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The Forest Of Marston Vale Trust

Marston Vale Trust, The Marston Vale Trust, Forest Of Marston Vale

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1069229
Status
Registered
Registered
April 22, 1998
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
Marston Vale And The Surrounding Area

Address

Address
The Forest of Marston Vale Trust
The Forest Centre
Stewartby Millennium Country Park
Station Road
Marston Moretaine
BEDFORD

Contact

Activities

To benefit the public through the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment of the Marston Vale and surrounding area by creating the Forest of Marston Vale. Planting trees and managing woodlands and green spaces to stimulate social and economic regeneration, and providing major landscape, environmental, recreation, biodiversity, and quality of life benefits.

Objects: (1) The promotion and advancement of biodiversity, by planting trees and establishing and managing woodlands in the Marston Vale in Bedfordshire and the surrounding area;(2) To promote for the benefit of the public the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment of the Marston Vale in Bedfordshire and the surrounding area by creating the Forest of Marston Vale as a Community Forest;(3) To advance, through community engagement, the education of the public in the improvement and protection of the environment, and in the environmental, social and economic benefits of tree planting, woodland creation and access to nature.(4) To provide recreational and other facilities in the Marston Vale and the surrounding area to members of the public at large in the interests of social welfare.

Classification

How
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
What
Environment/conservation/heritage
Who
The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Bedford, Central Bedfordshire

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
March 31, 2025 £4,346,514 £3,958,944 £18,383,145 65
March 31, 2024 £5,711,275 £4,515,089 £17,994,224 59
March 31, 2023 £3,641,160 £3,063,130 £16,478,875 51
March 31, 2022 £2,997,153 £2,164,097 £16,203,770 53
March 31, 2021 £1,508,164 £1,565,612 £15,223,340 58

Trustees

Name Appointed
Rod Calvert OBE (Chair) Nov. 24, 2015
Cllr Sue Clark May 30, 2023
Craig Austin July 19, 2017
Debra Jane Hassall
Gordon Johnston
Gareth Richard Ellis Nov. 4, 2016
John Christopher Thelwall June 23, 2015
Peter John Faulkner Acma
Robert Wallace