01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC040580
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 15
- Postcode
- AB15 4DT
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
TWFA's activities are focused on three main areas of (i) continued ownership and/or management of factories originally acquired by The Wood Foundation and partners from Government of Rwanda. (ii) implementation of a series of large-scale and long-term smallholder tea development projects in Rwanda and Tanzania each supporting large numbers of smallholder farmers to plant between 2500 and 4000 hectares of tea on their own land. and (iii) direct investment in smallholder-supplied businesses in rural Africa where it can add value to those farmers. Future returns from those investments will be used to fund The Wood Foundation's ongoing charitable activities. TWFA's activities are financed by a combination of funding from The Wood Foundation and other philanthropic investors and donors to provide support and long-term interest free finance to benefit large numbers of smallholder farmers.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objects of the Trust are: (a) to promote and advance for the public benefit the charitable activities of the Wood Family Trust (Scottish charity number SC037957) both in the United Kingdom and overseas by actively promoting and carrying out projects to be supported by the Wood Family Trust and by doing anything else of a charitable nature which may further the domestic and overseas work of the Wood Family Trust for the public benefit. and (b) to promote such similar charitable purposes, objects or institutions and in such proportions and manner as the Trustees shall think fit
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £4,748,920 | £3,902,187 | £0 | £477,382 | £369,351 | £0 | £4,801,996 | £0 | £4,801,996 | £0 | 15 | 24 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £11,392,095 | £11,144,734 | £0 | £0 | £247,361 | £0 | £2,960,586 | £0 | £2,960,586 | £0 | 15 | 23 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £4,277,567 | £4,063,708 | £0 | £0 | £213,859 | £0 | £3,268,396 | £0 | £3,268,396 | £0 | 15 | 22 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £2,883,327 | £2,672,992 | £0 | £42,201 | £168,134 | £0 | £3,155,785 | £0 | £3,155,785 | £0 | 15 | 22 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £2,682,735 | £2,461,962 | £0 | £35,641 | £185,132 | £0 | £3,491,896 | £0 | £3,491,896 | £0 | 15 | 23 December 2021 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- Blenheim House, Fountainhall Road, Aberdeen
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.thewoodfoundation.org.uk
- Parent charity
- The Wood Foundation · SC037957
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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