Ch*rlty v•olKtrati*￿ 1137523
Company reglstr•llon ThuM￿r 7293440 (England and Wal081
THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Tru¥tee•
IARSmyth
M Hc*s
C A EMK)tt
BALiTrJ
IAppoint8d 18 March 20221
(Appoinw 18 March 20221
Ch•rlty number
1137523
Company nwnb•r
Reglstsred offic•
StyJth Surte
Fre*in Chan*ws
Frwn Court
OX1 3HZ
Audltor
Crtch18ysAudrt LLP
eeavtr Houso
2>38 Blty Street
OX12EP
B•nk•r•
6S Cornma￿t Street
Oxlord
OX13HY
S￿1¢￿0￿
Blake Morgan
stiacourt Imr
5t
Bouey
Oxlord
OX2 OFB

THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE
CONTENTS
P*g•
Tr￿tee8. rnport
Stalerr￿1 of trustees. resp￿lI￿.11￿5
IrthpoThJent 8uditorfs report
Staiemeni of finanua
10- 11
12
Statement oftash fl
13
Notes lo Ihe finwcièl st#tom8nts
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THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE
TRUSTEES. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
The Trustees zre pleased to &¥e5ent Iheir rBpyt tojetlw the finarKial statements of charity for the year
ended 31 DecemiEr 2022.
Legal and •1mini$trotNY inl<*mation set fxji on ￿ 1 ftym$ part of th15 report The firsontxl ststements cArnply
wrth thé Charitses Ad 2011. thè C<Mnpan￿5 Acl 20rE and Accounbng Repofbng by Charrties". Statement of
ReCoMft￿nIed Prathre aWi¢abk 10 ¢hanlie5 wepanng accounts In accordancA wrth Finan031 Reporting
Stondard aWi¢#bb in ￿ UK aTrJ R•putrliG ol Ireknd IFRS 1021 leffeth 1 January 20191.
Obloetlve• and actlvltlo•
1. To promote for ￿ benefft ofth• publ￿ cOnseNa1￿ aTrJ of Ihe physKal n8tur81 enwronm8nt by
promtsbng sustaintho de￿k￿Dent by".
1.1. The pr•s8fvalion. con58ryabon aTrJ protec￿ ofthe enwror*ment and tho pr￿l uae of rgsour¢e$,
1.2. The Tel￿f of poverty and the improvemwt of the cL￿di￿On$ ol Ife in seck￿Y and ectsnomi¢ally
di5advanlag8d comrnunitres.
1.3. The promotion of sustain8b$8 me8r$8 of ach￿￿ThJ et4nomicgrrywth Jnd regoneratron.
Sust81nable develoF¥nen¢ means ¢*¥elryTheni the the weseni compromlslng tho
ability of luturtr g8neratKffjS to meet their thvn n8*J5.
2. To advance thg ¢du￿¢10n of Ihe putAK In the ￿lSe￿allon. proièttion and improvement of the physical 8nd
natural envirwmant rela￿.[¥9 10 sus¢ainat4• do￿10￿￿1 a￿1 the pr￿8￿￿1. •thant*rrwnt and rehabili*8lion of the
environment.
Ouring tha ya•r ¢ndod 31 D¢￿rnb￿r 2922. Ghohty to¢<>ryod to out • Y•rety of actNit*s tg $upport
iMp￿mentation of ts prcgrammes lo ￿pro￿ the envronmental and soual SLtstainability of agricuttum and fore$ty
ommgdity piodv¢iion arKI soviuiw. Tl*s¥ yiuyidiiiii ¥vuih iii Arti￿, Léiiri Amerlca aTrJ Sgutne8sT A$ia
on the Impthenlgtw ol sUStsinab￿ pr0dL&t￿ pr¢ckns lor major ccfflmtyylty crops. To this end, the Ch8rty
supporyea siaxeThoi(Jers Ind￿hn9 pnvaie seaDr. govenrneni aTrJ sooety 10 alKJn act￿ w reduce de10￿$tatIOn,
evelwed to￿8 to enabb agricultural commedity bu¥eFs ￿ reduc¢ the enTrAronm•ntal and Social impacts ol thair
suppty cnains. and SUPPCrted large-scal8 c￿￿bOr0bWe approaches lo siistainsb￿ laTrY manag&nani.
Fdbwirg the rec￿rn￿eTht at the UNFCCC COP 26 ty tr)¥•MM￿￿ of to countrns In IA*5t Centr81 Al￿￿ lo
Sustainab￿ commcéity production the Chanty $UPDo1eLI develoDment of a fomiAI d*rJ#rxtinn trs Amhndy
this commiimeni. Th• Alnca Sustaina￿0 Ccfflmojrt￿3 Dedarabon was &gn8d by ministers of the 10 Countr￿ at
f.np ?7 in Foypt Thi* mov8$ from onginal on palm c41 to a s•t ol Pnhe¢l•g that •n¢ompaM Al Mlèvtsnt
¢omrnoditsgs In fv WoduCb￿ landscaFes of Ihese c(wJntr￿.
The Charity contrnued lo support'l8Trascaw juriEcK*onal' to la￿ manwentwlh on•lhe4JrouTh
Glivilies particularty aclib* In Ghana. ¢or¢ d'lw¢ arKI Indo1￿*￿. Iii Cv¢¥ U'lvvitv. t1￿ Lhaiily faEllllaie
siakehokjats to develop a LqTrJ5caFe rnan*Jerrent Inves￿nI pkn for the San Peilro cncoa prtyjucing regions.
In Irbdune51a, the cnarty 5UPPDneO lar￿ta￿ a¢proacttes In M 011 paTh regions I￿n Ine aim ol
av0h1￿ng negati￿ erNironrnentsl Impacts ensunry sotsal Induson. A pr(￿$S ol $oual diabgue was develop8d
In tne biaK ana peiaiawan DIstr￿S 01 Riau. Indones¢a. seek$ to ensure thal workers and ccffimunitse5 ha¥e
9￿ater voth In Ihe manag8rn8nt olc¥l palrn projucbon.

THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE
TRUSTEES. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) {CONTINUEDI
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
The Charity carned out a raroJe of f*paoty ￿l￿￿1ng In Ghana. tapa¢ity buikjing activit￿5 Were carried out
around the identification and protection of HKJh Con5ervabon Values and High CarbM Stock forests. a5 wdl as the
Imptsrtan￿ of the Free. Prkv and Inf(vrned Consent of Wl ¢ommunifves to the u58 of their lands for commodity
agricutture A comprehensive Pakn Oil Toolkrt was devekyd In English arKI Chinese during the year. whi¢h
prowdes an accessibk sietrby-5tep guKJe for fxfftpan*s to IMp￿￿ent Ih8ir ￿￿m1￿Ments to the responsible
sourang of palm oil.
Among r￿er xtivth"e$, Ihe Chanty supported thÈ Mini$ty ol Agrarian D￿e10￿¥￿ent and Irr￿￿tiOn in Pew to
develop a national strale9y for sus*ainab￿ palm oil. and to deVe￿p th8 Public Mulliannuèl Investment plan for
Cocoa and Chocolate, whith fccuses on Ihe ¢*¥ekwienl of sustainable cocoa produthon. The Chanty also
focus8d In e¥plonrrfJ the Im￿1¢¥￿$ of the Eurw8n Union 08fOr￿la￿lYj Regulatson for srnallholder
Pf(￿ju￿r$ of cocoa In Ghana. Co* d'lvtyro and Peru." arbj d￿QFIre operaty)nal gutyaanc8 to Support produc8rB
and Iraders to ccffjpty vAlh fv requirements.
