1 Our impact - 2024 Avon Needs Trees ## Contents |Contents|2| |---|---| |Trustees annual report|3| |Welcome|4| |Our objectives|5| |How we’re different|6| |Highlights 23/24|7| |Woodland Creation|8| |Land - a year of growth|9| |Trees planted in 2024|10| |Future plans: Lower Chew Forest|11-12| |Site Design Concept|13| |Lower Chew Forest: Creating Biodiverse Habitats|14| |Lower Chew Forest|15| |Impact for People|16| |Preparing for commercial trading|17| |Landscape Recovery in the Lower Chew|18| |Achievements & Performance: Towards a new 5-Year Strategy|19| |Volunteering|20| |Our volunteers|21| |Number of people living within 10 miles of our sites|22| |People Impact: Case Studies|23-24| |Our green skills programme|25| |Our frst graduates|26| |Outreach|27| |Structure, management and governance|28| |Our staff demographics|29| |Statement of responsibilities of the trustees|30| |Finance Review|31| |Fundraising|32| |Funding and Donations|33| |Independent auditors' report|34-35| |Audited Accounts|36-45| |Final Thanks|46| Avon Needs Trees Our impact - 2024 ## Trustees annual report The trustees present their report with the audited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30 June 2024. ## Reference and administrative details ## Principal Office Canningford House, 38 Victoria Street, Bristol, BS1 6BY ## Registered Office Canningford House, 38 Victoria Street, Bristol, BS1 6BY Key Management Personnel Chair M. Funnell CEO D. Wood ## Trustees The following Trustees served during the year: C.L. Bedford T. Blanchard A. Chester J. Chew M. Funnell S. Hales N.J.A. Murry A.G. Spittlehouse ## Auditors Godfrey Wilson, Mariner House, 62 Prince Street, Bristol, BS1 4QD ## Accountant Magic Bean Counters Limited Unit 7, The Old Co-op 38 Chelsea Road Bristol BS5 6AF ## Bankers CAF Bank Limited 25 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ The Co-operative Bank p.l.c. P.O. Box 101 1 Balloon Street Manchester M60 4EP ## Solicitors Thrings Solicitors 2 Queen Square Bath BA1 2HQ Avon Needs Trees Our impact - 2024 ## Welcome ## Welcome from the Chair The intensifying impacts of the nature and climate crises are everywhere to see. 2024 was the warmest year on record, the first year temperatures were more than 1.5c above pre-industrial levels. In the UK extreme weather events resulted in more flooding, heat spikes and wildfires. Climate change disinformation and denialism is rife online. And so the need for practical, positive climate action has never been greater. The good news is that we are seeing people increasingly taking solutions into their own hands. The 1,000 volunteers at Avon Needs Trees planted more trees over the course of 2024 than any previous year, with survival rates of 90% or more – well above average. They repeatedly reported boosts to their wellbeing and mental health, as well as feelings of pride and accomplishment in the difference they are making. Our charity has also taken its work to the next level, securing our biggest site yet: Wick Farm. Together with Great Avon Wood a mile or so away, the Lower Chew Valley is fast becoming one of the UK’s beacon sites for woodland creation and nature recovery. And with its history of flooding, local communities all the way down to Keynsham on the banks of the Avon will reap wider benefits from these projects, as new woodland traps rainfall and slows the flow of floodwaters into the river system. A huge thank you to everyone involved in these success stories, from our staff, generous donors, volunteer leaders and of course the heroic volunteers themselves. ## Mark Funnell, Chair ## Introduction from the Chief Executive 2024 was also highly challenging but successful year for Avon Needs Trees. We assembled cutting-edge public/private finance on an unprecedented scale for creating priority habitats: £7m to purchase Wick Farm to create Lower Chew Forest, the biggest new woodland in the south west in a generation. We were also accepted into the second round development phase of Landscape Recovery, a 25-year plus DEFRA scheme in its new Environmental Land Management programme. Landscape recovery in the Lower Chew will seen ANT join with a group of local landowners to plan ecological and social impact on an unprecedented scale over many years to come. Our staff team doubled over the course of 2024 to meet the challenges of these significant projects. Projects on this ambitious scale cannot be achieved without the passion and hard work of our staff team, trustees and volunteers. We can also only do what we do with the help of our funders, partners, corporate supporters and the public who gave an amazing £172,000 to a single crowdfunder in 2024 alone. Thank you! Dave Wood, CEO Avon Needs Trees Our impact - 2024 ## Our charitable objectives are: i) The conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment for public benefit by the establishment and maintenance of trees, woodland and complementary habitats in such areas within the Bristol-Avon catchment area as the trustees shall determine. ii) To advance the education of the public in the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment including by promoting woodlands as a means for the public to learn about wider environmental issues such as: sustainability, climate change, ecology and the mitigating need for trees. Our short- to medium-term strategic aim is to transform our ownership and funding model to build a resilient and sustainable ANT that delivers maximum possible outcomes for nature, climate and people. Our activities that deliver this aim includes: 1. Fundraising to buy land to create new woodlands and complementary habitats and to meet our charitable objectives through the long-term conservation, protection and improvement of those habitats. ANT is evolving its model to make a greater impact by also creating woodland on land it does not own where legal mechanisms for permanence can be achieved, working in partnership with others. Fundraising activities will contribute to our objectives by facilitating long-term delivery, maintenance and protection of woodlands and complementary habitats. 2. Meeting ANT’s education objective through public engagement in woodland creation, conservation activities, heritage, ecology and climate change through volunteering opportunities, free-to-access education events, outreach and green skills programmes, as well as participating in research activities. Our long-term strategic aim is to create a financially selfsustaining ANT that works in partnership with communities to create woodlands and complementary habitats at an increasingly impactful, landscape scale across our catchment area. Fundraising for a growing and stronger ANT operating across a wider geography will maximise impact now and into the long term. Our organisational values guide our work and inform our organisational behaviours. Our organisational values are: Ambitious. Our people are nimble and take opportunities, take urgent action to tackle the climate and nature emergencies, are bold in our ambition and scale Reasoned. We are thoughtful, ethical and reasoned in how we deliver our ambitions Positive. We are optimistic about the future and our ability to shape it, meeting our mission and challenges with positivity Avon Needs Trees Our impact - 2024 How we're