Community Forest Trust

Analysis

Community Forest Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in December 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03598556). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Community Forest Trust reported income of £8.9m and spending of £6.2m, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £3.1m to £8.9m (+184%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 135%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Community Forest Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Imperial Health Charity (£8.9m), European Renal Association (£8.9m) and Diagrama Foundation-Psychosocial Intervention (£8.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97%, donations and legacies 1.6% and investments 1.5%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £257k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 44 people.