Over the year, th? Charity conb"nu•J to prow* $vJnificant techrt￿l SUFVOrt kn organisats'ons davaloping vduntary
standards Systems and methodolog￿$ l<* definirvJ. Impkn8ntsThJ and aS$￿￿r￿j the su$lainabl8 management ol
agr￿ultUral proouctoi. This Induded corsbnued $LW to the R￿ndIable on Sustainable Palm Oil IRSPOI, Better
Cotton Initiative, Ihe Glgbal Plaiiorm on Su5tainat* Natural Rubber The Chanty al$0 developed an 94earni
platforn to SUFWt the thi1￿5 of th8 Accountatality Framework InibalNe. and Nvo stud￿5 for Oyfam on
muttislakghok*r Inibabv• sh8r•J r88pon$ilJtty'. and h￿lan rKdhlS du• d4wJeKyJ.
The Charity was Involved In fvndrai$iNJ act￿￿5 for fiJture prcpcts r818t8d to thg ￿9PonsI1￿& managemeni of
agricuttural etynrnodilh88 to onhance conservabon and irnpro¥e liwr¥J ￿ThJIh￿S of workers and kx81 communitses
•r¢und lh• worfva.
Th¢ Trustees overs*w irnFkn8nlalKJn gf kyo¢edures ￿ govem th> charty's rdats'onship vAth third
pathes, and lo strengthen the man&Jemeni •r*J tranwarency of the ch8nty.
Th8 Trust￿￿ confinn thai have ccrfnplh8d wlh Ihe duty in g¢¢bon 17151 of tIK8 Ch8rib"e$ Ad 2011 to hav• du•
regard to the public ben6fi1 gupJanc8 publishad by ￿ Charity CfynmissH￿.
Achl•v•m•nts and p•rform*n¢•
Fln•nclal r•vl•w
Dunng 2022. tho Charty saw a do¢rease In Inct*Tr)e expeTrJrture on u0t0￿￿&thanIabKry 8ctwth5, r8sults.ng
in a srnall i1￿year deficrt of £2k. c4ynpared 10 a sufFI￿8 of £21k in the previous year.
Reduced net Income was due to a combinat￿￿ of d8cre88ed net Incjjme on our sustainability inrtiotNg prc¥e¢ts •nd
a decreased contribulion fvcwn our ky0grarnw￿5.
Increased fixed costs. eX￿￿ling forevJn currency gains, of £346k 12021 £277kl was due to Increased s￿nding on
staff development and capacity buihlirrfJ folbwThJ the likn"r¥J oftravel *str￿￿on5 after CO￿￿ and In¢￿#sel personnel
¢OSts. DurirHJ the year th8 tharity als0 berefitted fr￿ ltyewjn ajrrew exd)aNJ& gains of £35k crmpared lo a lo$$
of £18k suffefed In 2021.
In 2022 the Chanty's exrendrture on 2r actiwtses was £2k ¢cffipared to net ¢xpendrturg of £37k in 2021.
Al Ihe end of Ihe year. th8 Chanty d*J not carry foswa¢d any ffjskn¢Aod fvrMts12021 ENIll
Our wogramme dtrlNery was lurNIBd by grants from donor5 such as FCOO'S Ifr*merty OfiDI Fore81 Govgmance,
Markets and Climate IFGMCI progratnme. Partnership for Fore515 IP4FI programme, and The Federal Republic of
Gemany Minisiry for Ihe Environm8n( Nalura Conse￿3bon and Nud&ar Safety'8 Intsmatsonal Climate Inilialiva

THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE
TRUSTEES. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) ICONTINiJEDI
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
Reserves policy
The Proforesl InitiatNe has a of ￿1￿1￿ rnaintainiry f8seNes approximately equal tD &x rnonths150%1 of
Ihe annual running costs In order to ensure the organisaiion can deal wrth fluctuatsons In Income and payment
schedule5. In addilK)n lo the agreed of oreralional feser¥es. ethanty also chooses lo relain a certain level
of ￿ditIOnal ￿SeNe$ approxirnalety equal lo 15% of annual Nnnirrfj eosts. as a buffer against significant
future forevJn excharse rale fluctuations and direet pwrammg ￿lale￿ expenses not eovefed by grant iy donor
furK*ing. Proforest Ltd agrees lo underwnte the Proforesl Iniliats¥* should aWu3te re5efves not be available.
The reserwe 18vels revkv*ed annualty by Ihe Trus*es. as part of the reVN￿ of the xt*AJnts and, where the
unresthcted r8S8r¥e5 ar8 nol al th8 required 18¥81. a strategy lor **ustiTra the reserves ¢)¥er the following year wll
be agreerj
Th& unresirthd reseNe$ WJ at 31 Oecwber 2022 are £450K.
In *ldiliori to the nngf9nc￿d reserv￿ and approved ctrfrjnding for the P15A IKI Landscspe proJramm8 1£22kl in
2022. lh* Irustee$ apprtsved an additsonal albcalion of £6k to support the i*veScynent of 8 rnobile appli¢ab"on
ISWARAI lo monitor partKipa*on In programrnalic workshops and methngs.
Thè current ￿SerVe bvel Is abovo tho annual operabng cost of the Chanty artyj th• truste￿ any surr4us
Tp4uirgn￿nI lo be a useful bulfer shwt48rm fuTrJirvJ gaps.
11 1$ opinvJn ofthe trW*t￿ that tsre 8*dnificant on ts tharty'$ going concem status.
Plan8 for futur• p•rlod•
Ourlng 2022 Ine inarity cowwieo grant {thr￿h LIK go¥emm•nt Forest, Govem8nce.
Marke15 and Climate Prcgrammesl and a second grant ree•Ned through the UK govarnmenl Partnership for
Forests. will end In June 2023. ThfOU9h the aCbVI￿e5 under fv In¢ernabMal Clirnale InrtiatNe PIUK wall continue I
. Support athon In prtrJuclh?n landscaF4S ogvgkp effedm ways for seclor uJmpan* to ongage
meaninufully wilh oovemmenl aNJ olhftr In r)r￿1￿Inn IArvlyc8po$, to facilitat• th•
im ￿eMentation of responsibb pr(xY￿￿Th Prnuices.
Facilitat• mullw*tak•hokY•r 8uBtaina￿1lty In1￿•11￿ Provth tothnical Btspp¢rt for oryoniDation• dovol•ping
$landarés. PfOCeSSts and safeguards to promole ￿tter m8na9ewt ol rta￿ra1 resources
Dovolop toolkitg and 9uidonrK Svppm JOUr￿ry from or Inv¢Jiiry In agricultural wmmodily dii¢J
lore51 prcéuctson In Latsn Amaru. Afll.￿ aTrJ &xJlheasi Asia. to h•lp Ilw erssijre CL¥nm(MJty projuthn does
Gonlritryte 10 dtlortst4b￿ thi￿1 thi WIVIiLYllliwil¥l #I￿ ¥Wdl mpacts.
In addilion. the Charty is seekir¥J substanbal lurKJiNJ ftr lurther th on..
Supportina producer C(￿ntr￿ to dmlcv MId￿nISm$ vthich IhArn trn rnmply Intt•A#ing
consum•r eounlry due diligerts kn9i8Lthn. SUL* as the EU Delorestalion RegUlafr￿ and the UK
Environm*ntAcl
. Developirg approaches to ensure human NJhts ￿ respected In 8gricuttur41 comodity prtsluthon
landccJpoo. Thio indudr*D lobour, 4ind. iftd4cno￿ peoplts and QornmuThb￿. and gorthr N9htS,
among Olhern.
C¢)niinvifg our support ¢0 la￿3(ape juiK¥JKthJid aw11M￿Y<S, ¢iiyJ utl*r larw $cak8 approacn•s ro
8nwrOnmert￿ty 8ThJ swalty ￿Sp￿$ble agnrJJttural ojmmrylity prrAuthon.
The Chanty ￿ contsnualty improwng rfs aTrJ systems, thr5een by the Trustaas.
