Overall GiG Score: 11 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

SYLVA FOUNDATION 

The Sylva Foundation is working to bring trees and people closer together, following sustainable development principles. The charity works across Britain caring for forests to ensure they thrive for people and for nature, and supporting innovation in home-grown wood. We conduct our work through four main programmes, reflecting our charitable objects, namely: Science, Education, Forestry, and Wood.
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Positives:

  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
Established: 15 years

www.sylva.org.uk

info@sylva.org.uk

01865 408018

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UN SDGs
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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 Volun-
teers
31/03/23£590£650£-59£0£1,752£1482.71050
31/03/22£500£542£-43n/an/an/an/an/a100
31/03/21£497£437£60n/an/an/an/an/a100
31/03/20£472£503£-30n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/03/19£766£398£368£5£1,825£2176.57200
31/03/18£493£346£147£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£443£399£44£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£436£317£119£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£893£320£573£4£1,147£1,14442.960
31/03/14£807£362£445£3£574£5741940
31/03/13£298£222£77£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£218£194£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£176£164£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£160£160£0£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 8%
Reserves/Spending: 2.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.5
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 10 employees
  • 50 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Dulverton Trust£90,000
John Ellerman Foundation£84,168
Garfield Weston Foundation£60,000
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs£42,400
National Lottery Heritage Fund£8,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£20,000 23/09/2022
Nurturing a Wood Culture - Growing a Future
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - UKFS Evaluator Tool
£42,400 01/04/2021
The WiM Forestry Innovation Funds aim to restore vulnerable woodland habitats and help woodlands adapt to a changing climate and recover from the impacts of pests and diseases.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£20,000 30/10/2020
Core Funding
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Sylva Foundation
£8,000 12/08/2020
COVID19 Sylva Foundation
John Ellerman Foundation - costs of Sustainable Land Management programme
£84,168 26/03/2020
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costs of Sustainable Land Management programme
Dulverton Trust - Sustainable Woodland Management Support
£90,000 12/06/2019
Sustainable Woodland Management Support
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 28/05/2019
Core funding
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Sylva Foundation
£4,255 04/12/2018
To create cycling access at a community woodland, including surface work, signage and a bike shelter.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Sylva Foundation
£98,300 13/03/2018
House of Wessex - celebrating the birth of the Kingdom of England
Dulverton Trust - MyForest Service Development
£21,666 25/10/2016
MyForest Service Development
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/03/2009, number: 1128516
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/05/2008, number: 06589157
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
14 returns made; all on time
Main office

Sylva Wood Centre
Little Wittenham Road
Long Wittenham
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
OX14 4QT

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT CONSISTENT WITH SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES BY:I ADVANCING EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENTII THE PROMOTION AND CONDUCT OF RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ABOUT EFFECTIVE SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCHIII SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFITIV ADVANCING EDUCATION AND BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN THE DESIGN AND PRODUCTION OF HOME-GROWN WOOD PRODUCTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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