Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 8

Reasonable growth: +1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Static board: -3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 4

FUTURE TREES TRUST

Commissions research for the public benefit into hardwood forestry in the UK and Ireland and for growing and improvement of tree species and dissemination of useful results of such research. Advances sustainable forest and woodland management and the scientific research work of Future Trees Trust.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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
05/04/23		£179	£281	£-102	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
05/04/22		£216	£260	£-44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
05/04/21		£287	£235	£52	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
05/04/20		£293	£264	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
05/04/19		£328	£173	£154	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
05/04/18		£339	£194	£145	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/17		£202	£180	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/16		£168	£177	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/15		£207	£167	£40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/14		£152	£137	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/13		£148	£91	£56	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/12		£100	£98	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/11		£84	£41	£43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/10		£35	£51	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/09		£76	£70	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/08		£42	£45	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/07	*	£73	£11	£62	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/06		£7	£6	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/05	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 20 years

www.futuretrees.org

john.mclaughlin@futuretrees.org

07887566978

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Scientific research and testing services

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Dulverton Trust	£90,000
John Ellerman Foundation	£60,000
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	£44,448
The Grocers' Charity	£2,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Supersizing Broadleaves
£13,505	01/04/2022	To encourage innovations that will enhance the quantity, quality and diversity of planting stock available for tree planting in England.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Future Trees Trust
£10,863	01/04/2022	To provide support for activities that enhance the quality, quantity, and diversity of tree seed sources in England.
The Grocers' Charity - 2022-Future Trees Trust
£2,000	16/03/2022	Towards improving the number of seeds that will grow into trees producing up to 20% more timber, carbon sequestration and improving natural habitat.
Dulverton Trust - Core operating costs
£90,000	28/10/2021	Core operating costs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Ensuring a sustainable future for English oak
£20,080	01/04/2021	To encourage innovations that will enhance the quantity, quality and diversity of planting stock available for tree planting in England.
John Ellerman Foundation - Core costs
£60,000	28/11/2019 36	Core costs
Dulverton Trust - core operating costs
£15,000	13/02/2019	core operating costs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	23/10/2017	Future Trees Trust
Dulverton Trust - Core operating costs
£75,000	25/10/2016	Core operating costs
Dulverton Trust - core operating costs
£25,000	11/06/2014	core operating costs
Dulverton Trust - core operating costs
£25,000	27/02/2013	core operating costs

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALICE SNOWDEN Appointed: 2018

ANDREW STAFFORD Appointed: 2018

DR JASON HUBERT Appointed: 2012, Other trusteeship: FUTURE TREES TRUST CIO,

JOHN LEIGH-PEMBERTON (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Other trusteeship: THE NORTH DOWNS SOCIETY,

ROGER COPPOCK Appointed: 2018, Other trusteeship: FUTURE TREES TRUST CIO,

CHRISTINE CAHALAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Honorary Senior Lecturer, Other trusteeships: COED CYMRU CYF, FUTURE TREES TRUST CIO,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/04/2004, number: 1103202

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR07: 136 days late, AR05: 264 days late,

Main office

Harwell Innovation Centre
Building 173
Curie Avenue
Harwell
Oxford
OX11 0QG

Objectives

1. TO PROMOTE AND COMMISSION RESEARCH, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT. INTO HARDWOOD FORESTRY AND IN PARTICULAR RESEARCH INTO THE GROWING AND IMPROVEMENT OF BRITISH HARDWOOD SPECIES, AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF ANY SUCH RESEARCH. 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH WORK OF THE BRITISH AND IRISH HARDWOODS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME AND IN SUSTAINABLE FOREST AND WOODLAND MANAGEMENT. (SUSTAINABLE FOREST AND WOODLAND MANAGEMENT IS DEFINED AS BEING DEVELOPMENT THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.)

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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