The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Heart of England Forest

Registered charity 1097110 Registered since 2003

Operates: Warwickshire, Worcestershire

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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.

9 trustees on the board

4.1y median 2y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (4)

9
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 9Environment/conservation/heritage 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1General Charitable Purposes 1Other Charitable Purposes 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 6Business services 3

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£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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.heartofenglandforest.org
Emailinfo@heartofenglandforest.org
Phone01789 778541
AddressCOLLETTS FARM, DORSINGTON, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, CV37 8AU

Finances

£7,590,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,340,000£3,308,000
2022£5,138,000£4,037,000
2023£6,947,000£5,631,000
2024£5,838,000£5,807,000
2025£7,590,000£6,327,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

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.?

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

Trustees (9)

9trustees
61median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Heart of England Forest · 04309564 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 23/10/2001

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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