The Woodlands Trust

Funding of ministers and projects to advance the Christian Religion.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Elsewhere

• Throughout England and Wales

Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 July 2025, it had income of £246,036 and spent £74,617.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

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Income over time

Up 457%, from £44,135 in the year to 31 July 2021 to £246,036 in the year to 31 July 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 30% of its income in the year to 31 July 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government grants in the year ending 31 July 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

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No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

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Senedd and Welsh Government records that name this charity, gathered by OpenSenedd. Newest first.

• 30 September 2021

  Named by Jenny Rathbone in the Senedd

  …t trees because people can't afford to buy fruit and they often don't understand how you preserve fruit. But I was very disappointed that the Woodlands Trust said you won't support fruit tree-planting because they're not Welsh which, actually, is hard to understand given all the Welsh heritage fruit…

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• 30 September 2021

  Named by Jerry Langford in the Senedd

  …quite a specialised business. Obviously, you can go down to a garden centre and buy a fruit tree for £10 or £12. It's not really within the Woodlands Trust's charitable remit to promote that sort of cropping tree. Obviously, our purpose as a charity is to promote native woods and trees, and the tre…

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4 trustees run the charity.

• Graham John SheppardAppointed 21 May 2012
• Kenneth Hart
• Martyn Richard SheppardAppointed 21 May 2012
• Richard Henry Sheppard

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

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Charity number

271763

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

9 August 1976

Governing document

DEED OF SETTLEMENT DATED 15TH APRIL 1976

Council area of its contact address

Newport

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.
• In the Senedd and Welsh Government: records gathered by OpenSenedd and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenSenedd: Senedd records that name this charity
• OpenCouncil: Newport Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Newport's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Casnewydd Islwyn