TREES FOR CITIES

1. TREES FOR CITIES 2003-02-27 → present
2. TREES FOR LONDON 1995-05-01 → 2003-02-27
3. TREES FOR LIFE FOUNDATION 1993-11-24 → 1995-05-01

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Sayer Vincent LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The trustees have carefully considered the risks associated with the lower level of unrestricted reserves held at the end of 2024-25. In response, they have taken a more extensive and proactive approach than in previous years to assess and ensure the ongoing viability of the charity. Key steps taken include: Increased frequency of board meetings to improve oversight and ensure early visibility of risks and mitigations; Greater scrutiny of the fundraising pipeline for the next 18 months and progress against income targets, especially unrestricted income; Review of detailed, monthly cashflow forecasts, providing an 18-month outlook. The plan for 2025-2026 is conservative and achievable, forecasting a modest surplus of £44,000. This is part of a longer-term recovery plan, with three-year forecasts projecting annual surpluses of around £200,000. This strategy will gradually rebuild unrestricted reserves to policy minimum levels by March 2028, restoring financial flexibility and strengthening the organisation's ability to manage risk and seize future opportunities. Whilst higher surpluses may be achievable, and other scenarios are being prepared to this effect, we are working conservatively to ensure the charity does not overstretch its cost base. The swift and prudent actions taken after the 2024-25 losses, conservative planning for 2025-26 and beyond, and careful cashflow management as well as the successes in fundraising so far in 2025-26 all provide the trustees with a high level of confidence in the organisation's stability. Accordingly, the trustees consider that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and confirm that the organisation remains a going concern.”

Significant events

• “The financial year 2024-2025 was one of significant challenge, but also of resilience, learning, and strategic repositioning. Despite a deficit of £773,485, including an unplanned use of £816,296 in unrestricted reserves, we took decisive steps to reset the organisation's cost base, improve operational resilience and focus on long-term sustainability.”
• “Following the year-end, we implemented a further organisational restructure, resulting in 10 additional redundancies in April 2025. These changes have significantly reduced our fixed cost base while retaining a strong core team capable of delivering impact and supporting recovery.”
• “Transitioned the Trees for Streets programme into Trees for Cities and sustained 20 Council partnerships.”
• “Invested in our internal operations, transitioning our IT provision fully onto the Cloud and moving into a new office.”
• “Launched flagship partnership project to improve Tree Equity in Hartlepool supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

9

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +2.9%

  £5,226,916 → £5,381,036

• Cash

  -25.8%

  £452,008 → £335,174

• Net assets

  -59.4%

  £1,301,342 → £527,857

• Employees

  -3.2%

  62 → 60

• Operating profit

  -43.5%

  -£552,809 → -£793,383

• Wages

  +13.1%

  £2,102,917 → £2,377,493

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers