Looking

backat 2013

Looking forward

to a secure future

for all our woodland

Annual Review 2013

Plus! Meet our new chief executive Beccy Speight

1. I grew up in a little Dorset village.

It feels as though I spent my entire childhood outdoors, making amazing dens and hunting for black and orange cinnabar caterpillars.

4. I used to be a management consultant.

I worked in London and internationally, but in the end I decided nature was what mattered to me. I’ve never looked back.

3. I studied English Literature at Durham.

I love the way woods and trees are woven into our literary culture, from Wild Wood in the Wind in the Willows to Macbeth’s fatefully migratory Birnam Wood.

6. My favourite tree is in Cumbria.

The Woodland Trust’s ancient tree hunt led my brother to this magnificent veteran oak, which he photographs in all seasons. I always go to see it when I visit him - it feels like an old friend.

2. My affinity with trees was forged early.

As kids, we’d clamber into the enormous tree in old Mrs Taylor’s back garden and sit among its boughs for hours, watching village life, unseen.

5. I was Midlands director for the National Trust.

In my earlier years I managed their Stourhead Estate, whose sweeping gardens are filled with trees, from the tallest beeches and fat-girthed ancient sweet chestnuts to exotic tulip trees.

6 things

you didn’t know

about Beccy

Looking back at 2013, everything the Woodland Trust achieved just reinforces why I accepted my new role here.

I love the way we punch above our weight to achieve far-reaching, high-profile results. Our calls to safeguard ancient woodland and plant more trees for the future have really got under the nation’s skin.

I believe the biggest decisions we will face over the next 20 years will centre on the natural environment. That means our work to protect, restore and expand UK woodland has never been more vital.

This review shows what we can achieve when we work together. With your help, we’re making a real and lasting difference to UK woodland and the wildlife that depends on it. Thank you so much.

Beccy Speight chief executive

Hello from our new chief executive, Beccy Speight

"Our work to protect, restore and expand UK woodland has never been more vital."

We secured the future of Fingle WoodsWe worked with the National Trust to acquire Fingle Woods in Devon, one of the most important ancient woodland sites in the UK - a significant restoration project for us for years to come.

We gained the funding for you to be a scientistWe played a key role in securing £2 million from the European Union to co-run an exciting citizen science project that aims to create an early warning system about the spread and advance of

We enjoyed a little help from our friendsOur corporate partners continued to help us meet our fundraising goals and reach a broader audience. Long-term partner Sainsbury's contributed over £700,000 of the £2.3m we received from sponsors last year - while HRH The Princess Royal kindly acted as Patron for the Jubilee Woods project.

We exceeded our income targets - thanks to youAt £23.3m, voluntary income was 7 per cent ahead of plan - largely because of legacy donations and overwhelming support for our Fingle Woods acquisition.

Our grant income was £4.1m. This is over £1m more than expected and includes the amazing £1.9m grant we secured from the Heritage Lottery Fund to help towards nationwide ancient woodland restoration.

Here are just some of the highlights from another busy year at the Woodland Trust…

We stood up for ancient woodlandOur campaign to stop the High Speed 2 rail link development destroying irreplaceable ancient woodland sites received, and continues to receive a large amount of media coverage as well as support from key policymakers and community leaders.

We talked and the Government listenedWe created a strong case for the positive role woodland expansion can play in the new Country Rural Development Plans and succeeded in persuading the Government to reinstate grants for 2014/15.

We took steps to protect Scotland’s treesAfter we successfully lobbied the Scottish Government, in February 2014 a panel of experts was established to make recommendations on ways to protect our native woodland and trees.

We said it with trees, Your Majesty.We celebrated the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee by creating 470 new woods across the UK, including the impressive 500-acre Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Wood in Normanton-le-Heath, Leicestershire.

You donated

an amazing

£2m

to this project

- thank you!

You helped plant

almost9 million

trees

ook at what we achieved

in 2013 – with your help

tree disease.

We believe trees are the most dynamic natural resource we have – and yet they’re recklessly undervalued and under threat. Which is where we come in. The Woodland Trust has developed a bold 5-point plan to protect, restore and plant new native trees and woodland.

Over the next three years, this is what we’ll be busy doing…

See all the good we did together...

We raised an amazing

£33.4m - thank you!

£33.4m

We secured £1.9m from

the Heritage Lottery Fund

to restore planted ancient woodland.

£1.9m

Our Jubilee Woods initiative delivered

nearly 9m new trees in the ground.

9,000,0003,000,000

We signed contracts with

UK nurseries to grow up to 3 million

trees, guaranteeing the provenance

of our future stock.

We brought together more than 40 senior

experts for a vital seminar on the impacts

and issues around tree disease.

40

We planted 2,000 hectares of trees - over a quarter of these in Scotland.2,000

We worked with more than 40,000 schools, youth and community groups in the Jubilee Woods initiative.40,000

8,000 We distributed over 8,000 free tree packs.

