Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -6 ?

COMMUNITY FOREST LAND TRUST 

The charitable activitis are those of the enhancement and improvement, maintenance and protection of the environment and landscape within the North West, for the benefit of the public.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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
30/06/23?£6£2£3n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22*£0£4£-4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£0£8£-8n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£24£12£12n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£16£6£9n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/18£29£30£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£23£26£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£29£33£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£30£11£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£10£8£2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

info@cf-trust.org

01925816217

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • St Helens,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • 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
HM Revenue & Customs - SME Brexit Support Fund
£1,950 08/06/2021
Funding provided for Professional Advice Grant

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-65
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/02/2014, number: 1155979
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/10/2013, number: 08752839
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; AR22: 5 days late, AR14: 238 days late,
Main office

12 TWISS GREEN DRIVE
CULCHETH
WARRINGTON
WA3 4HY

Objectives

1. THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE WITHIN THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND OR ELSEWHERE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE CONNECTED WITH THE ENHANCEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT, MAINTENANCE AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND LANDSCAPE AND IN PARTICULAR TO:(1) PROMOTE, PROVIDE AND ENHANCE WOODLAND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC;(2) PROMOTE THE GENERAL IMPROVEMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO WOODLAND OR FORESTRY PRODUCTS;(3) PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF DERELICT LAND OR HARMFUL SITES;(4) PROVIDE OR HELP TO PROVIDE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION PARTICULARLY INVOLVING THE ENJOYMENT OF LAND AND WOODLAND AS A PUBLIC AMENITY (AND IN FURTHERANCE TO HELP TO PROVIDE SAFE AND CONVENIENT ROUTES AND MODES OF TRANSPORT FOR THE PUBLIC, FOR SAFE CYCLING, AND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FACILITIES INCLUDING NATURE TRAILS, RESERVES AND SANCTUARIES, HORSE AND CYCLE AND FOOTWAYS, PARKLAND AND VISITOR FACILITIES AND CAR PARKS);(5) PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR PLAYING PARTICULAR SPORTS;(6) EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS, IN ECOLOGY AND PROVIDE BETTER APPRECIATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTS AND WAYS OF BETTER SERVING, PROTECTING AND IMPROVING THE SAME AND EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS INTERACTION WITH THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC WELLBEING OF THE COMMUNITY;(7) PROMOTE THE ARTS WITHIN THE WOODLAND AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS;(8) PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE ECOLOGY AND USE OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND ALL SPECIES LIVING IN IT;(9) PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, ENHANCEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE IMPORTANCE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN RELATION TO ALL THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CHARITY. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUB-ARTICLE, THE PHRASE “SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT” SHALL MEAN DEVELOPMENT THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS AND IN APPLYING THIS DEFINITION REGARD SHALL BE HAD TO THE FOLLOWING FACTORS NAMELY, TO SOCIAL PROGRESS WHICH RECOGNISES THE NEEDS OF EVERYONE; EFFECTIVE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT; PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND MAINTENANCE OF HIGH AND STABLE LEVELS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND EMPLOYMENT;(10) PROMOTE AND PROTECT “GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE” WHICH SHALL MEAN THE LIVING NETWORK OF GREEN SPACES, WATER AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES IN BOTH RURAL AND URBAN AREAS AND SHALL INCLUDE TREES, PARKS, GARDENS, ROAD VERGES, ALLOTMENTS, CEMETERIES, WOODLANDS, RIVERS, WETLANDS, FARMLAND AND OTHER NATURAL FEATURES THAT OPERATE AS FLOOD PROTECTION, CARBON STORAGE OR WATER PURIFICATION; AND(11) PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AGAINST THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCLUDING THE CARRYING OUT OF ACTIVITIES TO MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF, AND ADAPT TO, CLIMATE CHANGE.2. SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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