Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: -7

Support Score: 4

Spending falling: -1
No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Very static board: -5

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: -4

THE FOREST TRUST

TFTis working on the ground in forests, farms and factories helping companies and communities deliver Responsible Products that respect the environment and improve people's lives.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board composition appears to be very static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period

Established: 18 years
(24 years as a company)

www.earthworm.org

info@earthworm.org

02380111220

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Financial Data ?

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
31/12/22		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21		£685	£697	£-12	£0	£17	£17	0.3	10
31/12/20	*	£805	£804	£2	£0	£28	£28	0.4	13
31/12/19		£1,053	£6,926	£-5,873	£0	£28	£28	0	18
31/12/18		£13,675	£14,473	£-798	£1,884	£6,009	£5,611	4.7	243
31/12/17		£13,517	£12,583	£934	£1,872	£6,424	£6,276	6	259
31/12/16		£14,963	£13,091	£1,872	£1,883	£6,024	£5,657	5.2	260
31/12/15		£10,570	£9,753	£817	£3,689	£3,436	£3,373	4.2	241
31/12/14		£8,692	£7,866	£826	£2,187	£2,330	£2,272	3.5	155
31/12/13		£7,026	£6,624	£402	£1,253	£1,425	£1,285	2.3	134
31/12/12		£5,635	£4,845	£790	£1,104	£1,040	£839	2.1	97
31/12/11		£4,998	£4,891	£107	£1,217	£262	£144	0.4	90
31/12/10		£4,203	£4,163	£40	£1,020	£154	£68	0.2	87
31/12/09		£3,107	£3,136	£-29	£714	£108	£-6	-0	88
31/12/08		£3,570	£3,467	£103	£832	£146	£8	0	75
31/12/07		£2,049	£2,033	£16	£429	£32	£-54	-0.3	56
31/12/06		£1,766	£1,773	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

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

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

China, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

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

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 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Co-ordinated technology development to provide an optimised and integrated system of leading vertical farming technologies
£33,821	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=105141
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Hydrobubbles to Boost Plant Growth Through Captured Carbon Utilisation
£16,721	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=51297
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Hybrid Advanced Research Vertical-Farming Environment Systems and Technology (HARVEST)
£69,824	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=93802
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Hybrid Advanced Research Vertical-Farming Environment Systems and Technology (HARVEST)
£72,998	01/05/2021	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=93802

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 63-69

ANDREW JAMES HEWETT Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

MICHEL TROUSSIER Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Consultant

SASKIA OZINGA LUUTSCHE Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Campaigner

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/05/2006, number: 1114277
Registered at Companies House on 10/09/1999, number: 03842323

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

17 returns made; AR20: 4 days late,

Main office

Basepoint Business Centre 1
Winnall Valley Road
Winchester, Hampshire
SO23 0LD

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY: (A) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES; (B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES; (C) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE AND ETHICAL MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS “DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.”

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

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