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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

UNDER THE TREES LTD 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age


miles
Established: 6 years
(10 years as a company)

www.underthetrees.co.uk

Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 30/04/19 30/04/20 30/04/21 30/04/22 30/04/23
Total income £65,297 £156,276 £137,195 £180,022 £194,886
Total spending £61,440 £105,505 £124,014 £179,086 £186,852
Surplus/deficit £3,857 £50,771 £13,181 £936 £8,034
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
Where it operates
  • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: Falkirk
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
Foundation Scotland£28,069
National Lottery Community Fund£9,968
True Colours Trust£6,600
Women's Fund for Scotland£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Foundation Scotland - On Your Doorstep (Stenhousemuir and Larbert)
£5,000 02/11/2023
To fund the delivery of 10 'On your doorstep Wild Workshops' for local families and over 50s, thereby building local environmental awareness, knowledge and enjoyment of the outdoors amongst residents
Foundation Scotland - A Woodland Celebration
£2,800 25/10/2023
To cover the cost of 4 half-day Woodland Celebration events, launching and showcasing UTT's new outdoor classroom facility at JawCraig (Slamannan) to promote access to, enjoyment of, and responsible ....more
Women's Fund for Scotland - Wild Wummin' Woodland Wellbeing
£5,000 27/02/2023
To fund a Wellbeing Officer to provide fortnightly Woodland Wellbeing groups for Women aged 16 and above in an outdoor setting: the Wild Wummin Woodland Wellbeing group.
Foundation Scotland - Wild Woodland Sessions
£3,000 16/02/2023
To develop an outdoor education course for young people in Falkirk
True Colours Trust - Towards the costs of a play worker for its sessions for disabled children
£6,600 20/09/2022
Towards the costs of a play worker for its sessions for disabled children
Foundation Scotland - Take a Brake -
£4,983 25/07/2022
To support Social inclusion and wellbeing through cycling and outdoor interaction, in a woodland setting, for small groups of men.
Foundation Scotland - Woodland Tots
£4,404 17/05/2022
To cover the cost of running an outdoor play session programme
National Lottery Community Fund - Under the Trees - Orchard Planting and food education project in Stirling
£9,968 07/12/2021
This group will use funding to develop a family-focussed community growing and healthy living programme. The project will be delivered in partnership with Home Start Stirling.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Under the Trees
£4,882 08/03/2021
To run a programme of remote outdoor challenges and webinars for families across Scotland.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Under the Trees
£3,000 16/11/2020
To fund eco-referral Service and Outdoor Sessions for four groups of 10 children in Larbert/Stenhousemuir
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 25/04/2019
towards core costs of providing a programme of outdoor learning activities for children and their families in Falkirk
Robertson Trust - The Development Officer for the Nurturing through Nature Project
£8,500 01/06/2018
The Development Officer for the Nurturing through Nature Project
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (7)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 41-58
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 18/01/2018, number: SC048074
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/04/2014, number: SC475085
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

Unit F and G Newhouse Business Park, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, FK3 8LL

Objectives

The company is established for charitable purposes only and to advance outdoor and environmental education for all groups through the provision of outdoor education, forest schools and other outdoor learning experiences in Falkirk, Edinburgh and the surrounding areas.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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