Registered charity (CIO) · Manchester
City of Trees Trust
- 8 trustees
- Income £3.6m (2025)
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
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham and more
- Website
- www.cityoftrees.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2023
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.6m£3.2m
- 2024£4.1m£3.4m
Income trend, 2024 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts under 1% · Government grants 65%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:3.1.1TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, THROUGH THE PLANTING AND NURTURING OF THE URBAN FOREST, IN BOTH URBAN AND PERI-URBAN AREAS ACROSS GREATER MANCHESTER AND BEYOND; AND/OR;3.1.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH ACTIVITIES AND ENGAGEMENT THAT AIM TO SUPPORT ALL ASPECTS OF CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN AN URBAN AND PERI-URBAN SETTING.
Grants received
1 grant · £111,063 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
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £111,063
Most recent
- 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.
8 trustees on the board
- Dr Carl Austin-Behan OBE DL Chair since 2022
- Anais Biaux since 2023
- Cllr. Alan Quinn since 2022
- Dawn Lowry-Hair since 2022
- Eleanor Ward since 2023
- Hannah O'Riordan since 2023
- Kevin Coughlan since 2023
- Tam Watson since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Dr Carl Austin-Behan OBE DL Chair since 2022
- Anais Biaux since 2023
- Cllr. Alan Quinn since 2022
- Dawn Lowry-Hair since 2022
- Eleanor Ward since 2023
- Hannah O'Riordan since 2023
- Kevin Coughlan since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Tam Watson since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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
3.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.4 in 2024
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1202636
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 05 Apr 2023
- Contact on the register
- 01618721660 · jessicat@cityoftrees.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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