# AVON NEEDS TREES

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1184386
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** July 12, 2019
- **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=1184386


## Contact

- **Address:** Avon Needs Trees, Office 115 117 and 119, Regus Castlemead, Lower Castle Street, Bristol
- **Postcode:** BS1 3AG
- **Phone:** 0800 060 8702
- **Email:** contact@avonneedstrees.org.uk
- **Website:** www.avonneedstrees.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** The objects of the CIO are:1) The conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and naturalenvironment for the public benefit by the establishment and maintenance of trees,woodland and complementary habitats in such areas within the Bristol-Avoncatchment area as the trustees shall determine.2) To advance the education of the public in the conservation, protection andimprovement of the physical and natural environment including by promotingwoodlands as a means for the public to learn about wider environmental issues suchas: sustainability, climate change, ecology and the mitigating need for trees.For the purposes of this clause ‘the Bristol-Avon catchment area’ comprises the landidentified as such by the Environment Agency, covering catchments of all thewatercourses and their tributaries that empty into the stretch of the Severn estuarybetween and including, to the north, the mouth of the Little Avon near Berkeley inSouth Gloucestershire and, to the south, Sand Bay in North Somerset.

**Activities:** Avon Needs Trees is acquiring suitable land in the Bristol-Avon Catchment Area tocreate new, permanent forest through reforesting and rewilding. We aim to lock upcarbon, improve biodiversity, mitigate flooding through natural means and to createopportunities for the public to engage with nature. Our first purchase was 34 acres atHazeland near Calne, where we have planted over 10,000 trees.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Bath And North East Somerset
- Bristol City
- North Somerset
- Somerset
- South Gloucestershire
- Wiltshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | £1983763 | £1227002 | £6271283 | 23 |
| June 30, 2024 | £4822833 | £583509 | £5514522 | 8 |
| June 30, 2023 | £765190 | £311260 | £1275198 | 8 |
| June 30, 2022 | £219714 | £169563 | — | — |
| June 30, 2021 | £335117 | £77903 | — | — |
| July 11, 2020 | £516994 | £7997 | £508997 | 0 |



## Trustees

- **Mark Funnell** (Chair) — appointed May 23, 2022
- Andrew Chester — appointed July 23, 2020
- Antony Gavin Spittlehouse — appointed Dec. 4, 2019
- Catherine Lucy Bedford — appointed June 22, 2020
- Dr Nicholas John Art Murry — appointed April 26, 2019
- Stuart Hales — appointed Jan. 24, 2022
- Theo Blanchard — appointed Nov. 28, 2022