different We buy and own land We provide quality aftercare We plant thoughtfully Avon Needs Trees is different because we buy land to ensure that our new woodlands will be around permanently. Because we own most of our land, we can and do plan for the long term care and maintenance of trees. This means our trees have exceptionally high survival rates. We plant thoughtfully. Native trees in suitable places - where they should be. We plant unproductive land Our projects are near cities We don't greenwash We plant on the least productive land, reintroducing space for nature into the countryside, alongside sustainable food production. From planting to pruning, we actively encourage participation from all communities at every stage - especially those with limited access to nature. Our planting isn't just a numbers game. We plant sensitively and appropriately. and not to hit targets to greenwash private finance. Our impact- 2024 Avon Needs Trees 15,000+ trees planted ## 422 acre site purchase Located between Bristol and Bath Volunteer Portal £4 Million loan secured and £170k raised via Crowdfunder launched a bespoke information and sign-up service for our volunteers Avon Needs Trees ## Woodland Creation 2024 has been a further substantial year of growth for the charity, with the number of acres of land managed for nature and woodland creation increasing from 169 acres across four sites to 591 acres across five sites. ## Our new woodlands this year On 10th May 2024 we completed purchase of 422 acres at Hunstrete, just south of Bristol, of what will become Lower Chew Forest. The site will become the biggest woodland creation project in the South West in a generation. This purchase was funded by a combination of DEFRA grant, Triodos natural capital loan and community fundraising. ## Our existing woodlands On our existing sites volunteers planted the next phase of 14,931 trees at Great Avon Wood, bringing the total to 21,088. A further 400 trees were planted at Ed Woods, including 28 orchard trees. Post planting maintenance and conservation continued at Hazeland and Pudding Brook Wood, as well as at Great Avon Wood and Ed Woods. ## Maximising ecological and climate impact Delivering multi-layered benefits is central to maximising impact for climate and ecology. Woodland creation can deliver a range of benefits to biodiversity, wildlife and natural flood management and climate resilience. These factors were considered strongly during site selection and design this year when purchasing Lower Chew Forest. This was achieved through considering Nature Recovery Networks and emerging Local Nature Recovery Strategy when selecting sites, taking advice from the Environment Agency on the natural flood management potential of each site, commissioning independent ecologists to input into site design, as well as assessing site design against outcomes for climate resilience (especially soil improvement in open space land use) and food security. ## Future Plans In the next reporting period ANT’s main focus will be on the first planting season at Lower Chew Forest, completing planting at Great Avon Wood and woodland creation and connectivity opportunities as part of Landscape Recovery in the Lower Chew. ANT also intends to scope funding options to work with communities to identify wider opportunities for woodland creation across our catchment area. Avon Needs Trees Our impact - 2024 Land - a year of growth Purchase of 422 acres between Bristol and Bath, to create Lower Chew Forest, which will see 100,000 native trees planted, the creation of new wetlands, miles of new hedgerows and species-rich grassland habitats. This 422 acre site will be the South West’s biggest woodland creation project in a generation, and saw huge growth in ANT’s collective estate. **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Our impact - 2024 10 ## Trees planted in 2024 In the 2023/24 planting season, 14,931 trees were planted at Great Avon Wood. 21,088 total number of trees now planted at Great Avon Wood near Bristol Post planting Maintenance at Hazeland near Calne 400 new trees planted at Ed Woods including 28 orchard trees near Shepton Mallet Post planting Maintenance at Pudding Brook Wood nr Chippenham Avon Needs Trees Our impact - 2024 11 ## Future plans: Lower Chew Forest ## Our woodlands at Lower Chew Forest Over 30 different native species, such as Hawthorn, Oak, Hazel, and Willow- a mix of vital habitats for a wide range of birds, insects and mammals. Host to aphids, caterpillars and butterflies, which form the base of many food chains. An important food source for some of the UK’s vanishing butterflies. Purging buckthorn is the main food source for the brimstone, the beautiful early spring butterfly; large and sulphurous yellow. The spindle is home to the holly blue, an increasingly rare and beautiful blue butterfly. Planting for a changing climate. Species such as Sessile Oak, Hornbeam and Small-leaved Lime Benefits to vulnerable and indicator species such as the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and the Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary (for woodlands. ## A focus on species Large areas of open space will favour notable species such as Brown Hare which are prevalent on site. Glades and open fields with woodland edge will benefit Barn Owls, Farmland birds and the Bat species that are present on site Large areas of scrub with Blackthorn will benefit Brown Hairstreak Butterflies, a priority species in the area Removal of Maize production particularly on the steeper eastern section of the site will benefit river species and reduce silt buildup Hazel features as a large percentage of the overall species mix and will benefit Hazel Dormouse which are historically recorded as nearby. ## Hedgerows ## Wetland and waterways Once a common and essential part of the landscape - but over the last 500 years England has lost 90% of these natural wonders. Species like the Daubentons Bat will use our wetlands to feed. By flying low and skimming over the water’s surface, these remarkable creatures will feed on the Mayflies, Midges and Caddisflies that need wet environments to survive. In the UK, over the last 75 years hedgerows have declined by as much as 50%. This has had devastating consequences for the creatures that depends on them - some species such as hazel dormouse facing much steeper losses and an uncertain future. At Lower Chew Forest, we’re planting 4 km of new hedgerows. These restored nature superhighways will provide an invaluable shelter for much of the UK’s beleaguered biodiversity - providing space for nature to rest, feed and ultimately thrive. Indicator & vulnerable species that will benefit include the otter and European Eel and Atlantic Salmon They will connect isolated wildlife habitats and provide refuge for farmland wildlife, supporting rare species like the hairstreak butterfly, cirl bunting, and dormouse. ## The orchard We’re creating a traditionally managed orchard for rare heritage fruit trees. ## Our wildflower meadows Traditional orchards have declined by as much as 81% in England and Wales since 1900, taking with them hundreds of years of precious crop diversity. The UK was once famous for species-rich grasslands, which developed over a period of around 