The Prof0￿$1 Inibabve Is a ccffjpany Iimrted by guarantee Iregis*rwJ at Cardiff on 23 Juno 20101 and a charty
Ireglstered on 17 Au9USt 201019O¥ftrh>l by its MenThiraiMlutii aiKI ￿lil*S uf Asso￿00Qn. Cha￿tY numtser.
1137523. Company niJmW 7293440.
The directors of the chantsb￿ Company I'tl* Charity'l are ￿tee$ for the purpose of Charity Law and Ihrouqhout
this report are colledvety referrgj to as Ihe Twslees.
The number of Trustees Is al ￿a$1 not than sly Trustee$ ser%e for 8Tr iTrthal tem of th￿e years and
approximately on

THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE
TRUSTEES. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORn {CONTINUEDI
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
The trustees, who are akn the direttot5 ￿ the purpose of company law. aNJ who duriThJ year up to
the data of Signatu￿ of fiTranc4al staiements ￿r￿."
R J Cooper
M Abreu
EJFnpp
IARSrnyth
M Hobtsy
C A Elliott
B A Lindhe
IRe5vJn8d 6 Juty 20221
IResKJr*d 18 Marth 20221
IResv4￿ 1 March 20231
Iwnted 18 March 20221
IWJ¢'ntsd 18 Marth 20221
Undor tho Momor3TrJum 8nd Artths olAsstrJabDn. Chanty has to m*e any Investr)enL but only
fter obtaining such adwce a finanaal exwt as Ihe Trustee$ (x)n$KJ&r wessary. having regarrl to tho
suitsbility ol In¥eslments and need for dNersificobw No Investr))eni has been madv to dats.
Ply pollcy for ¥onlor•tsff
The board of direciofs. who are the Chantys TN5tees. and Ihe SeTh￿)r m•nogemeni team ctynpnsa tho koy
manag*ment personnel of the chanty In eharye of direcbr*J a￿1 rAJNtrollifig, rufining oper8tsng the Ch8rity on
day 10 day basis All Tru5te8s give ol their lime Ireely aNJ no Trust0• receiv•J remurer8tion in the year. Details of
Tw5tees' expenses are disdosed In 7 10 the ar£ounts.
The pay of the senior staff ts rev￿￿ annualty WJ rKThalty inu••wJ in Inflab"on. Board ol TnJ$too8
8wan off gn pay rpvioW5 for sonK)r staff.
Rl•k M•nag•m•nt
The major nsks 10 which Ihe Charity is exposed. as by the Truste￿. have been ￿￿eWed and systems or
procedures have boen established lo manag& t￿)$* nsks A nsk man¥Jemeni maknx detaib n$k$ and ¢i)nfirm$ the
procedures in pl8c8 and Is and aM)roved ea¢h year. As sovoral prwramrn•s Indude Work in high risk
countr￿3 Ipcst-conflict or Iimrted Infrasir￿￿ to ￿spO￿ to a¢tsdents aTrl ern0rgen￿5l woth plan5 are reviowed
and, If r*ce5S8ry 8mand8d. to r•SpO￿ tts any risk whith c¥nnot t• ayequatety
Audiior
In accordance the a re801Lkn prc$w￿￿ ttwt Crrtthkny3 Audit LLP ￿ reappointsd a5
8uditor of the company will be Put at a G8ner81 Meats"ThJ.
Dl•clo¥ure of Inform•tlon to audmor
Each of thè trust￿ has ¢onfirrned that Ihere is no information of which tIEy are aw3￿ which 15 relevant to the
audit. bul of whKh the a￿)rtar Is unwware. T￿ ha¥* frJth8r c￿firMed that ihey have taken aFpropriate step¥ to
kyenbty SUL* reknnt Infom)ath￿ 8TrJ to e5t*4th that Ihe aL&Jrtor ts 8WWg of such Infcffjiatson.
The tNst88s' reportwas apwo%*d by tr* Bo•rf tsf Tr￿te•S.
C A Elliott
Trustee
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THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE
STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES. RESPONSIBILITIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
The trustees, who are also the director5 01 The Proforest Inbbati¥* for th8 WryKSse of company law. are responsible
for preparir¥ the Trustees. Report aThJ the financ4al siaknnents In ac￿rdanCe wrth applwbla law 8nd United
Kirbgdom Aecounling Stsndard$ (United KI￿ Ge￿rnIty A￿p￿ Accountng Practs(*l.
Company Law requires th& ¢r￿￿tee$ to prepare finanoal Stsfrments foreach finanaal year Which 9￿ a twe and fair
view of the S￿18 of aifairs of the charity and of Ihe Incomity resources and apF4catYJn of rèsources, induding the
Income and expenditu￿, of the tha￿tab￿ company for that year.
In pr•parirrta these financHI statsments. Ihe trustaes ar8 wuired to".
. 50knt 5UttsbK8 accounting pdia8s then th￿ c•Mo￿ty".
. observe the melhtsls 8nd pnncjplgs in lh8 Chantss SORP.
. mak¢ judg•ments and esbmales that are r8as0Tr8ble aThJ p￿￿nI".
- ststs whether 8pplicabl8 LIK AcC￿jnI1n9 S￿ndS1￿$ h•v• hJlkMY*J. t¢4 •ny rnateriil departure
d15closed and explained in tha financial ststgmgnts.. aThJ
. prepare Ihe financial stat•mènts on Ih c¥nc•m basVJ Urtess rt Is Inappropriate to presum& that th8 ¢h8nty
wlll coniinue In opera1￿￿.
The Iwstees are responsible lor k•w"ng 8dequate acrAMMtrry recorth thar dY8d¢)ye with Trasonablè accuracy at
ony time the finanoal positth of charily enab￿ Ih8rn to en$ure that the financ481 statements comDly wilh the
Compan18s Acl 2(￿. They arg also rwonsIb￿ lor safe9uarding lh8 assets of t￿ charity gnd h•nce for takirq
reasonab￿ S￿$ lor prèveniion dotect￿Tr of aThY nlhar IrTroiJl4nbNs
. Inere Is no re￿¥aN auair Inromaoon the ¢l￿p0ny'* arg Un￿￿, and
the tru$lees have taken aA steps Ihal they ought lo ha¥e taken to rnake thmlfvès ￿re of 8ny relevant audit
nlermatw and to establish t￿t Ihe gudrtcn are of thai infDrmation.

THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE
Oplnlon
hav8 audited Ihe finanual ststernents of Prt>fore5t Inibatwe Ithe 'charity'l for the year ended 31 Oeotnber
2022 which CLxnprise the statemeni of firwnaal actswtss. the balan￿ sheet. the statement of cash flows and notss
lo the finanoal Stslernents. Ind￿1r￿j sontficaTrt accounth"ThJ finanual repDrbng tramewotk that ha5 been
aOEd In their preparatson is applicable law Un¢ted Kiwdtyn Accwntirg Standards. Including Financial
Reporhng Standard 102 The Finanei81 Reprmlw Stwthd ap￿ in th8 UK and R8wblK of lTrlanrl Iunited
Kingdom Generally Accepted A¢¢ountiry Pracbcel.
In our C¥)Irs￿)ft. Ihe finar￿ul1 statem8nls'
giv8 a and fair *￿eW of the Stats of the thantsbk (xmpany's affwts as at 31 08carnber 2022 and of 11$
Incomiryj rnsource5 and appk8bon of tesLKJrces. ir￿L•￿I￿a its irKome 8nd exp8nditure. for the year then
er￿ed.
have been prepody prepar*J In •xydanc• Vlilh Unrtvd ￿ngdOrn Gvnerally Acr￿t￿j A￿untsng Pra¢bc4,'
arKI
have teen prepared in Kcordan￿ ￿1h Ihe tho Ctmp•r¥•sAct 2C(6.