We won the

‘Environmental Project’

category at the National

Charity Awards with our

Jubilee Woods initiative.

We maintained

our FSC* status

across our estate.

We educated hundreds of landowners on the benefits of trees on their land.

... and we’ve plans to do much more

Creating a vibrant Community Woodland Culture - a network of advisors and volunteers to inspire and facilitate local, grassroots management of woodland.

*Forest Stewardship Council

Buying more key sites like Fingle Woods as part of our Demonstration Programme, designed to give landowners compelling, inspiring evidence of the value of protecting, restoring and planting native trees. We’ve got one in the pipeline for 2014.

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Planting millions of trees in four Centenary Woods, to stand in lasting tribute to everyone who served and made sacrifices in the First World War - a project that will engage hundreds of thousands of people across all four UK nations.

3.

Creating a compelling Woodland Charter to capture the imagination of the public and act as a blueprint to help decision-makers secure a better future for our woods.

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Developing an ambitious Resilient Woodscapes conservation programme, drawing together all our activities to accelerate the creation of healthy, wildlife-rich wooded landscapes that can cope with the impact of climate change, disease and development.

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In 2014,we aim to...Protect our ancient woodland by continuing to campaign prominently against things like the High Speed 2 rail link going through ancient woodland when it could tunnel beneath it.

Restore 3,500 hectares of ancient woodland on a number of key sites including Fingle Woods, Langley Vale and Smithy Woods.

Plant 1,500 hectares of woodland as part of our expansion programme - 150 hectares of this being on land we own.

Our 2014 fundraising target is £30.2m not an easy feat so we really appreciate your continued support!

CORPORATE SUPPORTERS

Barchester HealthcareBarclaycardBellwayCalor Gas LtdCarryliftCharities Advisory TrustCFH Total Document Management LimitedCNG LtdCoutts & CoDelta-SimonsDorothy PerkinsDorset CerealsDoubleTree by HiltonEurocampFleishman-HillardForest HolidaysFrugiGolden CharterHammonds Furniture LtdHighland Spring Limited HovalH&MibuyecoIKEA UK LtdIndigo Furniture LtdKernow Coatings

LakelandMarks & Spencer PlcMarshalls Group PlcMediciNetwork RailOvo EnergyPearson PlcPeople’s Postcode LotteryPremier Paper GroupRecycling For Good CausesRonseal LtdRWE npowerSainsbury’sShanly HomesSofidel S.p.A.SRK ConsultingTate & LyleTesco Freetime LtdThe Co-operative BankThe Disney Store LimitedThe Norville GroupTJX EuropeValpakWaitroseWall’s Refrigeration SolutionsWeber ShandwickWHSmith Retail LtdYeo Valley

We would like to say a special thank you to the organisations and individuals who supported us throughout 2013

CHARITABLE TRUSTS £5,000 and over

Arbor Day FoundationBanister Charitable TrustCalleva FoundationClark Bradbury Charitable TrustEdward and Sally Benthal Charitable TrustEssex Community FoundationGarfield Weston FoundationIngram TrustJ & JR Wilson TrustJohn Horseman TrustJordan Charitable TrustKestrelman TrustKing Cullimore Charitable TrustLeslie Mary Carter Charitable TrustLisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin TrustMoondance FoundationRevere Charitable TrustRobert Barr Charitable TrustShears FoundationSpear Charitable TrustSteel Charitable TrustSylvia Adams Charitable TrustTolkein TrustValentine Charitable TrustWest Highland Coastal Trust

GRANTS £5,000 and over

Arts Council EnglandBig Lottery FundBPDefraE.on Rosehall Community FundEuropean CommissionEuropean Regional Development FundFood and Environment Research AgencyForestry Commission EnglandForestry Commission ScotlandForest Service Northern IrelandFriends of Storeton WoodsHeritage Lottery FundLiving Lomonds Landscape Partnership

MacRobert TrustNatural EnglandNatural Resources WalesNorthern Ireland Environment AgencyPUR ProjectRSPBRural Development Programme for EnglandRural Payments AgencyScottish Forestry TrustScottish GovernmentScottish Natural HeritagesportscotlandWicked Productions LtdTyne and Wear Lieutenancy Diamond Jubilee

FundWelsh GovernmentWye & Usk Valley Foundation

LANDFILL COMMUNITIES FUND £5,000 and over

Biffa AwardCemexCounty Durham Environmental TrustCory Environmental TrustFife Environment TrustGloucestershire Environmental Trust CompanyGrantScapeIneos ChlorOxfordshire and Community Environmental

Trust Severn Waste Environment FundSITA TrustThe Veolia Environmental TrustViridor Environmental Credits CompanyWRENYorventure Environmental Body Ltd

LOCAL AUTHORITIES £5,000 and over

Cheshire West & Chester CouncilDurham County CouncilLincolnshire County CouncilNorthamptonshire County CouncilRugby Borough CouncilSwindon Borough Council