6,000 years. Since the 1930s we have lost 97% of these spaces. We will be providing space for these historic varieties that are a unique part of our environmental and culinary heritage, creating a living seed bank that bears fruit. As well as providing homes for native pollinators including bats, bees and birds these trees will allow volunteers the opportunity to learn organic tree care skills. Our impact - 2024 ## Future Plans: Lower Chew Forest Avon Needs Trees Our Impact - 2024 ## **Site design concept** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Our impact - 2024 In progress: £400,000 Tree Fund for purchase of trees Avon Needs Trees Our impact - 2024 Our Impact - 2024 ## Impact for People ANT’s objectives of woodland creation and conservation, and education about climate and nature, bring multi-layered benefits to individual people and the wider public. ANT has a particular focus on individuals and communities most likely to be impacted by climate change, for example young people, marginalised communities and the climate anxious. ## ## Over 1,000 volunteers helped meet our charitable objectives, mostly through planting trees, conservation, and providing aftercare. Specialist volunteers and trustees are heavily involved in planning woodland creation, public engagement and outreach. We monitor skills, knowledge and wellbeing outcomes to maximise our impact. Events: We ran dozens of free-to-access public events at our sites across the year to deliver, monitor and evaluate natural heritage and ecological education, knowledge and wellbeing outcomes. Events range from forest schools to family days to forest schools and story creation events. ## Jobs and skills This year we ran a pilot Green Skills course with funding from the West of England Combined Authority, particularly focussed on long-term unemployed people, young people and those who have faced barriers accessing environmental jobs. 13 people completed the course and 9 went onto employment, further training or volunteering. ## ## This year we ran an organised presence at a range of community events to ensure ANT’s opportunities are available to a wider audience. Many of these were stalls at very localised general community events or townwide climate-focused events. ## Equity and inclusion Inclusion is central to our cross-cutting theme of multilayered benefit delivery. National and local government statistics concur that marginalised communities are both less likely to access high quality green space or engage with opportunities, and more likely to benefit from taking these steps. We monitor internal equalities information to establish how representative our direct beneficiaries are of the general population and take action to redress lack of representation. The following communities are less likely to get involved in our activities without proactive steps: disabled people, children, older people and ethnic minorities. Our marketing, use of imagery and design of events has a focus on children and ethnic monitories, with most of our on-site events designed for one or both communities. ## Co-design with communities We embrace the principles of co-design and this year we have been working towards good practice. This year we held community drop-in events during the woodland creation process to directly engage local people in the design of our new woodlands. We also met with local farmers and landowners to form a group that applied successfully for Landscape Recovery Round 2. We continue to discuss new projects of any kinds widely amongst potential beneficiaries, people who face barriers to involvement, local communities and regional stakeholders ## Future plans In the coming reporting period ANT plans to create an Engagement Strategy to implement the engagement priorities of the new 5-Year Strategy. This intends to have a sharper focus on directing our engagement and outreach to priority communities. Two further intakes of the Green Skills Course are planned and funded. Recruitment of Volunteer Leaders and other volunteers is a priority. A focus of the coming reporting period will be designing the implementation of Landscape Recovery in the Lower Chew. This will involved stakeholder engagement on a new scale and designing wide-ranging benefits for people in a project that will last at least 25 years. **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Our impact - 2024 ## Preparing for commercial trading In June 2024 ANT established Avon Needs Trees Trading Ltd (ANTTL) with two trustees and the ANT CEO as founding directors. Since then a further member of ANT staff and two unconflicted directors have been appointed. ANTTL is a wholly owned subsidiary of ANT and intends to donate its profits to the charity. ANTTL will undertake commercial activities that are complementary to our charitable objectives and activities, such as ecotourism that is expected to be launched in summer 2025. ANT is also preparing to market and sell Biodiversity Net Gain credits in the coming reporting period. Both commercial activities will fund ANT’s charitable activities. In the short term this will include helping ANT to meet its loan obligations from purchase of Wick Farm to create Lower Chew Forest. Avon Needs Trees Our impact - 2024 ## Landscape Recovery in the Lower Chew The Lower Chew Valley Landscape Recovery Project formally started in April 2024, after ANT was successful in its application to DEFRA for Round Two of its ‘pilot’ roll out of Landscape Recovery Projects. LRP represents the third arm of the government’s Environmental Land Management schemes (the others two being Countryside Stewardship and the Sustainable Farming Initiative), 22 projects were approved in Round 1 in 2023, and another 34 projects, including ANT’s Lower Chew Valley were approved in Round 2 in 2024. ANT, as landowners in Lower Chew, is now leading the project that combines 683 hectares of farmland, woodland and watercourses in 6 farms. An expected addition of one more farm should bring the total area of the project to almost 800 ha. ## The story so far As of April 2024, ANT began a 20-month period of Project Development in preparation for the 20-30 year Project Implementation Period which will start in early 2026 if all the six project plans meet DEFRA’s approval. ANT secured almost £750,000 from DEFRA to finance this project development phase (PDP). The project intends to have measurable impact in meeting the key objectives of improving biodiversity through the creation, restoration, or continued effective management of a mosaic of wildlife-rich habitats, while also contributing towards Net Zero ambitions for the region. As secondary goals, the project intends to restore water-based habitats to improve water-dependent biodiversity and Natural Flood Management, enhance landscape character and enhance heritage. Additionally, through increasing access and engagement to the project area for people we intend to have a significant social impact, while maintaining a high level of food production from the area By June 2024, ANT had successfully recruited a core team of 4 staff to manage different aspects of the project, as well as identifying where other existing and new ANT staff would contribute to the work. Project programming, planning and landowner liaison