B481¥ for oplnlon
È conducted our 8udit in xcordonc• ￿ Intem•btywl StarKlwJs ￿ Audith'ThJ IUKI IISAS IUKII and aFplicab
law. Our responsibilities urthi those s¢ar¥JaTds are lurfher doscmbed In the Audj'loffs r8wsibilili8s lor lh8 8udil of
Ihe linanci81 st81emenf$ se￿10n ol our report. are iThJependent of th8 chanty In ac¢ordance with Ihs ethical
requirements thai are relevant kn our 8￿rt of the financjal statements In UK. Indudiw Ihe FRC'$ Ethical
Stsndaré. and wa have hj1fi1￿d our other elhvl r¢wgtsliDes In a¢cordanc* with the#e requirernent5. belwve
that the 8udit èvthn¢* vn h•ve obtained Is suffiuent and apprwatè to Pfol￿d￿ 4 Wi$ for ￿r wnv)n.
Conclu•lon• rnl•tlng to Molno ¢oncorn
In auditing the finBnual statements. we have u)ndLthd Ihat thtr trust•o8' u8• 01 th• goir*J e4ntam ba515 of
accounting In the preparab.on Oft￿ finanual staloments 15 zFpropriate.
803ed on th• wort ha¥• perfonned, havg thnb"fig1I wy moten¥l Ur￿ertainl¢S rel8tirvJ to wents or
conditions thai. I￿*￿￿1val￿ or cc1￿￿￿￿¥. may east synific4nt do￿ on the ehanty's abilty to eontsnua as • 901
ncern for o wned of al ￿aSt monlhs frcrfn %then thg finaro81 $tatements aulhorise# for Issue.
Our r•sponsits'lthes and tha ot respect ￿ 90irv4 cefjc•m ar• doicribod in th•
rekwant sectKffl8 of Ihis rewt
Other Infonna￿On
Thtr Olher Inlo￿allOn ecrfnprise5 the Inform￿ Ind￿ annual rerK*I other Ihan Ihe fin8noal $totwnents
our auditorfs ￿port Ihereon. The twslees are respJnsib$8 lor Ihe other Infonnalion ojntained within the annual
repcKt. Our opinion on the finanrial $iatements Ij￿ noi ¢o%tr Ihe Qlher InfomiatK)n and, except to the ertent
olhewise exF4iciUy staled in our report, we dts noi express 3ny forTn of 35surance ￿ndUS1Or1 the￿0￿. Our
re$wn$ibility Is 10 reaLI the other Infornatson aTrJ. tn doiThJ so. conshler whelher the other ￿nIO￿atIon 15 materially
Inconsistent wlh Ihe finanoal statements or our kntr•AedgÈ I)blai￿d In the course of the audit. or othe￿1$e app&ars
to be materially misstated. 11 we KJÈntfy sych rna¢enal ItKQn31slenoe5 or app8￿nt maienal misstatemenis, we are
required to detern)Ir* whet￿r this give5 nse to a matenal misststement In the finanual $￿teMents Ihem$Èlves. Ir.
based on tht work we have perlorrn9d, wo condude thal thero ￿ a matenal M￿lat￿￿ent of gther infDrtnation.
we are required to report Ihai lau.
hava nothry to repJt in thi5 regard.
Oplnlonj on other mattern prnscrlbed by th• Companl•s Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work uTrJertaken In the course of our a￿rt.
Ir* information given In the tWStees' rEFXXt for thE finanoal year for whith the finanrial statements are
prepared. which IrKludes t￿ direfjors. report {￿epa￿ forts purposes olc£rnpany law. is consistent with the
finan¢ial $latements, arKI
the directcrs, report within the trLtstees' reFO)rt has teen prepared in accordanc8 %*ith applicable *al
requirements.

THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT {CONTINUED)
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE PROFOREST INrriATIVE
Matterd on ￿lch requlred Io TEPQrt by ex¢epllon
In Ihe light ol the knowkdge and underslancjirwj of the tharny 3TrJ it5 eTrwrOnff￿n1 obrained In the rx>urse of the
a￿)11. we have noi matenal msststsmgnts In Ihg diredors. reF*y¢ i1¥S￿j ¥Alhin Iho tru5teus' report
have nothing to report In re5r*d ol the ftAI￿l￿j maller5 in rethjn to whith the compan￿ Act 2C*X requi￿$
us lo report ID you if, in our opinion."
adequate accountiry fecord& ha￿ txen kepL or retums adtyuat* aLKhl I￿1 l￿[1 (¥uysivwJ
from branchtrs not vBrted by us, or
the financial slalemenls are no¢ In ag￿Tr￿nt ￿ Ihe a￿Oun￿r￿j fecorrjs and TEtum¥, or
Certain disclosures oflrustees. remunerabon swfied by law art not made". or
we have not received all the Inlrmmaiion ar¥J eX￿ana￿On$ we wuire for our audi¢
the trustees were not enlitled lo prepare tho finanrJal &tatcmeTrts In aw)rdanfje ¥*ilh Ihe siiioll WTlVdll
regime an¢1 take advaniage of the small C(mpan￿. exempts.ons In prapanrvJ th? trustees. report and from the
roqulremenl ￿ prepar• a Straw reporL
R••pon¥lblllll•• of tru•t•
As explained more lulty In tho Statement of lrntytws, resE￿nSIb.￿￿68. Iha trtssty•s. wlx> 8rg alK* the direclors of tha
charity for the purpose of company law. are responsib￿ for ￿ waparab¢n of Ihe financial State￿nts and for beirg
satisfied that they give a and fair and lor such Int8mal control as Ihe trustees csetormine Is nacessary 10
enab￿ the preparation of financial staknments that am tr8• from rnat8rial misststernenl, wheiher dutr to fr8ud or
Iii yi¥ydiiiiy Ili* fiiid11udl bid￿llydI1Lts. It￿ ￿￿¥1¥1￿ i¥¥puii¥itJl¥ fur &tsse551ng ine cnantys 8DIIIry 10
conlinuts as a going concorn, disdosirYJ. as zthicable. matters relate¢ 10 9oing concorn and using the goir
¢oncern u831s of accwnurg un*ss me tyu5wes ertner InteThJ ty IqU￿ale the cnanlaDk ?￿panY or to ceas•
operations, or have no ￿¥￿¥ti¢ alternat￿ but to do 50.
Audltoe• v••paMlblllll•* for th• aud￿ of th• Ilnan¢l•l •t•l•m•nl•
Our objeclives are to oblain reasonable assurance abrArt Trwhthr financial 5taternents as a whob are free from
l?Idl¥iidl 111lbbid￿lil¥lIt. ¥VI￿lI￿1 tu fi¥tsJ LH ¥IILH. dI￿j Iu #ii #LXIIi￿'¥ I¥wii thai IncJutsS our opinion.
Reasonable assurance Is a hvJh k¥el of assurancts t*Jl Is a guarantee thal an aULlIl ujnducied In aeeordanc4
with ISAS IUKI wll a￿ayS delect a ma¢enal misstat8mern when rt ¢XlSts Misstatornonts can anse traud or
•rror and are COns￿ered matsnal If. indmdually or In lh¢ aggwate, th ¢oubJ r•a8onabty ￿ exFected to Influonc
the economic dea￿onS of users taken on th8 basis ol b)ese finanoal $tsieftK*nts.
Irregul8riti88, ind￿1r￿j tra￿1. InStar￿ of no[￿c￿n￿l0n￿ vrilh and rngulats"orM. IAts desvjn proc•dur•J in
line wrth our re$ponsibilrfie$. ouuined above. ￿ detea matenal misstatements in ￿spe￿ of Irregulari1105, Includir
fraud. oxteni 10 whith our pr¢xedurts S￿ capat4¢ of delKb'rg irwuiqntss. Induding fraud is detsiled bdow"
Our approach to h**ntifying and r￿￿70￿1r*J tha r￿kS of moicrwl mi))tottyn¢nt in reapeca of 1rr¢9ulont￿. induding
fraud and nofyeompliance law3 aTrJ regulat￿)[￿. was as fdlws..
