THE WOODLAND TRUST

Registered charity 294344 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COED CADW, THE WOODLAND TRUST IN NORTHERN IRELAND, THE WOODLAND TRUST SCOTLAND · also registered in Scotland as SC038885 (OSCR)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income rose by 6% to £89.4m, with a net surplus of £16.9m after investment losses. Free reserves stood at £41.8m, representing 5.7 months of budgeted expenditure, which aligns with the charity's policy target of six months' cover. The charity holds significant restricted funds, primarily in woods and land assets, and maintains sufficient liquidity to navigate economic uncertainties.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Haysmac LLP.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2022) to "below" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2022 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Woodland Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Postcode Lottery
• Pets at Home

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/12/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (09/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (24/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (20/09/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (12/06/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

• Baron Hall of Birkenhead Anthony William Hallchair
• Amber Kaur Thiara
• Andrew Leigh Bryant
• Briony Leigh Nesbitt
• Carole Elizabeth Pomfret · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Robert Saddington · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Fay Margaret Cooke
• Dr Julia Suzanna Knights · trustee of 1 other charity
• James Frederick Ogilvie
• Marina Wyatt
• Professor David Hill · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sandeep Kumar
• Stuart John Green

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

Operates in: Gibraltar · Guernsey · Isle Of Man · Jersey · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WOODLAND HERITAGE LIMITED.

• WOODLAND HERITAGE LIMITED income £1.5m
• WORLD LAND TRUST income £8.7m
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS income £195.0m
• NORFOLK WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.4m
• THE NATURESAVE TRUST income £101k
• THE WOODLANDS TRUST income £246k