LEGACIES £5,000 and over

Dr I AlexanderMiss E M AlldayMr C K AndrewsMrs. J AsbridgeMrs I M AtkinsMiss O M J AxfordMr S AyreMr G T BakerMr R BarnettMiss B M BentallMr J H BescobyMr A S BiggsMrs M M B BordewichMiss R M BosomworthMrs J BowerMr P G BoyceMiss K BridgfordMiss S J BrooksMs J E BrownMr N F BrownMr J BrownMiss N G BurkeMs M A BurrowMrs R B CareyMiss J CaudleMiss R CheesemanMiss B M ClarkMiss F P CliffordMs A R ColeMs M A CollinsMiss D K ComptonMr M C CookMiss G K CookeMiss E A DadeMrs G M DavisMrs L A DavisonMs B DawsonMrs E C De GallosoMrs M C DenhamMs E DenhamMr G G S DightMr J A DriscollMr P J DuddridgeMr J H EnnorMiss B Evans

Ms M M A FagandiniDr J E FarquharsonMrs N C FergusonMiss B D FieldingMrs F L J FletcherMs P ForemanMiss J FoxallMr R FrancisMr R H FullerMrs J H GarnerMiss F L GarradMr R C GilbyMr R A GilhooleyMiss M GillottMrs M I GoldsmithMiss H R GouldMr R GreenburyMiss S M GreyMs U GullettMr R HampsonMiss B M HancockMiss M P HancockMiss M HansonMs M HarkerMs M E HarrisonMr D HartreeMiss E A HawthornMr E HealdMr R J HedgesMr N S HendersonMrs J A HerringMr V HoodMrs D M HumeMr B N L IrelandMiss D F KilbyMrs K KingMiss H D La FontaineMiss M LengMrs B LewisMr M K LingenMr M J LitchfieldMiss M J LockwoodMiss E M LoganMr C H S LondonMrs J MajorMr A C MarsonMrs M D MartinMr P Mason

Mrs M MawerMr E J MayleMrs M K MerrifieldMr N D MoneyMiss M E MoodyMiss P M MortonMr R T MottMr D NallMrs M J NiblettMrs D M NicholsonMr R NixonMiss M H NormantonMr M J S NortonMr J M OverillMrs E M PageMr F PearsonMr G W PenmanMrs J PiskorMr W R PrattMrs C PriceMs M V PutnamMr R A C RennieMs E J ReynoldsMs M W RomanoMr M S ShawMr R L SheppersonMr P SkellornMrs P P SpenceMrs J L SpoonerDr M Y StantMr T K StevensMr A StringerMrs Y H TateMr H A ThorpeMrs. D P TilleyMiss G Toynbee-ClarkeMr R F WarnMrs D H WarnerMr R V WattsMrs C L WengrafMrs M A WestonMiss G R WhaiteMr S WhitmoreMiss C WilsonJ L WilsonMr J ZerningDr C C Zilahi

2013 in numbersIncome (£millions)

Legacies

Membership

Public donations

Companies, trusts and landfill tax

Grants

Woodland management income

Merchandise and lotteries

Investments and other income

Total income

Income less expenditure*

Conservation expenditure

To enable the creation of more native woods and places rich in trees

To protect native woods, trees and their wildlife for the future

To inspire everyone to enjoy and value woods and trees

Total conservation expenditure

Other expenditure

Fundraising

Membership

Governance and other expenditure

Total expenditure

Increase in expenditure

In April we had the chance to purchase Fingle Woods, one of the most significant pieces of ancient woodland in the UK.

Working in conjunction with the National Trust, we acted quickly to secure this unexpected opportunity.

Our supporters generously contributed an amazing £2m to help us do this.

The income and expenditure figures were extracted from the full audited and unqualified accounts for the year ended 31 December 2013. Copies of this and the Annual Review, including a full roll of honour detailing individuals and organisations to whom we owe a special thanks for their support in 2013, can be obtained from woodlandtrust.org.uk or by applying to the Trust’s head office in Grantham.

The annual accounts have been submitted to the Charity Commission, the Office of the Scottish Charity regulator, and Companies House.

Images: Inside pages – WTPL/P Glendell; G Stewart; S Bateman; K Leslie; C Varndell; A Henry; A Tryner; P Formby; T Speight.

The Woodland Trust. Kempton Way, Grantham, Lincolnshire NG31 6LL01476 581111woodlandtrust.org.ukenquiries@woodlandtrust.org.uk

*of which £1.7m is restricted for the restoration and on-going maintenance of woodland.

The Woodland Trust logo is a registered trademark. Registered in England Number 1982873. The Woodland Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales no. 294344 and in Scotland no. SC038885. A non-profit making company limited by guarantee.

£1.7mWe recovered £1.7m in tax

because supporters ticked

the Gift Aid box - thank you!

78p of every £1

was spent on our

charitable aims.

£9.0mAt £9.0m, 2013 was a record year for legacy income.

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to 2012

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