Registered charity (CIO) · Bath and North East Somerset
Avon Needs Trees
Avon Needs Trees is a registered charity (number 1184386) based in Bath and North East Somerset, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Mark Funnell since 2022. Latest income £2.0m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
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...
- 4 trustees
- Income £2.0m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
- Where
- Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, North Somerset, Somerset and more
- Website
- www.avonneedstrees.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.0m£1.2m
- 2024£4.8m£584k
- 2023£765k£311k
Earlier years
- 2022£220k£170k
- 2021£335k£78k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 79%. From the charity's annual return.
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.
Grants received
13 grants · £790,582 total360Giving 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 · £490,199 (2 grants)
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £227,503 (4 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £30,000
- Postcode Local Trust · £25,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £11,081
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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
- Mark Funnell Chair since 2022
- Antony Gavin Spittlehouse since 2019
- Catherine Lucy Bedford since 2020
- Theo Blanchard since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Antony Gavin Spittlehouse since 2019
- Catherine Lucy Bedford since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Mark Funnell Chair since 2022
- Antony Gavin Spittlehouse since 2019
- Catherine Lucy Bedford since 2020
- Theo Blanchard since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
4.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 11.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1184386
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 12 Jul 2019 as amended on 12 Aug 2020 as amended on 20 Mar 2022
- Contact on the register
- 0800 060 8702 · contact@avonneedstrees.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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