. engagement partw ensured Ihat th& •ngag•mant le￿ the apprwate compe¢enr*.
Cap*AItt￿5 and sk115 10 or rec03n￿e nor￿0￿pIlan￿ ano re9￿ations..
we K1entsfied the aThJ ryulab￿s Wtal)Ip lo th8 chant*>k rxjmpany through disDJssions wth
truytees and olher man•Jement. and fw Lwr ccmmèrual aThJ experignea of the clients
bUsI￿sS seuor.
. we fi)¢used on speufic Ws arwj ryulat￿n5 we cO￿Jer￿j may have a dirBct rnaterial effect on
financial State￿￿nts or Ihe operab'ons ol fv charitat4e cJJmpany. Ind￿lir¥) the c￿paTr￿?$ Act 2006.
Charrtie5 Acl 2011. taxation *gL%lal*Jn. dala proteclkM. anti*)rthry, empknyrn￿t, environmentsl and health
and safety legis￿￿on,
. %¥tt yAl¥til ivKI IYgulaliLvF KJEntiW *uve Ihrough makifg
anquines of rnan*Jement." and
. Identifiwl laws and wulaDon5 comrnunicated ¥•thin the atyjit ¢e•n and th8 team remained
alertto inStsn￿9 of n￿-Com¥￿￿￿ IhroLWoutth? a￿1￿

THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT {CONTINUED)
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE
assessed the suxepiibility of th8 chantsbk campanys finanoal statements to material misstatern8n( induding
obtaining an undetstandiThJ ol hthv frawl mvJht(xxJJr. by.
makirvJ enquiries ol man*Jement as to Whe￿ IW Con$th￿ Ihere wa5 Su5￿pts.bIlity to tra￿. their
kn￿e￿￿? of adu￿. 5WeCted alw fvawj. aTrJ
. cortsthring the intemal ¢or¥trds in plac8 to mrtvJalo nsks of fra￿1 a￿1 nOndC(Mplan￿ wth L4ws and
regu18ts"ons.
To address the n5k Offra￿ Ihrow man•*Mnt bws aTrJ olttffjtr0￿, ￿..
. Ferfomied anatyiical prot8dur88 to bjanbfy any Unusu￿ w unexr*aed rel•btyutt4)s'.
. lestsd journal entr￿5 to thts.fy unusual trans*￿t￿$..
. whpthArjitywfi8nl* and a¥¥umpkns fflad• in d•t•rrnwwry Dccountiry •Bbm•t•g w•r• indic•tiwa
01polen￿ bws.. aTh1
• in¥esb3ated bghirnl ￿[￿aTrt tra1￿•*c￿.
Iii Iwxi¥tt tu IhD of aTrJ r¥)r￿ty10n￿ ifft laws •rbJ reguiauons. we aesignea pr¢xeoureg
whith indude£l. butwere nol limitsd to."
• agreeiw finanoal slai•ment dithures to u1th￿.r9 suppfftI dowTrwnt8ti0n.'
. rnad1￿ tho minut•8 of meeb'rw ofthose chamed wrth qovern•￿.. aTrJ
. •nouirirvJ ofrnan•wnent x tr* Athwjl rJ*ir
There aTr inhefenl limrtatrens in our pr￿adur•S descfjbed above. Thè more removed that law5 and
regulations are fr￿ llnancJai traWCTK)ns, ine Iikety 11 Is thai wouk) Dec(me awa￿ 01 non￿Mplianc￿.
Auditing sianrSard5 a150 Iimil the audit woceilures to Kyenbfy nOndCAyn￿￿qnCe wlh laws anol regulatsons to
enquiry of the trustees and 01￿ maThag•mènt And the ￿9F•c￿On of regulatory and *al eorrnspond•nt*, If any.
Material mtsstataments Ihal due to fro￿j can ￿ harder lo dete(a thaTh tho¥e Ihat ari¥e IT￿ error as tlw may
Invofve delib&raie cort•8knant or
A further dexiiptson of oui rtwiauitw ¢5 wi FIii¥iK4dl Rwtiiw CuuiK41i b¥¥b￿le al. littp3.11
www.frc.org.uklauditorsresponsibilit*. Th￿ (Won forrns part of our auditorfs roport.

THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE
U88 of our report
This ￿ptrrt Is made sow to Ih8 thants￿8 companys members. as a tx)dy, In a¢¢OrL1an￿ wlh Chapter 3 of Part 16
ol the CornpaniesAcl 20[￿. Our 0￿Irt woth ha$ been urKlertaken so Ihat we rn￿h1 stale lo the charil8bLg tompanvs
members those matters we ar& required tri slate to b)em In an 8￿rt{*S ￿port and for no other pu￿Se. To I
luI￿St extenl pertnrtted by law. do or a55ufnE fe5ponsibility to anyone other than the tharilab
company arn# the tharrtaty* fxmpanys memb&rs a$ a t*yty. our audit w(wk, for this report, or for th8 opiniDn$
fo￿•d.
//k/ •
Robort KIr￿afid Isonlor Statutory Audrtor)
for and on behalf of Crltchkny• Audlt LLP
201612023
sthtutory Audltor
Bemr House
2>38 Hythe 8rhSJe Stroet
Oxford
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THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTMTIES
INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 310ECEMBER 2022
Current flnon¢lal y•ar
Unrnjtrlctod Restrktsd
fund•
fund•
2022
2022
Tc+t•l
Total
2022
2021
Donaiions an(J gr3nts
Charitabb 8CtMt*s
Invesiments
2.rJ38.597 2.098,597
1.702,170
520,6
469
15
Total Intt>m•
465.459 2.Cv38.S97 2.564,056
2,222.839
Ex
ndl
Charitable athvth$
465.729 2.ICQ.372 2.566.101
2,215.￿S
Not loutyolngylncomlng rmOur¢￿ hl<)r• tr4nsfor¥
(2701
11.7751
12.0451
Gross tra[￿fer9 beN¥een hjnds
N•t l•xp•ndNur•ylnGom• for th• y•*wl
Not M￿rnIn1 In fund•
12.0451
12.0451
6.934
Fiinrl hHLHnrM At 1 .IAniJAry
A52.145
452.145
44S.211
rund bI￿n¢￿ at 31 D•¢•rnb•r zozz
450.1(Q
450,1CIJ
452.145
Thg BlaI•m￿l rJFfin•nwl int4udoa al gaino ond hiotros rooogniDod in tho yoor.
All Intomo aTha empe￿KUr& ¢Jen¥e from confrnuing
$taterngnl of finar￿A?1 acbvths tho mquir•nants an ir*thM and éXFthditurè ac£ount
und•rth• Compan￿BAC* 20C*.
