The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Tree AID

Registered charity 1135156 Registered since 2010

Operates: Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Niger

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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.

13 trustees on the board

2y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
4.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (2)

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 13Environment/conservation/heritage 13The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 12Animals 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.

Other services 10Professional services 1Utilities 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£11.3m 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.

1.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

152 from 77 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.

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Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.treeaid.org
Emailinfo@treeaid.org
Phone01179096363
AddressBRUNSWICK COURT, BRUNSWICK SQUARE, BRISTOL, BS2 8PE

Finances

£11,269,571 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£7,030,998£6,970,647
2022£7,693,653£7,197,006
2023£10,780,119£8,837,227
2024£10,842,664£10,643,166
2025£11,269,571£12,572,733

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

RELIEVING THE POVERTY OF AND PROMOTING THE WELFARE OF POOR PERSONS OVERSEAS BY, PROMOTING FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH PERSONS THE CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ESPECIALLY THROUGH SILVICULTURE AND JOB CREATION; ANDPROMOTING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT RESEARCH INTO METHODS OF RECLAIMING OR PREVENTING DEGRADATION OF CURRENT AGRICULTURAL OR FOREST LAND INTO DESERT LAND FOR ITS CONTINUED USE FOR FORESTRY, AGRICULTURAL, INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30 MAR 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 23 JAN 2020

Trustees (13)

13trustees
46median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Tree AID · 03779545 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 28/05/1999

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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