The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Avon Needs Trees

Registered charity 1184386 CIO Registered since 2019

Operates: Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, North Somerset, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire

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Board DNA

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5
trustees on the board
5.4y median 6y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure
3
trustees past 6 years
5.3y
average years in governance
5 vs 0 portfolio
first-time trustees
0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Environment/conservation/heritage 5Recreation 5

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
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Contact

Websitewww.avonneedstrees.org.uk
Emailcontact@avonneedstrees.org.uk
Phone0800 060 8702
AddressWick Farm Cottage, Rankers Lane, Compton Dando, BRISTOL, BS39 4NU

Finances

£1,983,763 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£335,117£77,903
2022£219,714£169,563
2023£765,190£311,260
2024£4,822,833£583,509
2025£1,983,763£1,227,002

What it does

What

Environment/conservation/heritageRecreation

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

The objects of the CIO are:1) The conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and naturalenvironment for the public benefit by the establishment and maintenance of trees,woodland and complementary habitats in such areas within the Bristol-Avoncatchment area as the trustees shall determine.2) To advance the education of the public in the conservation, protection andimprovement of the physical and natural environment including by promotingwoodlands as a means for the public to learn about wider environmental issues suchas: sustainability, climate change, ecology and the mitigating need for trees.For the purposes of this clause ‘the Bristol-Avon catchment area’ comprises the landidentified as such by the Environment Agency, covering catchments of all thewatercourses and their tributaries that empty into the stretch of the Severn estuarybetween and including, to the north, the mouth of the Little Avon near Berkeley inSouth Gloucestershire and, to the south, Sand Bay in North Somerset.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 12 Jul 2019 as amended on 12 Aug 2020 as amended on 20 Mar 2022

Trustees (5)

5trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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