Treebeard Trust

Analysis

Treebeard Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Petworth. It was registered in August 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Treebeard Trust reported income of £706k and spending of £1.6m, spending 228% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2023 to December 2025, income grew from £263k to £706k (+168%), an average of +64% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 1066%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Treebeard Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Al Khidma (£704k), The Darby Rimmer MND Foundation (£709k) and The Royal Artillery General Charitable Trust (£701k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 6.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.4m. Reserves of £6.8m would cover about 49 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.