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The Woodland Trust

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Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 56

  1. Stephen James Horley 2020-2024 Director View profile
  2. Chrisostomos Zissis 2020-2025 Director View profile
  3. Patrick James Macdonald 2020-2021 Director View profile
  4. William Arthur Hobhouse 2019-2021 Director View profile
  5. Mark Robin Preston 2019-2025 Director View profile
  6. Sarah Mukherjee 2019-2022 Director View profile
  7. Paul David Nevett 2018-2022 Director View profile
  8. David Terence Babbs 2018-2019 Director View profile
  9. Julia Mary Smithies 2017-2024 Director View profile
  10. Sally Katherine Benthall 2017-2025 Director View profile
  11. Baroness Barbara Scott Young 2016-2024 Director View profile
  12. Richard James Sykes 2013-2021 Director View profile
  13. Timothy John Denis Rollinson 2013-2017 Director View profile
  14. Humphrey William Battcock 2012-2020 Director View profile
  15. Michael Peter Greenwood 2012-2021 Director View profile
  16. Gillian Mary Anne Lambert 2009-2018 Director View profile
  17. Caroline Mary Helen Goodall 2009-2012 Director View profile
  18. Jonathan Ilan Drori 2008-2017 Director View profile
  19. Dr Roger Clarke 2008-2011 Director View profile
  20. Elliott Michael Mannis 2008-2017 Director View profile
  21. Jeremy Samuel John Marshall 2008-2017 Director View profile
  22. James William Humphreys 2006-2014 Director View profile
  23. Sally Denise Horrox 2006-2008 Director View profile
  24. Dr Jill Nicola Nicholls 2005-2016 Director View profile
  25. Professor Michael Barham Usher 2005-2011 Director View profile
  26. Adrian Alexander Christian Phillips 2004-2008 Director View profile
  27. Alison Joan Chmiel 2004-2012 Director View profile
  28. Robert Wesley Brown 2004-2012 Director View profile
  29. Dawn Jacquelyn Austwick 2001-2009 Director View profile
  30. John Burton Lake 2001-2010 Director View profile
  31. Rachel Mary Thomas 2000-2008 Director View profile
  32. David Lovell Foot 1999-2008 Director View profile
  33. Trevor William Jones 1999-2008 Director View profile
  34. Timothy Nicholas Walter Field 1999-2008 Director View profile
  35. Colin Hall 1998-2009 Director View profile
  36. Nicola Anne Ramsden 1998-2006 Director View profile
  37. Professor Thomas Christopher Smout 1998-2004 Director View profile
  38. Alan Taylor Bigg 1997-2006 Director View profile
  39. Peter James Oliver 1996-2005 Director View profile
  40. Michael Francis Barton 1995-1999 Director View profile
  41. Derek Vivian Gaulter 1995-2000 Director View profile
  42. Anthony Peter Golding 1993-2005 Director View profile
  43. Derek Henry Marks 1997 Director View profile
  44. Stanley Edgcumbe 1995 Director View profile
  45. Kenneth Watkins 1996 Director View profile
  46. Christopher Paul Wright 2001 Director View profile
  47. Theodore Harold White 1998 Director View profile
  48. Dr Thomas William Wright 1999 Director View profile
  49. Donald Geoffrey Waddams 1994 Director View profile
  50. Richard Harrison Trafford 2002 Director View profile
  51. Richard Marshall 2023-2023 Secretary View profile
  52. Michael Young 2022-2022 Secretary View profile
  53. Helga Jane Edwards 2012-2022 Secretary View profile
  54. Steven John Gregory 2011-2012 Secretary View profile
  55. Julian Connor Purvis 1996-2011 Secretary View profile
  56. John Douglas James 1996 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
27/01/1986
Also a registered charity
The Woodland Trust

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Woodland Trust on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

5 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Grants received

111 grants · £57,595,705 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

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £27,479,325 (8 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £24,454,780 (96 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £5,504,716 (3 grants)
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £93,570 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £63,314 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £551,8462025-11-26
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,7922024-10-08
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £2,569,9352023-09-07
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £37,5002023-09-04
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £250,0002023-08-30
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

13 directors on the board

3.2y median 3y
average tenure
7.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (8)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Professional services 5Retail and trade 5Agriculture 4Education 3Finance 3Manufacturing 3Arts and leisure 2Business services 2

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
01982873
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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