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Registered charity (CIO) · Leeds

The Friends of Gledhow Valley Woods

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £79k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
Where
Leeds City
Website
www.fgvw.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£79k£59k
  • 2024£26k£53k
  • 2023£59k£42k
Earlier years
  • 2022£17k£10k
  • 2021£6k£18k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: (1) TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE AREA KNOWN AS GLEDHOW VALLEY WOODS IN NORTH LEEDS ("THE WOODS") FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR BY:(A) PROTECTING THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE WOODS;(B) MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING ACCESS TO THE WOODS AND FACILITIES WITHIN THE WOODS, SUCH AS PATHS AND SEATING; (C) PROMOTING BIODIVERSITY IN THE WOODS; (D) INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OF THE WOODS AND THEIR CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT, AND REFLECTING THE OPINIONS AND CONCERNS OF THE WIDER COMMUNITY IN RELATION TO THE WOODS; (E) ACTING TO PREVENT DEVELOPMENT IN THE WOODS WHERE SUCH DEVELOPMENT MAY BE CONSIDERED DAMAGING THE WOODS, ITS FLORA AND FAUNA OR ITS VALUE AS A COMMUNITY AMENITY; AND(F) WORKING WITH OTHER GROUPS THAT HAVE AN INTEREST IN, CONTROL OVER OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WOODS IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS OF FGVW, INCLUDING RELEVANT PUBLIC AUTHORITIES AND OTHER LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS; AND (2) TO ENGAGE IN ANY ACTIVITIES WHICH IN THE REASONABLE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES ARE CONDUCIVE, ANCILLARY OR INCIDENTAL TO ANY OF THE ABOVE.

Grants received

5 grants · £92,500 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £50,000
  • Postcode Neighbourhood Trust · £25,000
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,000
  • Leeds Community Foundation · £7,500 (2 grants)

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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.

4 trustees on the board

1y median 1y
average tenure
1y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
8.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 4Recreation 4Arts/culture/heritage/science 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.

Health and social care 2

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£79k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1169599
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 11 Oct 2016
Contact on the register
07870794823 · contact@fgvw.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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