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|Trustees'<br>annual<br>report.||
|Independent<br>auditor's<br>report<br>.||
|Statement<br>offinancial<br>activities|...........|
|Balance sheet||
|Statement<br>of cash flows.......................||
|Notes to the financial statements||





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|Reference|and administrative|and administrative|details|||||||
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|Chair|||Alister Rankine|||||||
|Trustees|||Robert Bernays OBE DL|||||||
||||Keith Betton (resigned 24|||October 2022)||||
||||Professor Sara Blackmore|||||||
||||Christopher<br>Bloor|||||||
||||Giles Clarke CBE DL|||||||
||||Charles Davies|||||||
||||Pamela Gilder|||||||
||||Nigel Howe|||||||
||||Professor Mathew Jones|||||||
||||James Mayer|||||||
||||Andrew<br>McLaughlin|(appointed|||21 October 2022)|||
|Senior Management||Team|Alex Stone - Chief Executive Officer from||||||1 April 2022|
||||Jon Clark (Executive|Director to|||1 April|2022)||
|Principal oflice|||Studio 3|||||||
||||Utility House|||||||
||||3York Court|||||||
||||Upper York Street|||||||
||||Bristol|||||||
||||BS28QF|||||||
|Registered|office||Bath House<br>6-8 Bath Street|||||||
||||Bristol|||||||
||||BS1 6HL|||||||
|Company|number||06252763 (England|and|Wales)|||||
|Charity number|||1122314|||||||
|Bankers|||NatWest|||Triodos Bank||||
||||8South Parade|||Deanery Road||||
||||Chew Magna|||Bristol||||
||||BS408SG|||BS1|5AS|||
|Auditors|||Haines Watts Bristol Limited|||||||
||||Chartered<br>Accountants||and Statutory|||Auditors||
||||Bath House|||||||
||||6-8 Bath Street|||||||
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||||funds|funds|2023|
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|Income and Endowments|from:|||||
|Donations<br>and legades|||60,623||60,623|
|Charitable<br>activities|||87,820|877,761|965,581|
|Investment<br>Income|||6,409||6,409|
|Total income|||154852|877761|1032613|
|Expenditure<br>on:||||||
|Raising funds|||( 18,571 )||( 18,571 )|
|Charitable<br>activities|||( 79,763 )|( 987,449 )|( 1,067,212 )|
|Total expenditure|||( 98i334 )|( 987~449 )|( 1~085~783 )|
|Gains /(losses)<br>on investment|assets||( 1,663 )||( 1,663 )|
|Net Income/(expenditure)|||54,855|( 109,688 )|( 54,833 )|
|Transfers<br>between<br>funds|||( 8,897 )|8,897||
|Net movement<br>In funds|||45958|( 100i791)|( 54i833 )|
|Reconciliation<br>offunds||||||
|Total funds brought<br>forward|||429 954|100791|530 745|
|Total funds carried forward||20|475 912||475912|





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|Donations<br>and|legacies||3|108,488|166|108,654|
|Charliable<br>actMtles|||4|33,324|774,953|808,277|
|Investments|||5|2,679||2,679|
|Total income||||144 91|775119|919610|
|Expenditure<br>on:<br>Raising funds|||6|(6,051)|-|(6,051)|
|Charitable<br>activities|||7|( 100,046 )|( 726,547 )|( 826,593 )|
|Total expenditure||||( 106,097 )|( 726,547 )|( 832,644 )|
|Gains /losses on investment||assets||1,992||1,992|
|Net Income/(expenditure)||||40~386|48~572|88~958|
|Reconciliation<br>of|funds||||||
|Total funds brought|forward|||389568|52 219|441 787|
|Total funds carried|forward||20|429 954|100791|530 745|





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|Net Income for the repordng<br>period|||||(54,833)|88,958|
|(as per the statement<br>offinandal<br>acUvltles)<br>Depredation<br>charges|||||2,603|2,007|
|(Gains)/losses<br>on Investments|||||1,663|(1,992)|
|Dividends,<br>interest and rent from Investments|||||(6,409)|(2,679)|
|Loss on disposal of fixed assets||||||135|
|Decrease/(increase)<br>in debtors|||||(730,369)|(133,139)|