was well underway, not to mention solid working relationships were established with the project-dedicated DEFRA Project Liaison Officer, as well as relevant Forestry Commission, Natural England and Environment Agency staff. Baseline ecological studies and habitat condition assessments had already started. The most productive and impactful period of the project development phase of this LRP will be the July 2024-June 2025 reporting period. Avon Needs Trees Our impact - 2024 ## Achievements & Performance: Towards a new 5-Year Strategy During the reporting period ANT was operating under its 5-Year Strategy (2021-26), which was given an interim update in September 2023. By the end of 2023/24 ANT had far exceeded several of its 2021-26 goals, whilst others are more advanced: ## 1. Plant at least two Pudding Brook Wood sized woodlands each year ## 4. Developing our funding and ownership model, securing long-term care for our woodlands - a. This target of 84 acres of woodland by 2026 has been greatly exceeded. At the end of 2023/24 ANT owns or controls 591 acres of land for new woodlands, with over 100 acres planted - a. ANT has successfully explored expanding impact through new models of permanence to complement land ownership. This includes 30-year agreements at Ed Woods and Landscape Recovery in development, bringing together a range of landowners ## 2. Trustee and volunteer resilience - a. Trustee roles are now more sustainable, especially by creating staff supporting in finance and land management, and trustee turnover was 0% in 2023/24 - b. ANT is actively developing long-term funding models like Biodiversity Net Gain and Landscape Recovery, in addition to developing regular and commercial income - c. Hazeland and Pudding Brook Wood have moved into their post-planting phase, but are continuing to cultivate thriving volunteering and public access - b. Through recruitment, volunteering numbers and especially Volunteer Leader numbers have grown to a sustainable level ## Future Plans: ## 3. Staffing for a sustainable ANT - a. The proportion of running costs met through cost recovery on projects has markedly improved, meaning fundraising can now focus more on greater levels of habitat creation - b. Staff numbers have grown to a level where delivering ANT’s charitable purposes is more sustainable - c. Plans to increase ANT’s levels of regular fundraising income are better developed During the reporting period ANT started to develop a new 5-Year Plan (2024-29). This has since been finalised, with a more comprehensive strategy, theory of change and new goals: 1. Create new woodlands at a landscape scale to tackle the climate and nature emergencies 2. Achieve financial sustainability so we can deliver more - Develop our people for today and tomorrow 3. - Help our communities adapt and mitigate climate change 4. - Extend our impact by our embracing our leadership role 5. Avon Needs Trees Our impact - 2024 Avon Needs Trees Our impact - 2024 **----- Start of picture text -----**
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# Number of people living within 10 miles of our sites*: Hazeland nr Calne 175k people Pudding Brook Wood nr Chippenham 184k people Great Avon Wood nr Bristol 897k people Lower Chew Forest nr Bristol and Bath 725k people *according to Population around a point (tomforth.co.uk) Our impact - 2024 ## People Impact: Case Studies ## Black2Nature Black2Nature is dedicated to connecting Visibly Minority Ethnic (VME) kids with nature. ANT has worked with Black2Nature to bring young people to two dedicated tree planting days during both tree planting seasons at our Great Avon Wood site. This has been built on with a summer visit for tree care and nature exploration. We plan to continue this connection with Black2Nature and our woodland creation projects. ## www.black2nature.org ## Bristol Muslim Home Ed Network ANT has been connecting with this informal network of Muslim Home Educating Families across Bristol. Women and young people who are part of the network have attended a family nature day, a block of 5 Forest School sessions and a tree planting day at Great Avon Wood. We plan to continue working to build connections with these families. ## Bristol University Inclusion Team and LGBTQ student community ## Into University Into University works to break down barriers to social mobility, providing local learning centres where young people can broaden their horizons and are inspired to achieve. ANT has been working with the Inclusive Communities Officer at Bristol University to welcome LGBTQ students to Great Avon Wood. Students attended an ‘Out in Nature’ Spring Wellbeing session at the site delivered by a specialist art therapist and will return for a follow up in the autumn. These sessions will repeat next year with the hope of including students in tree planting too. ANT has been working with their Bristol South centre in Withywood. Young people attended a tree planting day last winter at GAW and have followed this up with a Spring and Autumn Forest School session. This schedule is planned to repeat next year with some additional sessions too. ## https://intouniversity.org/centre/intouniversity-bristol-south/ **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Our impact - 2024 Avon Needs Trees Our impact - 2024 ## Our green skills programme 83% ANT’s first ever Woodland Skills training programme ran January - June 2024 with 15 participants and 5 pro-bono training partners. The course consisted of 9 day-long workshops and site visits and 2 webinars. All course participants had the opportunity to shadow a member of ANT or FOAT staff for a day. ## 75% 92% ## 58% 41% 83% have been actively applying for jobs / apprenticeships during the programme have done volunteering as a have had job or apprenticeship result of the training course interviews during the course (June 2024) - 13 / 15 people completed the course with great attendance - 3 people have begun full time work in the green sector (subsequently rising to 6) - 2 people set up self-employment and made links to clients in the green sector 100% 75% 100% - 1 person has been offered an apprenticeship - 1 person is stepping up to become an ANT Volunteer Leader - 1 person has joined the New Wave young persons Heritage programme at National Trust - 2 people have been awarded grants for forestry training fund to further their skills training in the green sector 67% - 2 people are starting Horticulture courses in September 2024 Avon Needs Trees Our impact - 2024 Avon Needs Trees Our impact - 2024 ## Outreach ## Events in 2024: Family Open Day All Things Trees Muslim Home Ed Family Forest Day Muslim Home Ed Family Forest School (x5) Autumn Forest School Pensford Primary Storytelling on site Muslim Home Ed Group tree planting Storytelling online event Soul Trail Wellbeing Hiking group tree planting Black 2 Nature Tree Planting Into University Tree Planting - Hazel Coppice Black 2 Nature Tree Planting Pensford Primary Tree Planting Ancient Forests online event Tales from the Landscape Early Morning Bird Walk Walking the New Great Avon Wood Spring Tree ID walk LGBTQ wellbeing - Spring Forest School with Into University Story Creation Workshop **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Our impact - 2024 ## Structure, management and governance ## Constitution ANT is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), formed in April 2019 and registered as a charity in July 2019. The affairs of ANT are governed by its Constitution which established the objects and powers of ANT. In the event of the charity being wound up the trustees have no liability for its debts. ## Risk Management policy The Trustees have identified the potential risks to ANT and ranked them according to likelihood and severity. For each risk they have identified mitigation and a responsible person, and the risk register is reviewed at every regular meeting of the Trustees. ## Appointment of Trustees The governance of ANT is the responsibility of the Trustees who are appointed under the terms of the Constitution. Trustees remain in post until they retire or otherwise cease under the provisions of the Charity constitution. New Trustees are elected by the Trustees then in post after an observation period of at least three meetings, as detailed in the Trustee Policy, along with an induction learning journey and training. ## Organisational structure and decision-making policies Operational decisions are delegated by Trustees to the Chief Executive, in consultation with relevant lead Trustees for HR, safeguarding, health & safety, data protection, fundraising and public engagement and operational reports are reviewed a monthly meetings of Trustees. Policy decisions are made at Trustee monthly meetings with regular and ad hoc Trustee subgroups in operation to advise. The Chief Executive leads the staffing structure and delegates responsibilities to other members of staff as necessary, based on trustee board decisions and a schedule of authority. The Chief Executive manages the senior leadership team, who in turn manage their own teams. In the year 2023/24 these teams were a) people and operations, b) engagement, communications and fundraising and c) woodland and impact. During the reporting year a new pay policy was instituted by trustees. Trustees set the salary and terms for the CEO and the CEO sets salaries and terms for other staff. Salary bands for job families are benchmarked to other landowning nature charities, within the same region where possible. These are reviewed annually. ## Public Benefit the Trustees have reviewed the Charity Commission's guidance on the requirement to report on public benefit. They are satisfied that the work of ANT, as described above, accords with its stated objects and provides tangible public benefit to an appropriate section of those who reside within ANT's area of benefit. The charity maintains service delivery contracts with individuals, funders and partner organisations. Other collaboration with partner organisations are informal, except for a formal collaboration agreement with Forest of Avon Trust governing the joint ownership of Great Avon Wood. On 16th May 2024 ANT registered a wholly owned trading subsidiary, Avon Needs Trees Trading Ltd. The founding directors were ANT trustees Mark Funnell and Theodore Blanchard, and ANT CEO Dave Wood. As at the end of the year 2023/24 the company had not yet traded or entered into any contracts. ## Future plans Trustees are discussing priorities for trustee recruitment. Since the end of 2023/24 ANT has adopted a formal, comprehensive scheme of delegation to complement the schedule of authority. Staff numbers have increased from 16 to 26, including a business development and finance team. Pay progression within salary bands is based on performance against annual objectives and ANT’s behaviour framework. Risk management has been separated into strategic risks and operational risks, enabling trustees to be most focused on strategic risk. Avon Needs Trees Trading Ltd is not trading as of March 2025, but is expected to commence trading in summer 2025. An additional member of ANT staff and two unconflicted people have been appointed as directors. Avon Needs Trees Our impact - 2024 ## Our staff demographics Avon Needs Trees is committed to the monitoring of the diversity and gender pay gaps of our workforce to understand its changing nature and progress toward greater diversity and equity. ANT is not obliged to publish this data but we are committed to understanding our diversity and paygaps and publishing reasonable amounts information. Because only sixteen staff were employed at this time ANT has decided not to publish the full results, except for age, to avoid individuals being identifiable. All staff employed with ANT up to 30th June 2024 completed an anonymous survey monitoring diversity and gender pay gaps. Based on HR records 75% of staff were part-time. Based on variation from average (mean) FTE salary is reported below. The highest paid demographic is reported in each case, again to reduce any likelihood of individuals being identifiable: - Non-binary staff were paid 15.6% above average - Bisexual staff were paid 15.7% above average - White British staff were paid 0% above average - Staff with disabilities were paid 3.5% above average - Lower socio-economic background staff were paid 4.2% above average - Staff who were not religious were paid 1% above average - Staff with caring responsibilities were paid 6.1% above average - Full-time staff were paid 0.1% above average To prevent any risk of individuals being identifiable, the largest groups for demographic are reported below: - Gender: female, 56.3% - Sexual orientation: heterosexual, 43.8% - Ethnicity: white British, 100% - Disability: not disabled, 50% - Socio-economic: not lower socio-economic background, 81.3% - Religion: not religious, 87.5% - Caring responsibilities: no caring responsibilities, 56.25% ## Age of staff: **----- Start of picture text -----**
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## Future Plans: Since the end of 2023/24 ANT has introduced a new pay policy, including salary bands, behaviours framework and performancebased pay increase and promotion processes. Staff numbers have increased from 16 to 26 and weaker diversity demographics have improved. Recruitment diversity is monitored, anonymously, and will be reviewed in the 2024/25 reporting period. Avon Needs Trees Our impact - 2024 ## Statement of responsibilities of the trustees The trustees are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102: The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). The trustees are required to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and the group and the incoming resources and application of resources, including the net income or expenditure, of the charity and the group for the year. In preparing those financial statements the trustees are required to: - select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; - observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP; The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charity's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions. Members of the charity have no liability to contribute to the assets of the charity in the event of winding up. The trustees are members of the charity but this entitles them only to voting rights. The trustees have no beneficial interest in the charity. - make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; - state whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and - prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation. ## Auditors Godfrey Wilson Limited were appointed as auditors to the charity during the year and have expressed their willingness to continue in that capacity. Approved by the trustees on 29th April 2025 and signed on their behalf by The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and the group and which enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the constitution. The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and the group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. **----- Start of picture text -----**
