THE ART OF FORESTS

Registered charity 1210898 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ART OF FORESTS ALLIANCE - AS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN IN ITS FIRST ITERATION AS A COMPANY LIMITED WITH GUARANTEE

Objects

TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WORLDWIDE BY:-(A) UNITING ORGANISATIONS WHO ARE DEDICATED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, AFFORESTATION, REFORESTATION, ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION AND NATURE CONSERVATION; (B) ADVANCING EDUCATION BY FOSTERING A SPACE FOR THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND BEST PRACTICES AND TO MAKE THE USEFUL RESULTS AND GUIDANCE AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE GLOBALLY; (C) FOSTERING SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT LIVELIHOODS THROUGH, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE, FACILITATION OF ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATIONS, AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO ENCOURAGE TREE PLANTING, AGROFORESTRY, CONSERVATION AND OTHER SUCH ACTIVITIES CONCERNING THE ELIMINATION OF THE DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION. NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

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 · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Isle of Wight, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity raised £102,070 in gross income against total expenditure of £62,161, resulting in a net increase in funds of £39,909. Per the trustees' report, the charity met its fundraising targets in its first operational year, with unrestricted funds totaling £207 at year-end.

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.

• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Brynle Healdchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrew Wilson MacCormack
• Francesca Jayne Mahoney
• Frederic Fournier
• James Justin Baring Whitehead
• Kofi Debrah
• Tonthoza Uganja
• William Mark Sheldon

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

Operates in: Australia · Belgium · Brazil · Canada · Costa Rica · France · Germany · Ghana · India · Italy · Kenya · Madagascar

Income and spending

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• THE NATURIST FOUNDATION income £425k
• GLOBAL HARVEST MINISTRIES income £180k
• VOLUNTARY ACTION EPPING FOREST income £537k
• THE FOREST HERMITAGE TRUST income £103k

Side by side with its peers

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