Finance Score: 8

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 4

Good reserves management: +3
Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 18

TREE AID

TREE AID works with poor families, especially women, in the African drylands to unlock the potential of trees to reduce poverty & protect the environment. We provide education, training, policy & technical advice on tree based development initiatives that support poor communities build incomes, improve their management of & secure access to natural resources, & achieve nutritional security.

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Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£10,780	£8,837	£1,943	£854	£7,667	£3,004	4.1	105	2
31/03/22	£7,694	£7,197	£497	£786	£3,599	£3,114	5.2	99	2
31/03/21	£7,031	£6,971	£60	£765	£3,015	£2,719	4.7	77	1
31/03/20	£5,475	£5,245	£230	£727	£2,680	£2,449	5.6	59	3
31/03/19	£5,712	£5,206	£506	£692	£2,474	£2,199	5.1	55	5
31/03/18	£3,329	£3,669	£-340	£737	£1,913	£1,762	5.8	52	0
31/03/17	£1,915	£2,744	£-829	£524	£2,252	£1,891	8.3	50	0
31/03/16	£1,843	£2,461	£-618	£883	£3,010	£2,123	10.3	45	0
31/03/15	£2,503	£2,223	£281	£594	£3,645	£2,302	12.4	34	0
31/03/14	£4,050	£1,983	£2,067	£459	£3,364	£2,329	14.1	29	0
31/03/13	£2,157	£1,518	£639	£412	£1,297	£161	1.3	27	0
31/03/12	£2,324	£2,125	£200	£452	£658	£103	0.6	37	0
31/03/11	£1,535	£1,612	£-77	£276	£458	£187	1.4	37	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 9.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 39%
Reserves/Spending: 4.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 13.5

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Established: 14 years
(24 years as a company)

www.treeaid.org

info@treeaid.org

01179096363

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

International poverty relief

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides other finance
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Niger,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

105 employees
2 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - 28-023: Promoting forest governance for resilient ecosystems and communities in Segou
£22,379	19/11/2021	In order to reduce deforestation and desertification in Malis Segou Region, the project will strengthen andscale-up decentralised forest management to protect and restore dryland forest ecosystems, ....more In order to reduce deforestation and desertification in Malis Segou Region, the project will strengthen andscale-up decentralised forest management to protect and restore dryland forest ecosystems, covering25,000hectares. This will be achieved by building organisational and institutional capacities for effectivestewardship of forests. 6,500hectares of degraded agricultural land will also be restored through tree plantingand sustainable land management practices alongside reduced anthropogenic pressures. Finally, alternativelivelihoods will be promoted based on the viable use of non-timber forest products.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - 28-010: Developing rural pathways to community resilience and ecosystem restoration
£51,823	12/10/2021	Boswellia forests in Ethiopia provide a major source of frankincense, alongside other important ecosystem services. However, these dryland forests are threatened by severe biodiversity loss and ....more Boswellia forests in Ethiopia provide a major source of frankincense, alongside other important ecosystem services. However, these dryland forests are threatened by severe biodiversity loss and degradation. This project seeks to reverse this trend, through improved governance and inclusive decision-making. The introduction of viable harvesting and regeneration techniques for frankincense and promotion of sustainable land management on farmland will reverse forest degradation and increase farmland productivity, reducing agricultural expansion. Livelihood opportunities will be promoted, incentivising sustainable exploitation, whilst increasing incomes.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Grant:Darwin Main 25-029:Rehabilitation of the ecosystem of the Park W landscape.
£77,192	01/04/2020	The project will rehabilitate the ecosystem and enhance community-level economic development in the Nigerien area of the W trans-boundary biosphere reserve (WTBR/Niger) which is composed of Park W ....more The project will rehabilitate the ecosystem and enhance community-level economic development in the Nigerien area of the W trans-boundary biosphere reserve (WTBR/Niger) which is composed of Park W and its periphery. Through effective community forest governance, the development of partnerships between the local communities and Park W management, and tree-related enterprise development, the project will protect threatened biodiversity while enhancing local livelihoods. The project is responding to a lack of interventions promoting sustainable resource management in the peripheral area.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - 24-022 Darwin Initiative Round 23 Main
£18,485	01/04/2020	This funding will fund projects in developing countries aiming to protect Biodiversity. Applications received Ministerial approval following an open application round under the Darwin Initiative and ....more This funding will fund projects in developing countries aiming to protect Biodiversity. Applications received Ministerial approval following an open application round under the Darwin Initiative and assessment by our external and independent Darwin Expert Committee (DEC).
National Lottery Community Fund - Village Tree Enterprise in Rural Niger
£10,000	29/11/2012 12	The project, based in the Tillaberi and Dosso regions of Western Niger aims to support very poor, rural smallholder farmers in Niger, especially women to sustainably diversify their livelihood ....more The project, based in the Tillaberi and Dosso regions of Western Niger aims to support very poor, rural smallholder farmers in Niger, especially women to sustainably diversify their livelihood strategies and to increase household nutritional security, via the use of Non-timber forest products (NFTPs).This approach has been utilised by TreeAid to establish Village Tree Enterprises (VTE) in West Africa since, 2005 specifically in Burkina Faso and Mali.
Dulverton Trust - Designing Tree Enterprise Initiatives in Kenya
£19,000	24/10/2012	Designing Tree Enterprise Initiatives in Kenya

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 39-69

DEFRIM DEDEJ Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Grants Director

TRISTRAM HILBORN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Civil Servant

ALEXANDER HALWINDI SIMUYANDI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director

HENRY MCLOUGHLIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director Of Strategy, 38 North

ROGER DAVIES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired Director

DR HILARY MARY ALLISON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Forestry Commissioner, Other trusteeship: THE WILDLIFE TRUST FOR BEDFORDSHIRE CAMBRIDGESHIRE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE,

ELIZABETH DAVIS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Trustee

NICHOLAS FRANCIS PRIDE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director

PHILIP SONGHURST-THONET Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Business Finance

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/03/2010, number: 1135156
Registered at Companies House on 28/05/1999, number: 03779545

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

13 returns made; all on time

Main office

BRUNSWICK COURT
BRUNSWICK SQUARE
BRISTOL
BS2 8PE

Objectives

RELIEVING THE POVERTY OF AND PROMOTING THE WELFARE OF POOR PERSONS OVERSEAS BY, PROMOTING FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH PERSONS THE CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ESPECIALLY THROUGH SILVICULTURE AND JOB CREATION; ANDPROMOTING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT RESEARCH INTO METHODS OF RECLAIMING OR PREVENTING DEGRADATION OF CURRENT AGRICULTURAL OR FOREST LAND INTO DESERT LAND FOR ITS CONTINUED USE FOR FORESTRY, AGRICULTURAL, INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE. OVERSEAS

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