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In so far as the trustees are aware: - there is no relevant audit information of which the charity's auditors are unaware; and - the trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the auditors are aware of that information. **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Our impact - 2024 ## Finance Review Total funds carried forward in this period were £5,514,522 (2023: £1,275,198: increase of 332%). This was principally due to the acquisition of Wick Farm to create Lower Chew Forest. The charity maintained a positive financial position throughout the year, with the year closing on an increased general funds position of £3,678 (2023: increase of £27,912) The charity’s main source of unrestricted income continues to be from donations and unrestricted grants, which increased by 22% on the previous year (2022: increase of 92%). Unrestricted expenditure exceeded income in the year, but predominantly due to professional fees surrounding the planning and acquisition of the site known as Wick Farm. Staff costs grew in the year by 82% (2023: increase of 176%), a representation of the rapid growth the charity has seen – starting the 22/23 year with three employees and ending the 23/24 year with 14 on payroll. The charity’s reserves policy must consider the cashflow requirements of the organisations that are impacted by grants claimed in arrears. Major projects like Great Avon Woods require upfront expenditure based on quarterly or annual reclaims from funders, cashflow projections indicate a number of quarters where the capital sums expended but awaiting reclaim will exceed £200,000. In addition to this the charity considered it sensible to hold an additional reserve to cover unforeseen costs or in the event of other changes in circumstance. Based on the factors considered the charity’s current reserves policy is to hold £218,000 of general funds. The charity had total funds of £5,514,522 at year end (2023: £1,275,198) which is comprised of £5,002,273 restricted funds (2023: £837,419), £216,346 designated funds (2023: £145,554) and £295,903 general funds (2023: £292,225). All designated funds relate to fixed asset values held and so do not relate to future expenditure, but do represent funds that could only be realised by disposing of those fixed assets. The charity’s growth in activities is predominantly funded via restricted grants. While total grants each year are often heavily skewed towards those received for land acquisition, underlying this there has been a consistent growth in grants for activities. The 2024 year-end saw activity-based grant income of £508,431 (2023: £202,970) representing an increase of 150% (2023: increase of 152%). The largest financial impact on the year related to the acquisition of Wick Farm which was funded through a combination of grant and debt funding.. Development plans for the site were drawn up prior to purchase and a period of development is underway. Current reserves exceed the stated policy amount, this is due to the charity building funds for the development of what will be Lower Chew Forest on the site of Wick Farm. After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they have adopted the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. Avon Needs Trees Our impact - 2024 32 ## Fundraising ANT’s fundraising approach was a combination of grant applications and receipt of donations from individuals, companies and trusts. All fundraising took place either through a formalised process, for example grant applications, or by promoting through email or websites any opportunities to give online, or by responding to direct requests from potential corporate or individual givers. ANT did not undertake any fundraising that would require persistent contact, unreasonable intrusion on personal privacy, or undue pressure on a person to give money or other property. ANT undertakes a rigorous process of vetting any company that may want to enter into an informal partnership with the charity involving a donation. This process particularly focusses on greenwashing – being the attempt by a company to improve its image by marketing rather than by greening their operations. ANT only accepts donations from vetted companies that the charity is happy to be publicly linked to. ANT regularly rejects potential partnerships in this way. Prior to accepting donations the charity also completes checks on individuals who would like to donate £10,000 or more, including cumulatively, for due diligence. The charity is also mindful of the background of any source of trust funding before making funding applications. All fundraising activity was undertaken by in-house ANT personnel. The standards of fundraising followed were those outlined by the Charity Commission. In the future if the charity planned to engage in more proactive ways – for example through public collections, lotteries, events or by direct verbal communication – then ANT would voluntarily register with an appropriate scheme. There were no complaints received by the charity about fundraising activity and no known failure to comply with fundraising regulations **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Our impact - 2024 ## Funding and Donations ANT is very grateful to the grant-makers, members of the public and companies who helped make our work possible in the reporting year. Along with our generous CrowdFunder givers, Genetts Charitable Trust and the Vernet Trump Charitable Trust , this includes: Avon Needs Trees Our impact - 2024 ## Independent auditors' report to the members of Avon Needs Trees ## Opinion We have audited the financial statements of Avon Needs Trees (the 'charity') for the year ended 30 June 2024 which comprise the statement of financial activities, balance sheet, statement of cash flows, and the related notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102: The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). ## In our opinion, the financial statements: - give a true and fair view of the state of the charity's affairs as at 30 June 2024 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, for the year then ended; - have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and - have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011. ## Basis for opinion ## Other information The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard. ## Matters on which we are required to report by exception We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 require us to report to you if, in our opinion: We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. - the information given in the trustees’ report is inconsistent in any material respect with the financial statements; or - sufficient accounting records have not been kept; or - the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records; or - we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit. ## Conclusions relating to going concern In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue. Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report. ## Responsibilities of the trustees As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement set out in the trustees’ report, the trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as they determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so. ## Independent auditors' report to the members of ## Our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements We have been appointed as auditor under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with the Act and relevant regulations made or having effect thereunder. Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements. Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The procedures we carried out and the extent to which they are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, are detailed below: (5) We reviewed the financial statement disclosures and assessed their compliance with applicable laws and regulations. (6) We performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected transactions or balances that may indicate a risk of material fraud or error. (7) We assessed the risk of fraud through management override of controls and carried out procedures to address this risk. Our procedures included: - Testing the appropriateness of journal entries; - Assessing judgements and accounting estimates for potential bias; - Reviewing related party transactions; and - Testing transactions that are unusual or outside the normal course of business. Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. Irregularities that arise due to fraud can be even harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion. A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report. ## Use of our report (1) We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework that the charity operates in, and assessed the risk of non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Throughout the audit, we remained alert to possible indications of non-compliance. (2) We reviewed the charity’s policies and procedures in relation to: - Identifying, evaluating and complying with laws and regulations, and whether they were aware of any instances of non-compliance; - Detecting and responding to the risk of fraud, and whether they were aware of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud; and - Designing and implementing internal controls to mitigate the risk of non-compliance with laws and regulations, including fraud. This report is made solely to the charity’s trustees, as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity’s trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity’s trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed. ## Date: 29th April 2025 ## Godfrey Wilson Limited Godfrey Wilson Limited Chartered accountants and statutory auditors 5th Floor Mariner House (3) We inspected the minutes of trustee meetings. 62 Prince Street Bristol (4) We enquired about any non-routine communication with regulators and reviewed any reports made to them. 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Fè"sTrJfLTra5 (]Hita4èaliMties 297 FÈngon cx)sts The tharityowaesa 0jntr1but￿ fcf its*ow Adefin8J ￿￿rtn￿￿tIOn pltn isa penson Pl￿ under whith the th¥ity paysfix8J Contribjti(￿S into a w*ewrtily. t CtY)trlVxrtionsh￿ ￿ pad the ch*ityhasrKJ furthw paww)isctAiudion& Ihe ts)ntrilxrtic￿s•e reaywi*d a%exP￿￿Wh￿ theyfai due. An)jurrtst￿l pad ae in a2xdsin thè a￿81. The &￿SOf the are hdd wJatdy from the thJity in Indep￿tty aJmInia￿eJ fund& 2K2,852 262,852 3(fi.057 3C6.354 irL>)￿ 15,651 443,185 4S8.836 113,FA9 13,669 1Th￿me tefweot n¥llowl (Aher￿ans￿ lo )v￿1 in fur 453,854 ￿.836 P￿APt of thJnat8d food& fa2lit1es￿d wvi Al d¢Thi8J 9))d& fa21il1e5￿ Je rawl￿￿ within irDJrirvJ re￿￿￿¥￿ ewditure a an egimateof the rduetothe ￿ty. 4S8,854 4S8.836 ALu)untiroe*1maes￿d keyiu(JgEThrrts In the *i(aion oflhe thari(l5WXQUntirrJwJiae4 thet￿￿￿￿e r￿￿1r￿ lo m*e1￿4 e&Im*es￿d awmptions**xrt thec￿￿ng ￿aueS0f 1ikn1rtiest￿ we rally from other I￿eStiM￿eSa￿ Un￿lying &gJmptions¥È hi*￿1 ewer￿e￿ othw falorsthat weCo￿der8d to te r￿￿. regjtsmy drffer frcffl t e#imat FbXJrhiliatic￿ of fLmds Tota furXtstX￿ty fw Tcrta furndscarigj ftxw¥d 415,797 W,565 816.362 437.779 837,419 1.275.198 3 Intt¥nefrcth d￿atic￿s￿d Iwes Lknreariotè Fè&ric*è Total TrÈ*imaes¥trJ U1￿￿y1r￿Ja•JMpt1C￿s*e r&ieNed ¢)n ￿￿Tr)ba9￿ Fkns¢)rtsto a)￿ntir￿J eaimaes¥e rewii*l in the wic*1 in whith the e*imate Isrew￿l if thè remson al￿*s(￿ly1 I(￿, ￿ in the pwic¥J ofthe rarigon ￿ future witstsif the I￿90n af￿lsl￿)th oJ[r￿tt future peri(￿& The kw 9x1r￿Of e*iMal￿ unrmanlylha h&e ag￿lf1(art IheaThxthtts rwi*l in t1*fin￿0a st8teff*ntsisd4Y¥iaion Ssd￿1￿ urKJ&the A*tsth*. 2￿24 IndI￿dUa donations le￿,823 220,358 15,404 15,4( 105,433 1&).87a ithrestrid•J Tota Individua 19,S29 21.548 17,148 58.325 19,474 41,022 17,148 &3,393 L￿estri￿a￿ garts Our impact- 2024 Avon Needs Trees 40 4 Incune from tharit*le alivities 8 EyP￿lture(￿ th￿rta￿e *i￿111e9 Lknre&rideJ Fknlridg Tota Tota Lknre&rideJ Fèaridaj Tot 24 Manlan existirYdwcoJlaKI E**lith MVWOC*Jl*d 28.129 •123 443,114 443,114 1,￿ 4.043,￿) 4.045, 37,188 37,1 4.552.311 4,5S3,811 15,787 187.183 475,C d ￿U1stiOn Ibrrwem￿t￿Y prOJ￿t5 Mantan e>?stitYJw(xJYl¥KI Fa*ii#) 315 d,2S8 677,970 13x1 4uigtion 5,872 35,974 37.322 Thetotasfor Iheryior WiC*J13Y231 ai rdaeto re*ri¢xaY inco￿. 7,873 F*aat ihre*ride 351.¢W2 358,9 FÈ*ataY Fè*at rid&1 Total 2023 5 Inc£¢me fr¢ym inve#menl$ Unr8slridgJ Total Tota 2024 &wK*ture(¥)dwilaSe li*ities k interest 17eA) 2.7fAJ 278) 27￿) Mantan ￿￿1[￿al￿1aVj 37.625 19J,842 10, 239,0 Thetotasfor Ihewior period13)231 al rdaeto Lmre*riot8J irKCffle. 1￿,842 10,589 237.7TJ 4uigtion 6 Gjvernment The th¥ily r￿￿9Wnm￿I defi￿j a5fUTrJirVfr￿ the W. ￿lTe 0￿1￿11, Wttthire C￿ntY c￿n01. axl Ihe Wea of cli￿"￿1￿rt￿￿"ly, tofuNI ttwit*leaJiMtie& Thetota vaue of 9Jth ￿￿tS in the wicxj erKliro&)￿￿ 2￿24wa$£4,￿,O29 (2023.. £6Ckl,8581. ro LnfulfIll￿ 0)Yliti0￿￿ o)rrtiwcie54t¥hir#Jlo thw g*sin the rrent or prior ￿. 1,333 Lhr8*rid•J Fèstrid Tota 2024 SppJt 0￿$ FiiliatyaKI ￿￿tiC 7 ￿ndIture on raisngfunds 3.435 1916 Unreslritl8J Tota ￿at￿j 3)24 T￿￿ zrYJ 3,415 4,034 118 Clhw int&e& Pwle gwating ￿lL￿t .771 Incl￿ Individua donations traA ¢x&s 1518 18.173 3,391 ,039 F¥ani*stx&s 4norti￿1on, d￿￿￿1(￿, imF44rment, wrfitlloson di•￿ offtxal *s ¢kn &lrTNni*raisea)&s 8,8)1 8,601 Thetotasfor I￿Vior kwic¥l13r231 al rdaeto ￿le*r1(tel1 QWKlitur 9,124 78,317 5.525 14,649 78,317 ey￿rIn￿Sfe itorfsf 1e6,277 54,388 220,e65 Our impact- 2024 Avon Needs Trees 41 Fè*aed Lknr8&rid& F*stateJ ridgj T￿￿ 2￿ 11 irLDmE t*foret￿￿￿5 3)24 7IN"sis*a￿ aRwdwg"rYJ ]alc￿ of fixed a*s 8.