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THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES {CONTINUED)
INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
Prlor Ilnancbal year
Unrn8tr1¢ted fte$¢rl¢i•d
lunds
funds
2021
2021
Total
2021
Donations and grants
Charitab* ac¢iwtses
Investments
1,702.170
1.702,170
$20,654
15
15
Total In¢om•
$20.869 1.702.170 2.222,839
ndltur
Charitob* ac¢iwiies
476.272
1,739.633
2,215,905
N•1 loutotslngVlnc<)mlng mourcm b•forn tramfgrn
44.397
137.4631
6,934
Gross tran81ern be￿6￿ fuTh
123.3251
23,32S
N•t I•xo•ndltur•Vlnc¢Jm• lor th• ym
N•t mov•m•ni In lund•
21.072
114.1381
6,934
Fund babncès ai 1 Janu8ry 2021
431.073
14.138
445,211
Fiinrt halanrpA at li fJ*e•mh•f 20X
4S2.145
452,1rf6

THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE
BALANCE SHEET
AS A T 31 DECEMBER 2022
2022
2021
Curr•rtt •M•ts
D8btOfS
Cash at bank aThJ In harnj
447.529
608.949
158,104
754,554
1,056.478
912.658
Cr•dlt•rn: •mounts lalllng du• t*lthln
ono year
Other credilQlS
D8f8rred Inc¢Yne
10
11
594,678
11,7C
359.416
101.0>7
.378
480.513
Not current assets
450.1C
452,145
Ineom• funds
Unrestricted ￿nd5
4S0.1C
452.145
450.1C#J
452,145
The finanual stalemonts appr￿j by Trwt••s on.
C A Elliott
Tru•ts
Company r•ll•￿tIon nurnlxr 7293440

THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ER 2022
2022
2021
Notr•
Cash flo￿ from op•rallng •¢￿VItI*•
CBsh 8b50rbed by opefatior
16
1146,0741
125.3501
Inv88tlng a¢￿¥￿tIl$
Investment Incorne r8C8iV8d
15
N•t c*tsh 9Dl￿r¥I¥d from Inv••llng
actlvltl•&
15
Not caah u••d In Iln•n¢lng •¢tlvW
Not d•¢rn4•• In ¢••h and c••h •qulv•l•nts
1145.6051
125.3351
Cash and cash e4UNa￿Thts ot bwMiThJ olyear
754.554
779,889
C*¥h and c•¥h gqyfv•loTrts •t •nd oly••r
808.949
754.554
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THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
A¢¢oynWno poIIci
Ch•rlty Inlormaiion
The Proforest Initsath¥e is a WiV8ts ￿￿panY IimiteLI by guar8rnee Incworated in Engla￿￿ 8ThJ The
registered office s Soth Surte. Frewin Chwnbers. Fr8wn CourL Oxtsd. OX1 3HZ.
1.1 ACCOUn￿ng Con￿nts0
The financial $latLYnenls t*en prepartsj m actothcs th8 tharity8 document.
Companies Act 20Ce, FRS 102 -The Financial Re￿)rts.1¥a Standard in the UK and Republic or
Ir81and' I"FRS 102.1 aThJ Ihe Cttarrt￿ SORP 'A￿o￿ntr￿ and Repotyry by Chartle5 Statement of
Recommerthd Prattre applKth to charities preparirvj Ihwr accounts In a¢cordallce with the Finanual
Rewrbng siaryjard aFyllcab￿ In Ihe UK aThJ Rewbk of IreLand IFRS 1021. leff8thv8 1 January 20191. Thg
ch8fity ts a PublK 88r*fft Enbty 05 by FRS 102.
The financial siai•rnonts are pr8pwad in sterlir4. wh¥* 4 the tyncbonal of the tharity. Monetary
amounts In them fin￿r￿la1 State￿th ar• foU￿j 10 th• fi•ar05t £.
The flnandal slat￿￿ents ha¥• prBparad under histowl cost o)nvenbon. urfe$$ otherws8 Statsd In
tho accountirvJ pdicy ￿les. The pnwpal acc￿n￿"r￿j pc4iu8s •J¢)pted sel out tselgw.
1.2 Golng eone•rn
Al the tsme of approwng thè finar￿￿ statements. the trus¢ee5 have a reasonabkn expectstion that the charity
lid¥+ dd¥yudl¥ i¥¥vul￿¥ iu ¢xMIts"riuu iri wttrill¥Jl¢il VI¢5￿nce for the lor•588db18 luture. Thu5 Ihe tru51e89
conb'nue lo &Jopl t￿ wng corwn bgsis olaccijwtry in preparirrtj t￿ financi81 statements.
1.3 Charltabh fund•
Unrestricted lund$ are ovalatle for use at the discrnbon of Ih inAst••s in lurth•rAnc* ol thèir tharl￿bI&
o*¢¢tives.
Restrpcied funds can bg wed for parbvJLgr resth'ded purposes ￿1n ￿ ctycts of the Chanty. M8re a
d￿or has speofi•d a Pa￿￿J13r purpos¢ for a donab'on. ts irwne is shown as r￿tri(￿ed income in th?
siaiemenl ol Finanaal A¢)wbes. Any s￿h Inccrfw ur*4xnded ai the year end Is s￿)Wn as a restricted fund
In the balancè sheet. Restlica￿￿￿ arise ￿en swfiRd by d¢yKJr or fuThls 8r8 fAi%•d fnf PArtip.ul%r
restricted wrposes.
Details oftha rtstrthd pro¥thJ in noies to tts accounts.
1.4 In¢om•
Income Is ￿COgniSed whèn Ihe chanty Is *alty ¢ntstled to rt after any perf0rnan￿ conditKn$ have bgen met,
the amounts tAn thAMJrAel rAlkryhty Ar¥1 it NnhaNrt thAI inrrTh ¥AII hA rAfAivArl
OI•TII iiwiiy r3 yVllVl¢illy IryGggni5Bd on a le￿i￿ab￿ ba￿3 atvJ 15 tppuriBd gTU55 ol Tvlalvd vxpvndliUI¥,
where the amounts a￿ reasonabty certain and when there is *quate certainty of rectipt.
Funding recewtrj tor luturn perK#JB is foThvard in ￿[Br[8d wKJJm8 until thè fèlai•J •yndituTtr has
en inojrred.
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THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
ACCOUn￿ng pollclos
1.5 Exyndhur•
Expendilure 1$ a¢ctyJnted on an a¢¢rL41s bays and gr¢tss of any TBlat8d w￿rne. They a￿ dassttsd under
headings that aggregate all costs related to the cale90ry thore costs cannot btr dir8dy attnbuted to
particular headings, tly have been aloL31ed to acbvtss on a basL5 corwstent with use ofthe ￿$OurCes.
. Costs ol charrt8bkn xtmty ojmrrf￿s direct ex￿dI[ure. kn rA)$ts car￿0t be directy attributèd.
they ha￿ b•en alkrated lo on a bas￿ DJnsv8teTrt *ith ofre50urces.
. Governance costs Ihose costs. S￿h a5 aLhlii or iTh*pendeni ex*ninabon f885 8nd bJal aTrJ
professional f8as. assocjated wlh rx)n$btution4 8Th1 requiremgnts.
. SuFpy¢ costs and gmrnanc* costs. upthr"OUw Chwrtabkn Exwdj¢ure' tt8ve not bo•n
appOrt￿ned across the reported chantabk Apport￿rUng they8 D)5ts wouk# not any
fvnher benefit to interLveurvJ Ihe accounts. In the opnion of the thanty.
1.6 C••h •nd ¢••h •qulv•hnts
Cash cash equivaknts IndLMJe cash in har¥J. d•pow"ts h8bJ at ¢811 ￿¢h banks, othèr Short-le￿ INU
Inv&sim6nis wilh or¥inal matullb•S of three monttB w bs5. ba￿ oveT¢lrats. 84nk o¥erdr•ft3 ar8 sh¢)wn
within borrowings In oJtr•nt Iiatslrthts.
1.7 Fln•n•l•l In•trym•nt•
The charity has el8cied to apply ￿ pffjw*ons ol Sethon 11 '88$￿ Finan¢J81 In$trurnonts' and se￿On 12
r Financial I￿1￿ments IS￿￿5. of FR$ 102 to am of IIS lIna￿al InsrnJm•nts.
trinanc¥al ￿Struments ar¢ In fv ¢hatys balanra th8•t tharity becorne$ party to t
contr8e￿al pro¥iJv)rw ol irBtruwit
Finanual assets and liabili1￿s a￿ off￿. wrth thè nel zrntyjnts msenied in Iha financ4BI s181em&nt8. whftn
thèra Is A legally enforceab￿ rwjht 10 9¢t off Ihe recognise(l amounts ar¥J there v4 an Intentson lo Strtt￿ on a nèt
Basic financial asset5. w*tich debtors a￿1 cash and bank balances. are inits.alfy measured at
transathon price Ind￿Ing Iransaaion costs and sUbseq￿nty ￿Mell ai amortlS8d cost u51rs the effective
Interest methfyj Unle￿ arraThJemeni consbi￿eS a finan￿[vJ Iransacbon. %th•re the Irans8clion is
measU￿d at the pr8senl value of Ihe hrture receipts dBcr)wleil at a math•i rate of inteTrsl. Financial 9SS&ts
¢JA8￿￿*d XA r*f*Trivth ¥Mlhin y￿r ArA nnl AmnrtthAd
Basic financial Ilabilrt￿s. IndudirvJ credth¥ and bank Iwis we inrti• r•ttgn¢sed at transath'on pnc* unl8$$
the arrangement conStrtu￿$ a finanong transaction. whe¥e the debt Instrument 15 measured at the present
value of If* future pavments discounted at a maFk8l rate ol interest. Finanoal Irabilit￿5 das81fi2d as payat)I
wthin ore ￿¥r not ￿0rD¥•j.
Debt instruments aro subs&•￿¢am•d at amorlNèJ cost U5irw ts eIrec￿ illtere5t rate method.
Trade creditus are Obligatio￿ to pay for gr￿ or semces thai have been ar4Ul￿d in the ordinary course of
rats¢ns s￿lerS. Arnounts payabk d￿lf¢d as Gu￿ent liabililiys if VdylTiyiiI i¥ Llu¥ wilhin one
year or ￿5. If not. they are present￿ as no1￿￿r￿n1 Iiatslbes. Tfade C￿11¢($ ao recognised initially at
iran5aClk)n prtce arwj Subseq￿nty measured ai armrnsed C￿$1 usiry me errecllve In￿reSt me￿00.
Dere¢¢)onlrion of Iln•n¢1èl￿•bIIil1*S
Fin3nG131 Iiabilits96 are d9recognised when the thanty.:
cancelled.
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THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
¢rlUeal acc<>unting •stlmate¥ and ludgemenls
In tho applKatK)n of (*anty5 accwntirvj pc1￿￿0$. Ihe trLLsl￿s are TEquired to maka ju(S¥ments. est'mates
a￿1 a55umpbons abrAJt Ihe c3rryirvJ ￿ount ol assets aThJ Iiabiltbes that are not reèjity apparent from other
sourees. The es*maies and assoaaied assumpbms aB based ￿ histoncal expenenc* anrj other factOf5 that
are c¢n*dored to te ￿￿vant Aaual may drflar trom t￿e
Th8 eslwn8tes a￿1 undertyiryJ assumpts.ons ￿ rEYEw%d on an oTraoing basis. Revisions to a0￿unti
estimates are recognised In penc¥J in whth Ih8 è5tsmats 1$ revwd tre rev1510n affects only that
nod, or penc<1 of the re¥l￿On and fv￿re peric•J5 *there the r8¥i8ion affects bth current and future
periods.
Crltlul ludgomonts
D•hrr•d Incom•
No new grani$ wa$ rece￿*d in resp8cI of fvtU￿ pe￿$ Ihis year. The 0￿Ment which reLqtes to oxts which
haw8 noi betrn Incyrre(J at ¢he balar￿0 sh881 date are carned lO￿ard to be matched again51 the c0515 w￿n
they are Incurred Manag8rn8nt exerus89 ILWeni tc c*JJat• the ￿0￿nts to be deferred by refergnco to
budgeted e¥pondilure and grant mlilions.
A¢¢ru•l•
Man*Jern8nl exerc4ses judgorr￿nt In caloJlatsThJ year ac¢yuats referenc4 to ￿tOrnI•ll0n rol81iry to
costs incjjrred po$1 year ènd, budgeted exFenditure.
Don•lbon• •nd gr•nts
R••trbctsd Restrictsd
fund•
funds
2022
2021
Grnnt in¢om•
2.c68.597
1.702.170
Gr•nts ree•lv*bh for ¢or• aclbvlil••
- US GEF Soy Brazil
DFIDIKPMG- FGMC 201&21
IKICall 2016
US- GEF Asi8 Leam*vJ
CPD 2020- BEEF T￿IkIt
FCDO P4F TFA Phase 111
FCDO-FGMC extension 2021_2022
IIVEF 2021_ TFAAPOI &urpJrt
Other
40,141
105,495
514,830
96,692
14,432
423,9s6
478,746
27,878
636,74S
719,864
707.739
34.249
2.1)98,597
1.702,170
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THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
Donatlons *nd grants
Icontlnuedl
The lolkAwiry aLYonyms have btrvn used aTrJ in note 12 to I1￿
APOI Afnca Palrn Oil lnilia1￿￿
DFIO Deparmeni for IntematK)nal OtsvehJpmerbt IUKI
FCDO ForevJn. c￿M0￿weath & De¥ekpm8nt Offic8
FGMC Forest Govemance. Markets and Climate PrLyJramme
GEF
Gth31 Environrrent Fatylity
Infrrnatbonal Clirnale InrtwtNe
PJIF
Partnerships lef Forests
RSS Regional Sustainability Stra
TFA
Tropical Forasl Allian
WEF IAt>rtd Eeonomic Forum
d Vwje Fwl for Natyr•
In¥M¢m•nts
Unmtrictod Unwtnctsd
funds
fund$
2022
2021
Intsf•st rncoivab
15

a> ¢0
* * a)U>(O
T¥ C4 r
o(0 ¢
V4W
iji i- 1$
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THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEAIBER 2022
Support ¢o•ts
Support Gov•mance
costs
2022
Support Gov•rnanc8
C08ts
costs
2021
Prografflrne develop￿￿￿
Management af
min151ratsve support
Office and astablishment
costs
OlhBf 8xp8n58s
6.393
6.393
223,417
223.417
171.643
171.643
65.382
1.293
.431
96,431
Audit fees
Trustees. meetirvj K4ts
6.850
5.407
6.89)
5,407
6.150
23
6.150
23
2*.485
12.257
,742
289.593
8.173
275.786
Analysod bets￿eTh
Chgntst)le aCts￿t*S
2*.48S
12.257
308.742
269.593
6.173
275.7e6
Go¥emance cc4ts Indth paymenty w th• 01£6.85012021- £6.150 I lor audit feel.
Tru•t•
None ol Ihe tru$thos lor any pe￿On¥ ￿￿ted tmth I￿nI rx4N•d any remuner8lby or tenefits the
chanty dunThJ the yew.
Six trustees recwved £935 rtrntr•Jrsed dunTra fv year12021. Three trusts88 ware reimbursed exp8ns8s of
£101 In 2022. lh• InJste8s al￿ had £4,451 12021 £NIll eMPgnW on Ihgir Wolf for lunchgs and trovgl.
St•ft ¢o•ts
2022
Nurn￿r
2021
Numb•r
ManageftK*nt
Operatsons and IT
Finance
Total
10
amount olE223.41712021." £171.6431 lsee rth 61 tfftrs the cosls forManage￿nI atKI admini$tratr¥e
support forThe Proforest Inibatwe WOVh*d by staff whose c05t5 ￿re paKI by Prolorest Ltd . Employees of
Proforest Ltd have joinl contracts of emF4oymenlwlh The Profore51 Inrtiatsve.
Key management perS0Th￿ tt* Trustees. tr* ch*fexeaJtive off%xr. a woJramme director, the
Afrw regional director, Ihe operabon$ direuty arnf the finan￿ director. This was also the case in 2021.
