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Ancient Tree Forum

Ancient Tree Forum is a registered charity (number 1071012) based in London, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Richard Powell OBE since 2023. Latest income £156k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as ATF (Charity Commission)

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £156k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.ancienttreeforum.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Ancient Tree Forum
Registered
1998

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£156k£143k
  • 2024£145k£138k
  • 2023£116k£137k
Earlier years
  • 2022£149k£145k
  • 2021£68k£91k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF ANCIENT AND OTHER VETERAN TREES, AND THEIR ASSOCIATED WILDLIFE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN THE BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF ANCIENT AND OTHER VETERAN TREES AND THEIR ASSOCIATED WILDLIFE AND TO DEVELOP THE BEST TECHNIQUES FOR THEIR CONSERVATION TO PUBLISH AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ON ANCIENT AND OTHER VETERAN TREES AND THEIR ASSOCIATED WILDLIFE, AND ON TECHNIQUES FOR THEIR MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE BIOLOGICAL, CULTURAL, HISTORIC AND AESTHETIC VALUE OF ANCIENT AND OTHER VETERAN TREES

Grants received

4 grants · £160,000 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.

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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.

10 trustees on the board

3.7y median 4y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

8
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10General Charitable Purposes 10

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 8Arts and leisure 1Business services 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£156k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1071012
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 10 JUNE 1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30 OCT 2017 as amended on 20 Oct 2020
Companies House
Company number 03578609 · Active
Contact on the register
07897709652 · admin@ancienttreeforum.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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