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Epping Forest

Epping Forest is a registered charity (number 232990) based in London, governed by 1 trustee. Latest income £12m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

1 trustee
Income £12m (2025)

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Who leads it

No individual trustees are listed on the register.

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London.

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does: Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
Where: Essex, Redbridge, Waltham Forest
Website: www.cityoflondon.gov.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered: 1964

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£12m£10m
2024£9.4m£8.4m
2023£8.2m£7.6m

Earlier years

2022£7.3m£7.4m
2021£6.6m£6.7m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts under 1% · Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE PRESERVATION OF EPPING FOREST IN PERPETUITY BY THE CORPORATION OF LONDON, AS THE CONSERVATORS OF EPPING FOREST AS AN OPEN SPACE FOR THE RECREATION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE PUBLIC.

Grants received

3 grants · £482,000 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

City Bridge Trust · £388,000
The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £94,000 (2 grants)

Most recent

City Bridge Trust £388,0002014-03-13
The National Lottery Heritage Fund £49,0002005-01-27
The National Lottery Heritage Fund £45,0002003-12-04

Board analysis

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

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2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£12.4m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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.

9.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.0 in 2021

65 from 81 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.

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details

Registered charity number: 232990
Status: Registered
Governing document: EPPING FOREST ACTS 1878 AND 1880
Contact on the register: 02073321363 · Clem.Harcourt@cityoflondon.gov.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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