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Registered charity · Stratford-upon-Avon

Heart of England Forest

Heart of England Forest is a registered charity (number 1097110) based in Stratford-upon-Avon, governed by 12 trustees. Latest income £7.6m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £7.6m (2025)
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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Warwickshire, Worcestershire
Website
www.heartofenglandforest.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Heart of England Forest
Registered
2003

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£7.6m£6.3m
  • 2024£5.8m£5.8m
  • 2023£6.9m£5.6m
Earlier years
  • 2022£5.1m£4.0m
  • 2021£4.3m£3.3m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE: (I) TO ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND PRESERVE, IDEALLY A CONTIGUOUS FOREST OR ELSE A FOREST EVENTUALLY CONNECTED BY CORRIDOR (INCLUDING THE ACQUISITION OF NEW LAND, WOODLANDS, AND WETLANDS) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, STRETCHING FROM THE ANCIENT BORDERS OF THE FOREST OF ARDEN TO THE EDGE OF THE VALE OF EVESHAM (THE "HEART OF ENGLAND"), (II) TO ENGAGE IN THE PLANTATION, RE-PLANTATION, CULTIVATION, CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF TREES, WOODLANDS, WET LANDS AND PLANT LIFE IN THE HEART OF ENGLAND FOR THE PURPOSES OF MAINTAINING THIS NATURAL HABITAT AND FOR ENSURING THAT IT BENEFITS BOTH THE PUBLIC AND THE NATIVE NATURAL WILDLIFE (AND ENSURING THE SURVIVAL OF ENDANGERED SPECIES) THAT LIVE IN AND AROUND THIS FORESTED AREA, AND (III) THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC BOTH FOR GENERAL PURPOSES AND FOR SPECIFIC SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH RELATING TO THE PROMULGATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF TREES, WOODLANDS, WETLANDS AND WILDLIFE AND THEIR HABITATS IN THE HEART OF ENGLAND REGION. TO USE PARTS OF THE FOREST TO PROMOTE: I) RECREATION AND LEISURE WITH THE JOINT OBJECTIVES OF ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; AND II) ART (BY HOSTING DISPLAYS AND EVENTS) WITH THE JOINT OBJECTIVES OF ADVANCING THE EDUCATION IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS IN THE ARTS.?

Grants received

7 grants · £3,081,730 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £3,006,760 (5 grants)
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £50,000
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £24,970

Most recent

  • Garfield Weston Foundation £50,0002025-10-02
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £24,9702021-06-21
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £99,8802021-06-21
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £124,8502021-06-21
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £250,0002020-11-25
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.

12 trustees on the board

3.1y median 2y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (5)

10
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 12Environment/conservation/heritage 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Economic/community Development/employment 1General Charitable Purposes 1Other Charitable Purposes 1Recreation 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 9Arts and leisure 6Other services 4

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£7.6m 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.

5.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 7.3 in 2021

75 from 35 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
1097110
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23 OCT 2001AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 09 MAY 2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 06 SEP 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 OCT 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 24 JUL 2019 as amended on 25 Apr 2024
Companies House
Company number 04309564 · Active
Contact on the register
01789 778541 · info@heartofenglandforest.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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