# SYLVA FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1128516
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [06589157](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06589157)
- **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&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_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.




## 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



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

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




