Woodland Heritage Limited

Analysis

Woodland Heritage Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hereford. It was registered in October 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02938997). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Woodland Heritage Limited reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.5m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £1.7m (+34%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Woodland Heritage Limited sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Wheler Foundation (£1.6m), Friends of the Lake District (£1.7m) and United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 61%, donations and legacies 37% and charitable activities 1.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £106k. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 1.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £117k. Reserves of £2.4m would cover about 19 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.