TREEBOURNE

Registered charity 1196395 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Planting trees and other carbon capturing plants, and encouraging and enabling the planting of these, on public and private land in and around Eastbourne. Supporting others in these activities. Maintaining planted trees and enriching the environment in which they are planted. Enhancing the natural environment and biodiversity of Eastbourne by planting and greening.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY - A) CULTIVATING, PLANTING AND CARING FOR TREES AND OTHER PLANTS, AND MAINTAINING THE ENVIRONMENTS IN WHICH THEY GROW, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN EASTBOURNE AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS B) RAISING AWARENESS AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF TREE CULTIVATION AND PLANTING IN RELATION TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT C) FACILITATING, ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING THE CULTIVATION AND PLANTING OF TREES AND OTHER PLANTS, AND THE CONSERVATION AND REGENERATION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, BY INDIVIDUAL, CORPORATE AND INSTITUTIONAL LANDOWNERS, ON THEIR OWN LAND

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

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Eastbourne, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£121k
Latest spending
£97k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves are £0, while restricted funds total £66,283. The trustees declare there is no explicit policy on reserves, noting that existing funds are used for project costs and administrator payments. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, indicating the accounts comply with statutory requirements.

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 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.

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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 50

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 1,300

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 750
  • Government income: £71,616 — grants £71,616 (1); 83% of the £86,106 total gross income on the same return

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

Funders the charity credits

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£121k£97k
31/03/2024£140k£123k
31/03/2023£86k£62k

Common questions

Is TREEBOURNE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves are £0, while restricted funds total £66,283. The trustees declare there is no explicit policy on reserves, noting that existing funds are used for project costs and administrator payments. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, indicating the accounts comply with statutory requirements. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds TREEBOURNE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TREEBOURNE as a grant recipient include JOHN JACKSON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
JOHN JACKSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1kSocial welfare

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/04/2024£93kUTCF-42-21-22
UK government01/04/2022£175UTCF-67-20-21
UK government01/04/2022£350UTCF-68-20-21
UK government01/04/2022£114kUTCF-42-21-22

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CREATING NATURES CORRIDORS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TREEBOURNE£121k—0unclear—no doubt
CREATING NATURES CORRIDORS FY2025£27k—0unclear—no doubt
INTERNATIONAL TREE FOUNDATION FY2025£1.4m—0above—no doubt
ECOACTIVE FY2025£235k—0below—no doubt
STUMP UP FOR TREES FY2025£437k—0above—no doubt
GREEN ALLOTMENTS FY2025£189k—0unclear—no doubt

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