Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3
No PartB

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

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 20

TREES FOR LIFE

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Established: 31 years

www.treesforlife.org.uk

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/01/18	31/01/19	31/01/20	31/01/21	31/01/22	31/01/23
Charitable activities	£725,558	£1,066,767	£1,820,521	£2,222,075		£3,035,683
Donations & Legacies	£283,902	£272,719	£667,861	£717,967
Other Income		£1,237	£402,132	£10,480		£27,598
Investment Income	£9,087	£1,719	£5,719	£15,636		£38,712
Total income	£1,138,126	£1,528,199	£3,005,944	£2,997,113	£3,562,715	£4,162,492
Charitable activities spending	£842,712	£904,003	£871,958	£990,373		£1,486,982
Fundraising costs	12%	8%	11%	9%	5%	9%
Other spending
Total spending	£979,551	£1,021,926	£1,154,475	£1,256,132	£1,491,152	£1,873,625
Surplus/deficit	£158,575	£506,273	£1,851,469	£1,740,981	£2,071,563	£2,288,867

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Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

Purposes

The advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Where it operates

Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Moray

Who it helps

No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

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

National Lottery Heritage Fund	£818,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£100,000
Bòrd na Gàidhlig	£14,000
Foundation Scotland	£230

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Trees For Life
£30	28/04/2022	Donation for 3 trees & an E certificate
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Trees For Life
£200	03/03/2022	Donation from W Scott
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£100,000	24/12/2021	Dundreggan Rewilding Centre
Bòrd na Gàidhlig - Dundreggan Rewilding Centre
£10,000	27/01/2021	A' cumail taic ri leasachadh plana eadar-mhìneachadh Gàidhlig airson an Ionad / Supporting the development of a Gaelic interpretation plan for the Centre
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Trees for Life
£34,700	01/09/2020	COVID19: Trees for Life
Bòrd na Gàidhlig - Gaelic Strategy Development
£4,000	12/02/2020	A' tòiseachadh gus planaichean Gàidhlig a chur air dòigh airson cleachdadh na Gàidhlig a bhrosnachadh mar pàirt de dh' Ionad Ath-fhiadhachadh Dùn Dreagain / Beginning to develop Gaelic plans to ....more A' tòiseachadh gus planaichean Gàidhlig a chur air dòigh airson cleachdadh na Gàidhlig a bhrosnachadh mar pàirt de dh' Ionad Ath-fhiadhachadh Dùn Dreagain / Beginning to develop Gaelic plans to promote Gaelic usage as part of the Dundreggan Rewilding Centre
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Trees For Life
£783,300	28/11/2019	Dundreggan Rewilding Centre
ARCADIA - Mountain Willow Project
£256,838	15/04/2019	To propagate and plant rare and hard to grow montane scrub willow species
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	02/10/2017	Caledonian Pinewood Recovery Project
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Trees For Life
£376,000	20/02/2017	Skills for Rewilding
Robertson Trust - Growing Dundreggan: The Caledonian Forest Research & Training Centre
£10,000	31/08/2016	Growing Dundreggan: The Caledonian Forest Research & Training Centre
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Trees For Life
£10,000	29/08/2016	Rewilding the Highlands: discovering our native woodland heritage
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Trees For Life
£61,200	27/04/2015	Caledonian Forest Wildlife Project
Robertson Trust - The Conservation Volunteering Hostel Project
£15,000	31/01/2015	The Conservation Volunteering Hostel Project
National Lottery Community Fund - STV NORTH - Dundreggan Volunteer Training Project
£50,000	05/12/2013 12	The project will enable the organisation to establish a Forest Skills Training Centre at Dundreggan Estate near Invermoriston. The centre will allow participants to gain the skills / accredited ....more The project will enable the organisation to establish a Forest Skills Training Centre at Dundreggan Estate near Invermoriston. The centre will allow participants to gain the skills / accredited qualifications needed to conserve the native woodland heritage. The project will also run a new annual programme of accredited training qualification courses to train more volunteers who can carry out practical conservation volunteering activities and to lead volunteering groups in the future.

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How is it governed?

Directors (7)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Directors: 31-56

FRASER, Nigel James
Appointed: 2015
Occupation: Land Agent

GRIFFIN, Susan
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Company Director

HETHERINGTON, David Andrew, Dr
Appointed: 2012
Occupation: Ecologist

JHAMAT, Davinder Kaur
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Commercial Real Estate Services & Investments

KELLER, Daniel
Appointed: 2021
Occupation: Chief Executive Officer

LANGLEY, Anne
Appointed: 2021
Occupation: Deputy Director

SCOBBIE, Michael
Appointed: 2021
Occupation: Senior Manager

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 18/03/1993, number: SC021303
Registered at Companies House on 18/03/1993, number: SC143304

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

566 East Whins, The Park, Findhorn, Forres, IV36 3TH

Objectives

The company's objects are: To regenerate and restore the native woodlands of Scotland, and their associated flora and fauna, for the purpose of conservation of the country's natural heritage, and for the benefit of present and future generations of the people of Great Britain. To promote education and, in particular, to conduct research into, and promote public awareness and understanding of, the role of woodland restoration in the stabilisation and regeneration of ecosystems .To promote for the public benefit the conservation, protection and restoration of native forests and other ecosystems around the world with intention of conserving the Earth’s biological diversity.

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