|Increase/(decrease)<br>In creditors|||||462,166|668,376|
|Net cash provided<br>by / (used in) operating|||activities||(325~179)|621~666|
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|Cash flows from operating<br>acUvltles|||||||
|Net cash (used In) operaUng<br>activiUes|||||(325,179)|621,666|
|Cash flows from Investing<br>acUvIUes:<br>Dividends,<br>interest<br>and rents from investments<br>Payments to acquire fixed assets|||||6,409<br>(11,354)|2,679<br>(1,543)|
|Net cash provided<br>by / (used In) investing|||actlviUes||(4,945)|1,136|
|Change<br>in cash and cash equivalents|in|the|year||(330,124)|622,802|
|Cash and cash equivalents<br>at the beginning||ofthe year|||1,058,216|435,414|
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|Grants from companies,<br>trusts and similar<br>proceeds<br>Donations<br>from individuals||||56,309<br>4,314||56,309<br>4,314|
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|||||General<br>f|fundsf|2023|
|Trees for aimate|||||877,761|877,761|
|Forest Fridays||||10,635||10,635|
|Woodland|Well-being|Dementia|Project|22,939||22,939|
|Woodland|Advisory|||7,395||7,395|
|Consultancy||||255||255|
|One Tree Planted||||46 596||46 596|
|||||87826|e77 7e1|965 581|
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|||||funds<br>General|fundsf|2022|
|Trees for Climate|||||769,662|769,662|
|Forest Fridays||||9,525||9,525|
|Woodland|Well-being|Dementia|Project|20,646||20,646|
|Training||||625||625|
|Consultancy||||1,268||1,268|
|Service level agreements||||1,260||1,260|
|Arbor Day|||||5 291|5 291|
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|Interest receivable|on bank deposits|
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|funds|Total|
|General|2023|
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||||Note||General<br>f|fundsf||2023<br>f|2022<br>f|
||Direct marketing||||1/081|||1,081|3,380|
||Depreciation,<br>amortlsatlon|||||||||
||and other similar costs||||||||569|
||Consultant<br>fee||||14,300|||14,300||
||Allocated<br>support costs|||8|3,190|||3,190|2,102|
||||||18571|||18571|6 851|
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||Direct project costs||||6,309|792/343||798,652|622,283|
||Depreciation,<br>amortlsadon|||||||||
||and other similar costs||||2,603|||2,603|1,573|
||Staff costs||||31,001|195,106||226,107|180,004|
||Allocated<br>support costs|||8|28/702|||28,702|18,916|
||Governance<br>costs||||11,148|||11,148|3,817|
||||||79 763|987449||I 1167212|826 593|
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||Direct project costs||||General<br>f|funds<br>f||2023|2022<br>f|
||Trees for Climate|||||753,198||753,198|604,687|
||Woodland<br>Wellbeing|Dementia|||10,884|||10,884|6,930|
||Great Avon Wood costs||||13,494|||13,494||
||Emergency Tree Fund|costs|||11,667|||11,667||
||Forest Fridays costs||||2,112|||2,112|714|
||Business project costs||||||||5,232|
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|Office sundries||8|2,362|2,362|439|
|Travel and|subsistence|8|85|85|18|
|Telephone|and internet|8|169|169|139|
|Insurance||8|410|'l10|452|
|Consultant|fee|B|150|150|1,026|
|Bank charges||8|14|14|19|
|Sundry expenses||8|||9|
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|||Basis of|General|2023|2022|
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|Oflice sundries||A|21,254|21,254|3,951|
|Travel and|subsistence|A|762|762|164|
|Telephone|and internet|A|1,524|1,524|1,253|
|Insurance||A|3,686|3,686|4,070|
|Consultant|fee|A|1,350|1,350|9,225|
|Bank charges||A|126|126|174|
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||Net incoming|resources for|the year Include:||6|6|
