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Future Woodlands Scotland

SC043508Registered charity from 25 October 2012
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
Previous Charity name Sustainable Forestry SCIO From 25-10-2012 to 17-04-2019
Charity Information:
Address Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
9 Haymarket Square
Edinburgh
Postcode EH3 8FY
Website www.futurewoodlands.org.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
3.1 The Charitable Purposes of the SCIO ("the Charitable Purposes") are: 3.1.1 To advance education by demonstrating the contribution of native woodlands towards biodiversity and mitigation of and adaptation to climate change; 3.1.2 To advance the arts, heritage, culture or science by encouraging and supporting research into the benefits of native and urban trees and woodlands and by disseminating the results and evaluation of relevant research; and 3.1.3 To advance environmental protection or improvement by raising awareness and enabling the sustainable management of native woodlands for environmental improvement, conservation of heritage or the health and wellbeing of rural and urban communities.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
Future Woodlands Scotland is a charity working in Scotland, transforming cityscapes and rural landscapes through the power of trees. Our origins are with the Scottish Forest Alliance, which created 5,000 hectares of new native woodland between 2000 and 2011. We became a charity in 2012 and have grown from our original purpose, which was to provide research grants to further our understanding of Scotland's native woodlands. In 2020, we launched a programme to facilitate more native woodland creation and regenerative forestry practices. Our Urban Forestry Programme for Scottish towns and cities launched in September 2024. We launched a Skills programme in 2025 to better support and resource the sector. And we continue to stimulate and fund innovative research.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 25 Oct 2012
Main Operating Location: Aberdeen
Number of Staff: 6
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations", "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2022 £1,271,612 £183,826 01 Dec 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £75,840 £280,304 03 Oct 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £561,966 £393,152 05 Nov 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £872,435 £607,144 11 Nov 2025 Yes Download
31 Mar 2026 No Annual Information due by 31 Dec 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Charlies Taylor
Celia Brady
Giles Mackey
Neil Forrest
Paulina McPadden
Naomi Spiro
David McCall
Alistair Seaman
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