## **THE TREE REGISTER OF THE BRITISH ISLES** (Registered charity no 801565) TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT 2021 The Tree Register of The British Isles (TROBI) is a registered charity number 801565. Its trustees are Colin Hall (Chairman),The Earl of Rosse, Lady Arabella Lennox Boyd, Maurice Foster, Jim Gardiner, Rupert Eley, Tony Kirkham MBE, Jill Butler, Roy Lancaster CBE and Thomas Pakenham. Trustees are recruited through personal recommendations. The director of the Charity is David Alderman, the Registrar is Dr Owen Johnson MBE and the Secretary is Pamela Stevenson. Its address is 77a Hall End Road, Wootton, Bedfordshire, MK43 9HL. Its website is www.treeregister.org. The Charity is managed by the Director, Registrar and Secretary. The objective of the Charity is to maintain a database or register of information on notable trees growing in Britain and Ireland, thereby promoting and informing an interest in the natural world to the public benefit. Its aim is to include every tree which is exceptional for its size, age, historical associations or rarity. Data on over 250,000 trees are recorded on the register. The Charity maintains the definitive list of where to find the largest and tallest “champion” trees, with over 72,000 trees accessible on line. In 2021, new data or updated data was recorded on 720 champion trees by Owen Johnson and other volunteers. Data on many other trees was recorded or updated. The number of members increased in 2021 to a record level. The Charity’s website was enhanced in 2021 and, with regular newsletters, is the principal means of communicating with members and others. The Charity during 2021 continued to work with its partners, the Ancient Yew Group, The Woodland Trust and the European Champion Tree Forum. The Blue Label project continued to be promoted to landowners and managers for the labelling of Champion trees promoting the Tree Register. In 2021 the first grants were made from the Vicky Schilling Bursary, the objective of which is to provide grants towards travel and subsistence expenses for projects that support the work of the Charity. The Charity’s unrestricted income derives mainly from members’ subscriptions and donations from supporters, the latter of which can fluctuate from year to year. In 2021, unrestricted income exceeded expenditure by £5586. The Charity’s general reserves constitute approximately three years expenditure, which the trustees consider prudent. October 2022 TREE REGISTER OF BRITISH ISLES DITORS REPOR AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2 I have audited the Statement of Accounts which are in accordance with the records maintained, prepared and produced by the Society as required under the provistons of Charity Commission of Great Britain. In my opinion the attached Statement of Accounts give a true and fair view of the operation of the society as at 31st December, 2021 as well as the movement of funds during the year. Thè COIF Inveslmént showed synfficant result and Trustees are correct in keeping their faith in the investmenl Tapos K. Gupts M.Com. ACMA 39 Anglesey Ch)se Crawley Wesl Sussex RH119HG 25th February. 2022 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNTS FOR 12 rnonths ended 3tst December. 2021 IZ MONThS Dee 20 INCOME 12 MONTH5 Dec, 21 3504 13843 5410 370 185 995 DONATIONS SUBSCRIPTION FUND RAISING BLUE LABEL SCHEME INTEREST INCOME DIVIDEND 2820 15969 6547 1158 24307 TOTAL INCOME 26543 EXPENDITURE 447 MEASURING EXPENSES 452 PC CONSUMABLES 7678 INTERNET / DATABASE DEVELOPMENT 5CKI E MÉMBERSHIP 1654 NEVISLETfER 631 PRINTING & sfATIONERY 1204 POSTAGE 725 TELEPHONE & 8ROAD8AND 4CKI AUOIT FEE 415 TROBI ME￿INGs 1100 sECR￿ARIAL 1080 REGISTRAR S6￿ DIRECtOR O EURO FORUM / EcfF O FUND RAISING 653 BLUE LABELSCHEME O PUBLIC RELATIONS (5 YEAR PiANS) 591 SUNDRY EXPENSESllncl. Insurance) P C HARDWARE 669 329 6102 375 1594 327 1239 705 144 iioo 1080 561x1 506 855 23130 TOTAL EXPENSES 21025 1177 NEfsuRPLUSI_ DEFICIT FOR THE PERIOD 12408 VIC￿ Schilling Bursery Net re￿ipts 99 Book Sales Profrtl ILossl 225S Gain (Loss) on Investmentlat market value) 49940 SURPLUS BROUGHT FORWARD 5518 1614 4635 65879 65879 77714 REPRESETrrrED BY :_ COMPUTER - cosr COMPUTER - DEPRECIATION O COMPUTER - BOOKVALUE 20490 -20490 2049) .204 12408 VICKY SCHILLING BURSARY 39813 INVEsfMENT 14023 13658 BANK BALANCE (Includes Petty cash of 342.80 } 19242 65879 77714 Slznature$ Trustee .- TN TREE REGISTER OF BRITISH ISLES DITORS REPOR AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2 I have audited the Statement of Accounts which are in accordance with the records maintained, prepared and produced by the Society as required under the provistons of Charity Commission of Great Britain. In my opinion the attached Statement of Accounts give a true and fair view of the operation of the society as at 31st December, 2021 as well as the movement of funds during the year. Thè COIF Inveslmént showed synfficant result and Trustees are correct in keeping their faith in the investmenl Tapos K. Gupts M.Com. ACMA 39 Anglesey Ch)se Crawley Wesl Sussex RH119HG 25th February. 2022 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNTS FOR 12 rnonths ended 3tst December. 2021 IZ MONThS Dee 20 INCOME 12 MONTH5 Dec, 21 3504 13843 5410 370 185 995 DONATIONS SUBSCRIPTION FUND RAISING BLUE LABEL SCHEME INTEREST INCOME DIVIDEND 2820 15969 6547 1158 24307 TOTAL INCOME 26543 EXPENDITURE 447 MEASURING EXPENSES 452 PC CONSUMABLES 7678 INTERNET / DATABASE DEVELOPMENT 5CKI E MÉMBERSHIP 1654 NEVISLETfER 631 PRINTING & sfATIONERY 1204 POSTAGE 725 TELEPHONE & 8ROAD8AND 4CKI AUOIT FEE 415 TROBI ME￿INGs 1100 sECR￿ARIAL 1080 REGISTRAR S6￿ DIRECtOR O EURO FORUM / EcfF O FUND RAISING 653 BLUE LABELSCHEME O PUBLIC RELATIONS (5 YEAR PiANS) 591 SUNDRY EXPENSESllncl. Insurance) P C HARDWARE 669 329 6102 375 1594 327 1239 705 144 iioo 1080 561x1 506 855 23130 TOTAL EXPENSES 21025 1177 NEfsuRPLUSI_ DEFICIT FOR THE PERIOD 12408 VIC￿ Schilling Bursery Net re￿ipts 99 Book Sales Profrtl ILossl 225S Gain (Loss) on Investmentlat market value) 49940 SURPLUS BROUGHT FORWARD 5518 1614 4635 65879 65879 77714 REPRESETrrrED BY :_ COMPUTER - cosr COMPUTER - DEPRECIATION O COMPUTER - BOOKVALUE 20490 -20490 2049) .204 12408 VICKY SCHILLING BURSARY 39813 INVEsfMENT 14023 13658 BANK BALANCE (Includes Petty cash of 342.80 } 19242 65879 77714 Slznature$ Trustee .- TN