Rwnuneratron paid fo fv thallty's key man*Jement personnel In yearlots1￿ £417,29512021. £424,971
l ofwhith £121.72712021. £120.1331 is Ind￿1￿j as an 8¥pen58 in thpse a¢xounts.

THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS {CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
StsII
Icontlnuodl
The number of8fflpk)y885 whose annu￿ r8mun8fabon wa5 nve than £60.(ts)
Is as follow5
2022
Numbor
2021
Numb•r
£80.001 _ £70,C(KI
£70,001 - £80,C
£80.001- £90.CO)
D•btorn
22
2021
Amounts f•llln9 duo wbthln on• yo•r.
Trade deblOIS
Olhtrr deblN5
108.987
20,582
1?.Q1n
124.812
334.188
447,529
158.104
10 O¢h•r ¢r•dltor• lalllng du• wlthln y￿r
zozz
2021
Trad• cr•dito
Amounts due lo re1h￿ gul>stytsw Ixe note 141
Accruals aTrJ deferred Ir￿$
10,337
489,301
95.040
42.165
290.527
26.724
594,678
359.418
11 Deferred In¢om•
2022
2021
Arisirrtj from grants reC￿•d lor 4y•ak fuiu
prooramm84
11,7
101.097
D•forr•d int4)m in Ihe financial ststsments a5 I￿￿7￿..
2022
2021
Dtri¢rr•d ific0￿ Ya *thm'.
CuTrent 1iats.lrt￿S
11 7ntl
101.097
Movements in the ￿r.
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THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
11
C•f•rrod Incorno
lcontlnuodl
Defer￿ Inco￿tt at 1 January 2022
Re￿ased frixn previous ￿n0d¥
Resour￿$ d&lett￿l in Ihe year
101.097
1101.0971
11,700
70,407
170,4071
101,097
D&farr¢d in¢m at 31 t)8C8mbar 2022
11,7C#J
101,097

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THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEAIENTS (CONTINUED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEAIBER 2022
13 C¢)mmlkn•nts of th• Charlty
A$ 0¢ 31 Lkcember2022 ts Chwty"
. had rK• rnatsnal cL¥nmthAts not pro￿ lor ITh Ihe ac¢ounts
. gNen no guarantees to third parties
had no IiabbtEs seoJr8d on its assets
- had rnade no l)ans to connBGted persons or otreThw88
had rnade no ex4raba payrnersts in the wr than
14 R•latod yrty tra￿•¢1￿00• and controlllng p•rty
Tran•4Ctlons wlth rfrlatsd partl9¥
Proforesi Iniliatsve 1$ a 5ubsdiary of Protse$l Lld in acctrdance with th• provis￿n5 of section 1159 of the
Companws Aci The reason that Proforesi In11a￿ve tsll$ wlhin this definrtion Is that Proloresl Ltd Is the
Sole member of ProfrKest Iniliatw. Each Inotee of Ihe ProfNest Inrtiabve has one vote. The sob memtyef
cannot Overnu￿ any dea5￿n rn8king by Ihe TnL*¢ee$. In sde rrernbership entitl85 Proforest Ltd to
res¥n the Board of Trustees. ￿Y￿*Ver ih pracbce thLB couka not hapFen due lo tha regulatory framework in
whith the th4rity operales.
Proforesl Ltd's pnnopal obJeclNe5 are to W people lo projuce source natural resouretss sustainably.
PrnlnrAsI I trf pmv￿tsg ¢on$utt¥hCy E•fwc•B lo compan￿. d•wlowng practical approach•% to r•rkponÉibl•
produthon sourgrg that support (JYn￿rlts in tsirtranthon pmcttss ￿ the wour*J.
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THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS {CONTINUEDI
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
14 Rehtsd party traMactionB and controlling ￿rtY
(Con￿n￿•d)
During the year eThJed 31 Dec4rnb8r 2022 Prof0￿1 Limrted rvcharged Th8 Proforest Initlabve £785.473
12021 £683.9321 for costs of chantsbsg actswty pa￿# on Its beham As at 31 December 2022 £203.51612021.
£112.4(￿) was due to Proforest Lim￿￿ Piolorwi Inityative. £NIl 12021.. £3541 w•$ due from
Proforesl Linited to The Prolor8St Inth
During the year eThJ8d 31 2022 Profryest Sdn la MaL4y&an subsidiary of
Proforest Limrttdl r6tharg6d Proluesi Inibjtsve £212.79912021 £218.0111 for costs of chanlable 8dvity
paid on its behalf. As at 31 Lknmber 2022. £35.956 12021 £NIll was PrOf0￿5t Sdn Bhd to The
Prolorasi IrMbgti¥tr ¥rKI £27.29712021. e19.0251 vrds to Proforest Sdrs BM1 from th• Proforest Inits"atNe
During Ihe year ended 31 Dwmber 2022 Proforest Ghana la urba•r cornmon control bul Shares
obiecbve$ wrth The ProlNas¢ Inilialive aTrJ works do8ety 111 rechargod The Proforest IniiiaiNe £8,885
12021 £21,3611 Iv co$ts of thanlab* patyl C￿ ts bgh•lf. As at 31 t)8cember 2022 £2.92012021" £Nill
was due Tho Proforesl Inilialive to Proforest Ghona.
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THE PROFOREST INITIATIVE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEAIBER 2022
14 R•latsd yrty tranBa¢tlon8 and ¢ontrolllng porty
Icontlnuodl
During Ihe year eTrYed 31 Decem￿ 2022 Proforegt Inthbve Alrta, a wthr8d charty In Ghana rK*t under
ccrnmon control bul shanw otr1ect￿ wrfh th8 Proforest In￿8￿￿8. retharged The Proforest Initiative w88
recharged £666,927 12021 £410,6501 for c0515 of chantsb￿ acbvty paKI on its bEhalf. At 31 Decamber 2022
£192.66012021 £88.1961 wa$ due to Proforest InthtN&AIrtO.
Dunng the yaar 31 December 2022 Proth51 BraJl lan Assoc#8bon ragistered in Brazil, whith is not
under ￿MmOn conlrotl. r￿harged Tr ProfrKe5t Inthab'¥e £8.057 12021." £75.6221 for costs of charitsb18
aLXiTrAty pa￿ on its behalf. As at 31 Oec•mi*f 2022, t8.10912021. £44.1051 wa5 due to Proforost 8razil from
The Profore5t Initith.
DurirvJ the yeaf end•J 310gcwntw 2022 PfolorBSt La1￿ AmgrKa fft equ￿￿nI ol a Imited t￿rnpanY in the
UK), which 1$ under ccfflmon ￿nIr¢I. sharos c*pct￿s The Proforest Inibaiive and WOTks c105ely
with It) recharged The Profowt InrtBtwe £172.656 12021 £180,2121 for costs of Charitab￿ acliwty pahl on its
behall. As al 31 Decern￿r 2022. E54.801 w85 CA*Ed by Thg Protse$t Inrtolfftl to Proforvst Latsn America
12021 £26,927).
16 Cmh g•n•r4tsd frorn oyr•tlon•
1022
2021
Ir)AfieJlllMirrAfv fnr IhA ye4r
12,04$1
6,934
AUl￿￿T￿nts for.
Invèstment inwn? recoJnss•d in ststefflgnl of acknt*>
14691
OV•m•nt• in VK*th*rvJ caprtal
Ilncreaseytytser•a￿ in
Increaseiiaecr•as•i In crethto
(Decre￿NIne￿#se in deferred incom
(289.4251
235.282
189.3971
107,989
1170,9481
30.89)
¢••h *b•grb•d by op•v•tlon•
1140,0741
12a.JA*I
18 Anaty•li of change• In n•t fvnd•
ch8nty debt dijrino ymr