubt
Crawley Community Action FY2026£406k—0above—no doubt
WOODSIDE CHURCH FY2025£712k——above—no doubt
WOODLARKS CAMP SITE TRUST FY2025£225k—0unclear—no doubt

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