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Description

The Community Forest Trust works to support the development of community forestry initiatives including City of Trees, The Mersey Forest, and White Rose Forest. Projects include mitigating climate change through the provision of high quality green infrastructure.

Also known as

  • City of Trees
  • Community Forest Trust
  • Community Forests North West Limited
  • Community Forests Northwest the Red Rose Forest Trust
  • City of Trees
  • Community Forest Trust
  • Community Forests Northwest
  • Manchester City of Trees

CCEW Charity number

1072706

Company number

03598556

Registered

Postcode

M17 1BW

Website

cf-trust.org

Domain

cf-trust.org

Latest income

£9,806,445 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Community Forest Trust

GB-CHC-1072706

Locations

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Area of operation in the UK

Registered Office in the UK

Community Forest Trust

GB-CHC-1072706

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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-1072706 .
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GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1072706 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

Community Forest Trust (this record)

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Community Forest Trust

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Community Forest Trust

GB-CHC-1072706

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Grant-making foundations H10

UK Charity Activity Tags

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  • Environment EN » Climate Emergency EN101

Theme (CCEW)

  • General Charitable Purposes 101
  • Education/training 102
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 103
  • Disability 104
  • Environment/conservation/heritage 112
  • Economic/community Development/employment 113

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Children/young People 201
  • Elderly/old People 202
  • People With Disabilities 203
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies 205
  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • Makes Grants To Organisations 302
  • Provides Human Resources 304
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space 305
  • Provides Services 306
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research 308
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body 309

Scale of operation

  • National

Community Forest Trust

GB-CHC-1072706

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1998-12-02 Registered as a charity
2004-03-31 490,431 422,660
2005-03-31 698,820 588,642
2006-03-31 956,017 893,057
2007-03-31 887,601 826,437
2008-03-31 1,550,969 1,145,820
2009-03-31 1,300,806 1,408,134
2010-03-31 1,902,393 1,376,077
2011-03-31 1,860,813 1,768,705
2012-03-31 1,646,000 1,784,590
2013-03-31 2,085,571 1,474,647
2014-03-31 1,854,329 2,205,086
2015-03-31 1,568,455 1,898,538
2016-03-31 1,328,132 1,386,368
2017-03-31 1,656,587 1,673,187
2018-03-31 1,659,538 1,529,139
2019-03-31 2,387,063 1,945,299
2020-03-31 3,294,067 2,485,383
2021-03-31 3,143,109 2,814,947
2022-03-31 7,397,236 5,462,620
2023-06-30 9,806,445 11,781,897
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Community Forest Trust

GB-CHC-1072706

Charity people

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2023
£
2022
£
Employees 55 37
Employees paid more than £60,000 1 -
Volunteers - 10
Trustees 9
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Community Forest Trust

GB-CHC-1072706

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£m
2022
£m
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 0.0 0.2
Legacies - -
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 0.0 0.2
Income from charitable activities 6.1 7.2
Income from other trading activities - -
Income from investments 0.0 0.0
Other income 3.7 -
Total 9.8 7.4
Expenditure
Investment management - -
Other spending on raising funds - -
Spending on raising funds - -
Grants to institutions 4.3 1.8
Other charitable activities 1.1 3.6
Charitable activities 5.4 5.4
Other spending 6.3 0.1
Total 11.8 5.5
Net income / (expenditure) (2.0) 1.9

Community Forest Trust

GB-CHC-1072706

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£m
2022
£m
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 0.1 0.1
Investment assets - 0.2
0.1 0.3
Current assets
Current investment assets 0.1 0.4
Cash 7.4 5.4
Other current assets 2.9 2.5
10.4 8.2
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (8.2) (4.2)
Net current assets 2.2 4.0
Total assets less current liabilities 2.4 4.4
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year - -
Net assets 2.4 4.4
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds 1.8 3.6
Unrestricted funds 0.6 0.8
2.4 4.4

Community Forest Trust

GB-CHC-1072706

Income from government

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2023
£
2022
£
Contracts with government
None recorded
Government grants
Income from government grants 3,452,894 2,432,572
Government grants as % of total income 35.2% 32.9%
Number of government grants 4 2

Community Forest Trust

GB-CHC-1072706

Grants received

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Received 39 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Main Grant
£12,000
1 month
Grant to Community Forest Trust
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Urban Tree Challenge Fund (extension)
£386,528 UTCF-04-19-20
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Urban Tree Challenge Fund (extension)
£140,234 Manchester City of trees
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Green Recovery Challenge Fund - Round 1
£315,719 GRCF2021 A Green Recovery through the Mersey Forest
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Green Recovery Challenge Fund - Round 1
£250,000 GRCF2021 A Green Recovery through the Mersey Forest
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
ALB - Rural Payments Agency - State Aid Funded (RD Measure 08) SA
£1,205 ALB - Rural Payments Agency - State Aid Funded (RD Measure 08) SA
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
ALB - Natural England - Children in Nature Programme
£68,859 ALB-Natural England-Grant for Community Forest and Woodland Outreach Project
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Main Grant
£180,000
3 years
Grant to Community Forest Trust
Co-operative Group £2,907 Grant to Manchester City of Trees
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Main Grant
£25,000
6 months
Grant to Community Forest Trust

Data source

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Community Forest Trust

GB-CHC-1072706

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