￿1 16,2￿) FI￿￿l01Y￿d PrOn￿tIon Jilorg ranunw&icfft le*d. VATI FAaninetrs fee lexd. VAT) Qhw fee5Fod lo the￿￿1t￿ cf 57 1.979 Qher intw* p*4e 37,Ck14 Mot(Y ax1 Ir8A (oas Ffgni*so)as rti￿lOn, depr&iatIC￿, imFarment, wofitllwc ¢JIW￿ of fix￿1 ￿lMInIstra1ve Losts 3.248 12 Tnjaee ranuntraticffj ew*s OY r￿feC￿the1￿I￿ee5h&È￿ pad r￿￿r￿r&Icfi in theoJTr￿ OT wior wic#J& 2.186 Q185 (4,942) 14,9121 Tru# 24 11549 16,841 2.loj professond 0￿S nanoo)*s 1,1CM] Al ay￿nt$werekX￿ in rew of ow*icx) offorest thK)I ￿OnS81 one ofthe stesthwn￿j bythe ttw'ly. F&ixJwati￿ to'd in aThdaKewth *ttM)n 185 of IhefviliesAtl as ￿￿1￿j byt1* dwit￿s￿l7￿￿UIi￿l. C￿ nTrJecrf t￿t￿L#ees￿t￿ pad e>F￿sIn1￿￿1rent Cf pri￿ 41,872 25,129 67,C()1 10 &rnm*y a)ayssof expern1iture ivily u pr(uanme Und￿t* dif&XIy wrt Tota mt Numb Jmtw oftlu4￿5[od e%pms r*mlxJrwJ Al in rewl of tr￿d or re1mkxjr￿ of cn bthaf ofthe th¥ity. Manlan ex*lThJW￿ll￿KI Ea*lith Mv wc*Klla 11,267 1CD.616 365,212 128.7 872 d ￿QuISt10n Fyojaas 37,322 358,935 Lo.e*J5 579. Fè*aed iwties undut*en dir8lly F￿at ivily (Y prwanme [**at￿l Ct&s 2073 Mantan eyig1￿JWcthl￿d nEwwcOJl￿d 37.￿25 19J,842 10.S89 T39.C&8 11.899 53.897 244,7 11.7 3C6.057 d a4uistion 67.￿1 Our impact- 2024 Avon Needs Trees 42 13 Saff co#$ 15 Invastmerrts In¥￿&m&￿ le$￿W 153,229 4.031 3,1XJ 21,144 5.131 2,425 Tot Fw9'0n Cba or revaualic diti(K A JJ ￿r*3)24 emplosee r&ewl ￿Um￿rt$1n eY￿Of £&).(M)J in tF*wrr&rt ￿. Tota ampby*l￿ef[lsr￿Is￿1 by p￿￿n￿ .4T2 ￿￿r￿21T24 The nK*ttNynunts offull tinw9]Li￿a￿tt wrwowdurir9they￿￿a4f￿l¢￿5 2024 NLTht Inve*ment in &bsdi¥ies 1he0)mp￿ ha5thefc41oMTrJWtadiJymJertth Ip aa)d re￿e$# Ftofitl (loss dofthe I for th& r￿e￿t rdevant minisir*ion IlJnwv*ion EduL*￿n a￿Of ares hdd 9hweshdd of ￿M￿Y The Ckn¥rtyopwaesaddin￿j ujntribution wfjon ￿￿￿. N*&Tr*sTraJi 14 Twgt4efixed itd CIdin￿Y 1( Layl and *xl buildir m&*inery xture4 frttiTh>& NÈ8tsTr*sTr*iNJ Ltd wasIrwa￿I on 11th ￿ne 3)24. It ha5b￿ eXd￿ from Cr￿Id￿l￿ a5it thisd*e* thethwilW5y¢w ￿. Total 16 t￿orS Cb* or revauation 1 ￿lY2￿23 dilicns At XI￿ne2024 CwÈxiation impairment 3)24 972,070 7.073.270 8.C45,340 972,070 4.407 7.152.8&3 4,407 &124.733 74.986 74.986 Cllw debt￿5 14.￿) 191,259 7,2 207.2 17 ￿￿1t< Jwrtsfaiiroduewthin c￿Y th¥Gelor the 7.499 1.102 A ￿￿rE2024 7.499 1.102 8.fA11 book TraYecY8Jrtus ATr)untS(Jv<o C1￿18xesa￿d ￿(Ja ￿lritY ￿editOrS 3.247 )JJre 2024 )￿n&2023 8,045,340 972,070 3.X6 8.116,132 97Z070 6,174 d aKI tyJildinLEIndL￿S£4,B7o,￿I2orJ". £826,516) of wr￿)￿ wrth r￿nd￿j I￿¥jinga¥j whith re&fidI￿￿aIt tern￿&111 *y. 15.910 71.871 2,542 12,928 Our impact- 2024 Avon Needs Trees 43 18 Cledit￿S tsf7JliTrJth*aft¥ ftlwet￿ ¢)re 19 infuNIs In￿4￿1[￿j resjjr lindLKlir#J I1￿lY other 2Q23 pn￿10￿) o* At ￿ne 2024 k I￿$￿￿1 ts￿draft$ &224,424 3,224.424 exp￿￿￿j abilities reptya)lein MOreth￿ aft￿ theb￿￿￿ theet date knunt repwe by instaments fuThJ& 3,224.424 3,224,424 l￿furnA% d purth 8￿.516 4.193, 123.4821 {125,9031 4.870,396 CknrirvJthe yeJthe th￿tY aJeed a loan ￿lIltywIth Tricthsknk ofupto£3.8YJ,CO) fcf the FUP ofthe wui9ticn of Wdt F¥m. TricKts ￿￿k ￿)Id$a lega C*￿￿ Wdt F¥m alk)#1￿ ovw al Und￿t￿n￿Of t￿th￿tY in rewtt ofthe lo•. The loa) Iwm 1$ 155￿￿1th a) Int¥￿ rae of 2.75%*¥M ba* The dw.tYtc￿adr￿VdClWn failityof £3.3C¢).OCQ dL￿r￿j the yew, Lxrt £1&1,CQO ofthelcw ￿a5￿g￿d toaLwk Int￿￿￿t15ri￿rEto be W ¥sa loan rewvefund. The rèmandu of thèfxilitywasrewvwl to intiia int¥est 3ynst the loan for Ihefira two yews (>pila repaYTr￿1S￿e ¢knlo frun sxlh of lo￿ a stra￿t lim ba9& ￿dItI(￿ rep￿Th￿s￿lI tedue durirothe temi of the lo￿ b&￿1 the net 5aesproceeYsof ￿0c1¥erStY W (*n units9￿d in relaicfi to Wl¢* FJM. The IC￿ baaKe I fees￿1th inter&< a)Ju& a ￿ eff8ll￿￿nua ratecl 8.3% infra*rudure FiN*liro KbcKts. ¢walC￿ irrfr*ruciLre Av)n Wct¥ts. opvaiC￿ avj infr&nJdwe inlr*rurture Ed Wocth. tree ￿￿￿•r￿J 1305 115,1S81 12,853 2.r37 7,401 631 I￿,346) 126,W21 174,7521 81,CE1 25.3g2 Owalc￿ ￿ infr&nJdLre 43,385 43,385 tota Int￿e& expm to the &aenMt d fin￿￿ *iwtie5in the £37,ts1. Fbw Ftoje Itthire Ctxjnal WW- ￿th 28.267 3,¥21 128.26n I3,￿) {191 {5,CWI Tclal 837.419 4.713.140 1405.49JI 1142.8361 S.(n2273 Lknre5tridad funts 1169,4S81 63,443 235,￿3 fwds xaj fund 145,554 I8,￿1) 1178.CE￿I 79,393 216,346 Tcrta unre*rirt￿ fuTrJs 437.TTg 142.836 512249 Tda fLK 1275.198 4.822.833 1583.X81 5.514,522 £83518ofachwdfuTrJ&J dOnatiC￿St￿￿￿dSthe pur0* o)g50f Imdo F*m di%h¥pJ lo futwJsfcllowrKJ £43,335 of dfund8J dJnaionsto'Lw thew Forea-waion infr*rudurd. LaKI purth infra*rudure A￿n WcKyJs. aKI infr￿n￿ll￿e inlr*rutture £12853 ￿be81 t1￿￿erro￿ to IhefurKlto a ￿101. £74,752ofm ¢tsscaylai*J as[1￿￿ beiThJ infra*rLK*ure on Our impact- 2024 Avon Needs Trees Avon NwJsTr9es e$lot￿￿nIS 6J ￿j$- tree platting £1.6LDh* lo t￿1{￿1 to (wa￿01. F*1￿ reg)ur r8*rittionsin r￿atIC￿ tothefuThJ ri¢l*J funds L￿d purth lindudi At1￿lY ¢Xhw Fègjjr 2022 gen¥10￿} &055 At 30 Jjr )t fundirrfJ aKI (knnaionsto Ix dir&#ly inVe*￿j in I￿XI. RnJ5 In)Ra￿ in fcr whith tFEfuTh*r retar￿￿ or#s*ro ri9ht to dav th8funds *xJld t￿(￿tY brea* la￿1 restritt1ons¥e￿led fc(wwd, IhisiTrJudesrnnts in theojrrent yw frcffl (WPCfc the purch￿ ofWic* Fam. ￿erethe fu￿ or th&stu)t rdan d) riytt r￿at￿l re*rictl￿S￿eConsdereA IJ) pwfth￿. 1*4rittgJ furbjs 1*aritt￿ itKx)mefurnl% iwKI purd 351.516 475,IKM) 826,516 7￿￿d. waion aTr inlr*rurture Rjddiro &cx)k Wc*)Js. Iwaion and infraructure ea Av)n W¢￿d5. and infr*rLKture To e#*i* mantan thew0)(l￿1J 4 PJJdiry &o)kW infr*ruc*ure Ed Woods- tree platting irrfr&rudure FiKkling &cx)k Wo(Mts. alon aNJ infranwJw8 ¢>ea Abt)n W¢xxts. on Infr*r￿*￿e infr*rutture 1141 (28,8&51 To ahj mantan thew(tsJa>J a Htda*J. 21211 {14.2441 To &4*i*) mantan thewc<%Ja￿ a ￿￿￿J1￿j &¢y)kWc￿w1s 153,717 s2.￿8 7Cfj,037 1163.Wl {￿,187) 1262.8521 10,45) 3,219 13,669 631 Ed Woolts. tr*Flwrting T￿al To awCtsjl￿ at the 9te kThM &Ed WcoJ& 837,419 opwaion and infr*ructure Environmgrt Wcy. Laxl pl￿$With crthw laxl Lwmersto ￿pp￿t &J#an*elaK To e#*ith mantan thew￿JaYl # Lw ￿. Lknrestrid&J funds al f￿d$ 2e4.313 59.153 {43.ST21 12,261 225 f￿d& fiyA1 a* fuThJ Wiltthire Ibjnal VVENP- ￿thi￿ with ure ￿0pM￿t (>￿t [k9￿￿ell funds fund ath & wdlt4ingworktys& 171.484 125,9Y)I 113,6691 145,554 437,779 T(*al unre&ric*eJ luTrJ5 435,797 $9,153 (43.￿2) ¢)wis4iona de￿. T(*a fwKIs 816,3 7&5,190 1.275,198 To r4v￿rrt vaueof unre￿nd￿j fundswj in fiyAI * Kutt) e￿￿lI￿1r¥J3nyl0rrfjlerm li*iIilies￿jr?y fixgj The a¥Uigtiu) of W(k F*m I￿the￿M I￿£7.073,270 Isr￿ rqxeWl￿I in thisfund due to thiSa￿Jnt teing o)veral by restridej funds￿ k twm li*Jilitiesl>è Nbte 18). ) knarisof awtsts4ww fu Lknre*rid8 funds F**ricted funds Tota x8J aEt5 Inve*m￿tS 3.245.736 4.870,￿ 8.116.132 rrent *s Q8J1tc￿sdU2in One￿ 131,87T 622,813 {3,224,4241 13.Z24,4241 512,249 5,Cl)2,273 5.514,522 Lknre*rid8J funds Fèaricted funds Tot 145.554 2.225 437,7T9 826.516 972,070 10, )3.128 837,419 1,275,198 Our impact- 2024 von Needs Trees 45 21 Féconaliaion of net d￿t Atl￿ty 3J24 (* and 1(B. 1CQ. 379.8)1 379,831 488,&31 488,631 k l¢)a)sfalirodue ater onè 3.187.13)1 13.187,1XII Interea due {37,￿¢) {37,2941 3224,4241 13224,4241 (2,844,593) {1735.7&41 22 Cbmmitments F￿gon cy)mrniln*rts The ￿￿on o)* lo IheLDrrpJ arrK)LnlgJto". 3,120 Lhpad cJntributionsdue to th8fuThJ ae IndUd￿ in olhwugjitorsayj ￿￿nt￿￿ to: ZJ ￿atthI p*tydi%lo￿reS ThwewwerK) r￿￿￿ WtytrJ￿1c115In theojrrent pwioj. O)ntrc41iro party The Owrtytso)ntrdlèJ bythe Truaeesasa Lt•*. Our impact- 2024 Avon Needs Trees Thank you to everyone who supported us! Avon Needs Trees is a registered charity in England and Wales. Registration number: 1184386 Canningford House, 38 Victoria Street, Bristol, BS1 6BY