Ashdown Forest Trust

Analysis

Ashdown Forest Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in December 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ashdown Forest Trust reported income of £75k and spending of £66k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £70k to £75k (+6.5%), an average of +1.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Ashdown Forest Trust sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reform Club Conservation Charitable Trust (£75k), Love Leeds Parks (£75k) and Brownsea Island Scout & Guide Heritage Trust (£75k).