||Depredation<br>of fixed assets||||2603|2007|
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||Staff costs during the year were:||||||
||Wages and salaries||||198,297|161,666|
||Social security|costs|||13,634|10,580|
||Pension costs||||4,118|3,317|
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|12|Auditors/Independent||examiner's||remuneration||||||||||
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||The Charity<br>Is a registered||charity|and|is therefore|||exempt||from taxation<br>on its||charitable|||
|14|Tangible fixed assets||||||||||||||
||||||||||||Furniture<br>and|Total|||
||||||||||||equipment<br>f|6|||
||Cost||||||||||||||
||At 1 April 2022||||||||||5,616|5,616|||
||Additions||||||||||11,354|11,352I|||
||Dlsposals||||||||||||||
||At 31 March 2023||||||||||16970|16|970||
||Depreciation||||||||||||||
||At 1 April 2022||||||||||3,228|3,228|||
||Charge for the year||||||||||2,603|2,603|||
||Dlsposals||||||||||||||
||At 31 March 2023||||||||||5 831|5|831||
||Net book value||||||||||||||
||At 31 March 2023||||||||||11,139|11|139||
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||Cost orValuation|||Invesbnent<br>6|TotalI|
||At 1 April 2022|||47,073|47,073|
||Revaluation|||( 1,663 )|( 1,663 )|
||At 31March 2023|||45410|45410|
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||At 31 March 2023|||45410|45 41D|
||At 31 March 2022|||47 073|47 1173|
||Total Investment<br>relate|to funds Invested|In the MikG|Investments<br>Charlfund|scheme.|
|16|Debtors|||2023|2022|
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||Trade debtors|||25,701|3,375|
||Accrued Income|||852 627|144 584|
|||||878 328|147959|
|17|Cash and cash equivalents|||2023<br>6|2022I|
||Cash at bank|||728 D92|1058 216|
|18|Creditors:<br>amounts|falling due within one year||2023<br>I|2022<br>I|
||Trade credltom|||23,992|2,765|
||Other taxation<br>and social security|||16,068|4,377|
||Other creditors|||2,955|652|
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|Glvuxal<br>funds<br>Danatlans<br>for Forest School ecttvtdes|||||405,891<br>~24 063|154,852|( 98,334 )|15,t66<br>~24 063|( 1,663 )|475,912|
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|Trees I'ar|Qlmate|||- Capital|25,688|740,838|( 832,105 )|65,579|||
|Trees for|Qimale|||- Revenue|69,812|136,923|( 150,053 )|( 56,682 )|||
|Altar Day|||||5,291||( 5,291. )||||
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|General funds<br>Donations for Forest School acdvitles<br>Totalun~<br>funds|||~389568|120,428<br>~24 063<br>~144491||( 106,097 )<br>106097|1,992|405,891|
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|Trees for I3lmate|- Capital||457|629/RI3||( 604,632 )||25,688|
|Trees for I3imats|- Revenue||51,762|139,799||( 121,749 )||69,812|
|)ob Ratsnnon<br>Scheme Grant|||||166|( 166 )|||
|Arbor Day||||5,291||||5,291|
|Total restricted<br>funds|||~52 219|~775|119|726 547|||
|Total funds|||~441 787|~919|610||||
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|||||||General|funds|2023|
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|Tangible fixed assets||||||11,139||11,139|
|Fixed asset Investments||||||45,410||45,410|
|Cunent asseis||||||1,606,420||1,606,420|
|Currerrt<br>liabilities||||||( 1,187,057 )||( 1,187,057 )|
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|||||||General|funds|2022|
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|Tangible fixed assets||||||2,388||2,388|
|Axed asset investments||||||47,073||47,073|
|Current assets||||||1,105,384|100,791|1,206,175|
|Current<br>llabgldes||||||( 724,891 )||( 724,891 )|
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