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Registered charity · Marston Moretaine

The Forest of Marston Vale Trust

The Forest of Marston Vale Trust is a registered charity (number 1069229) based in Marston Moretaine, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Rod Calvert OBE since 2015. Latest income £4.3m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Forest of Marston Vale (Charity Commission)

(1) The promotion and advancement of biodiversity, by planting trees and establishing and managing woodlands in the Marston Vale in Bedfordshire and the surrounding area;(2) To promote for the benefit of the public the conservation, protection and...

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £4.3m (2025)
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About

What it does
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Central Bedfordshire, Bedford
Website
www.marstonvale.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Forest of Marston Vale Trust
Registered
1998

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£4.3m£4.0m
  • 2024£5.7m£4.5m
  • 2023£3.6m£3.1m
Earlier years
  • 2022£3.0m£2.2m
  • 2021£1.5m£1.6m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 46%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(1) The promotion and advancement of biodiversity, by planting trees and establishing and managing woodlands in the Marston Vale in Bedfordshire and the surrounding area;(2) To promote for the benefit of the public the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment of the Marston Vale in Bedfordshire and the surrounding area by creating the Forest of Marston Vale as a Community Forest;(3) To advance, through community engagement, the education of the public in the improvement and protection of the environment, and in the environmental, social and economic benefits of tree planting, woodland creation and access to nature.(4) To provide recreational and other facilities in the Marston Vale and the surrounding area to members of the public at large in the interests of social welfare.

Grants received

8 grants · £273,338 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £182,500 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £90,838 (5 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,5002011-06-23
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,8202010-09-06
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £5,0002009-04-15
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £57,3732007-11-28
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,1452007-05-07
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7.3y median 9.5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Environment/conservation/heritage 10Amateur Sport 1Disability 1Recreation 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Agriculture 10Education 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£4.3m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.8 in 2021

65 from 58 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1069229
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07/11/1997AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 13/06/2014 as amended on 03 Dec 2018 as amended on 13 Dec 2021 as amended on 09 Dec 2021
Companies House
Company number 03462405 · Active
Contact on the register
01234762600 · info@marstonvale.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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