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Commonwealth Forestry Association

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £61k (2024)

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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
Where
Throughout England, Australia, Canada, India
Website
www.cfa-international.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1967

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£61k£74k
  • 2023£72k£77k
  • 2022£58k£77k
Earlier years
  • 2021£172k£79k
  • 2020£77k£74k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

1) TO FOSTER PUBLIC INTEREST IN FORESTRY. 2) TO SECURE GENERAL RECOGNITION OF THE DEPENDENCE OF TIMBER SUPPLY UPON FOREST MANAGEMENT. 3) TO COLLECT AND CIRCULATE INFORMATION RELATING TO FORESTRY AND THE COMMERICAL UTILIZATION OF FOREST PRODUCTS. 4) TO FORM A CENTRE FOR ALL ENGAGED IN FORESTRY. 5) TO PROVIDE A MEANS OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ALL CONCERNED. 6) TO SECURE GENERAL RECOGNITION OF THE BENEFICIAL INFLUENCE OF TREES AND FORESTS IN RELATION TO CLIMATE, THE CONSERVATION OF LAND AND WATER RESOURCES AND TO THE CONSERVATION OF WILD LIFE.

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.

3 trustees on the board

11.7y median 14y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 3Education/training 3General Charitable Purposes 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£61k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
250739
Status
Registered
Governing document
ROYAL CHARTER 1ST NOVEMBER 1921. SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER 28TH NOVEMBER 1962.
Contact on the register
01588672868 · cfa@cfa-international.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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