International Tree Foundation

Analysis

International Tree Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in 106-108 Cowley Road. It was registered in October 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05219549). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, International Tree Foundation reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.1m, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £664k to £1.4m (+107%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 117%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, International Tree Foundation 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 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newcastle Foodbank (£1.4m), Fine Cell Work (£1.4m) and Heart Church (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 66% and donations and legacies 33%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £62k. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 6.0%. Reserves of £471k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 people.