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Registered charity · Oxfordshire

Sylva Foundation

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £864k (2026)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Website
www.sylva.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Sylva Foundation
Registered
2009

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£864k£832k
  • 2025£910k£839k
  • 2024£609k£673k
Earlier years
  • 2023£590k£650k
  • 2022£500k£542k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Income source mix, 2026: Government contracts 15% · Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT CONSISTENT WITH SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES BY:I ADVANCING EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENTII THE PROMOTION AND CONDUCT OF RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ABOUT EFFECTIVE SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCHIII SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFITIV ADVANCING EDUCATION AND BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN THE DESIGN AND PRODUCTION OF HOME-GROWN WOOD PRODUCTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT

Grants received

12 grants · £1,079,381 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 Culture, Media & Sport · £435,258 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £346,300 (3 grants)
  • John Ellerman Foundation · £191,168 (2 grants)
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £60,000 (3 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £42,400

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £240,0002024-05-09
  • Garfield Weston Foundation £20,0002022-09-23
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £264,0972022-03-18
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £171,1612022-03-18
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £42,4002021-04-01
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.

9 trustees on the board

5.6y median 6y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

6
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 9General Charitable Purposes 9

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 7Property 3Other services 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£910k latest income
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.

1.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 2.7 in 2021

11 from 10 in 2023
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.
47%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1128516
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09/05/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/06/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/03/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 10/04/2013
Companies House
Company number 06589157 · Active
Contact on the register
01865 408018 · info@sylva.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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