Woodlands Speaks

Analysis

Woodlands Speaks is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Doncaster. It was registered in December 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Woodlands Speaks reported income of £115k and spending of £76k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £184k to £115k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Woodlands Speaks sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include International Bee Research Association (£115k), Coombeswood Canal Trust (£115k) and The Cefn Croes Wind Farm Community Trust (£115k).