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Description

The Sylva Foundation is working to bring trees and people closer together, following sustainable development principles. The charity works across Britain caring for forests to ensure they thrive for people and for nature, and supporting innovation in home-grown wood. We conduct our work through four main programmes, reflecting our charitable objects, namely: Science, Education, Forestry, and Wood.

Also known as

  • Sylva Foundation
  • Sylva Foundation

CCEW Charity number

1128516

Company number

06589157

Registered

Postcode

OX14 4QT

Website

sylva.org.uk

Domain

sylva.org.uk

Latest income

£590,358 (on )

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Sylva Foundation

GB-CHC-1128516

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Areas of operation in the UK

Registered Office in the UK

Sylva Foundation

GB-CHC-1128516

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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 4 active records and 0 inactive records, from 4 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-1128516 .
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GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1128516 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

Sylva Foundation (this record)

Organisation record from Charity Commission for England and Wales
Last updated 2024-04-20

Sylva Foundation

Organisation record from Office of Scottish Charity Regulator
Last updated 2024-04-18

Sylva Foundation

Organisation record from Companies House
Last updated 2024-04-20

Sylva Foundation

GB-CHC-1128516

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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  • Education ED
  • Housing HO » Accommodation HO101
  • Research RS » Science RS103

Theme (CCEW)

  • General Charitable Purposes 101
  • Education/training 102
  • Environment/conservation/heritage 112

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Children/young People 201
  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • 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

Sylva Foundation

GB-CHC-1128516

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
2009-03-12 Registered as a charity
2010-03-31 160,000 160,000
2011-03-31 176,050 164,321
2012-03-31 218,234 193,760
2013-03-31 298,229 221,707
2014-03-31 807,407 362,084
2015-03-31 893,143 320,151
2016-03-31 435,992 317,111
2017-03-31 443,182 399,081
2018-03-31 492,644 345,871
2019-03-31 766,420 397,946
2020-03-31 472,374 502,777
2021-03-31 496,959 437,222
2022-03-31 499,747 542,418
2023-03-31 590,358 649,823
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

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Sylva Foundation

GB-CHC-1128516

Charity people

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2023
£
2022
£
Employees 10
Employees paid more than £60,000 - -
Volunteers 50 100
Trustees 6
Employees
Volunteers

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

Sylva Foundation

GB-CHC-1128516

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
£000s
2022
£000s
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 84.2
Legacies -
Endowments -
Donations and legacies 84.2
Income from charitable activities 370.0
Income from other trading activities 134.4
Income from investments 1.8
Other income -
Total 590.4 499.7
Expenditure
Investment management -
Other spending on raising funds -
Spending on raising funds -
Grants to institutions -
Other charitable activities 649.8
Charitable activities 649.8
Other spending -
Total 649.8 542.4
Net income / (expenditure) (59.5) (42.7)

Sylva Foundation

GB-CHC-1128516

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

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2023
£000s
2022
£000s
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 1,571.2
Investment assets -
1,571.2
Current assets
Current investment assets -
Cash 161.9
Other current assets 83.6
245.5
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (64.5)
Net current assets 181.0
Total assets less current liabilities 1,752.2
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year -
Net assets 1,752.2
Funds
Endowment funds 1,554.5
Restricted funds 49.4
Unrestricted funds 148.3
1,752.2

Sylva Foundation

GB-CHC-1128516

Income from government

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2023
£
2022
£
Contracts with government
Income from government contracts 68,750 135,200
Government contracts as % of total income 11.6% 27.1%
Number of government contracts 5 10
Government grants
None recorded

Sylva Foundation

GB-CHC-1128516

Grants received

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Received 11 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
Garfield Weston Foundation
Environment
£20,000 Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Woods into Management - Regional Woodland Restoration Innovation Funds
£42,400 UKFS Evaluator Tool
Garfield Weston Foundation
Environment
£20,000 Main Grants award - COVID19 response
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Heritage Emergency Fund
£8,000 Grant to Sylva Foundation
John Ellerman Foundation
Environment
£84,168
2 years
costs of Sustainable Land Management programme
Sep 2020 to Aug 2022
The Dulverton Trust
Conservation
£90,000
2 years
Sustainable Woodland Management Support
Jul 2019 to Jun 2022
Garfield Weston Foundation
Environment
£20,000 Main Grants award
Quartet Community Foundation
Gannett Foundation
£4,255 Grant to Sylva Foundation
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Our Heritage
£98,300 Grant to Sylva Foundation
The Dulverton Trust
Conservation
£21,666 MyForest Service Development

Data source

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Sylva Foundation

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