# SYLVA FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1128516
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 12, 2009
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1128516


## Contact

- **Address:** Sylva Wood Centre, Little Wittenham Road, Long Wittenham, Abingdon, Oxfordshire
- **Postcode:** OX14 4QT
- **Phone:** 01865 408018
- **Email:** info@sylva.org.uk
- **Website:** www.sylva.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT CONSISTENT WITH SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES BY:I   ADVANCING EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENTII  THE PROMOTION AND CONDUCT OF RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ABOUT EFFECTIVE SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCHIII SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFITIV  ADVANCING EDUCATION AND BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN THE DESIGN AND PRODUCTION OF HOME-GROWN WOOD PRODUCTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT

**Activities:** The Sylva Foundation is working to bring trees and people closer together, following sustainable development principles. The charity works across Britain caring for forests to ensure they thrive for people and for nature, and supporting innovation in home-grown wood. We conduct our work through four main programmes, reflecting our charitable objects, namely: Science, Education, Forestry, and Wood.

**Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £910310 | £838523 | £1724326 | 11 |
| March 31, 2024 | £608973 | £672552 | £1652539 | 9 |
| March 31, 2023 | £590358 | £649823 | £1752218 | 10 |
| March 31, 2022 | £499747 | £542418 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £496959 | £437222 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **SARAH JANE TAYLOR** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 17, 2018
- Amanda Jayne Bryan — appointed March 11, 2025
- Dr Eleanor Rosemary Tew — appointed Nov. 19, 2024
- Dr James Ivo Lindsay Morison — appointed Sept. 17, 2019
- James Waterson MICFor — appointed Nov. 25, 2020
- LUCIUS CARY OBE — appointed Jan. 24, 2012
- Phoebe Tabitha Madison Oldfield — appointed July 18, 2024
- Robin Buxton MBE — appointed July 10, 2017
- Sebastian Cox — appointed Nov. 11, 2025