01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC043508
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 6
- Postcode
- EH3 8FY
OSCR note: Previous Charity name Sustainable Forestry SCIO From 25-10-2012 to 17-04-2019
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Future Woodlands Scotland is a charity working in Scotland, transforming cityscapes and rural landscapes through the power of trees. Our origins are with the Scottish Forest Alliance, which created 5,000 hectares of new native woodland between 2000 and 2011. We became a charity in 2012 and have grown from our original purpose, which was to provide research grants to further our understanding of Scotland's native woodlands. In 2020, we launched a programme to facilitate more native woodland creation and regenerative forestry practices. Our Urban Forestry Programme for Scottish towns and cities launched in September 2024. We launched a Skills programme in 2025 to better support and resource the sector. And we continue to stimulate and fund innovative research.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
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
3.1 The Charitable Purposes of the SCIO ('the Charitable Purposes') are: 3.1.1 To advance education by demonstrating the contribution of native woodlands towards biodiversity and mitigation of and adaptation to climate change. 3.1.2 To advance the arts, heritage, culture or science by encouraging and supporting research into the benefits of native and urban trees and woodlands and by disseminating the results and evaluation of relevant research. and 3.1.3 To advance environmental protection or improvement by raising awareness and enabling the sustainable management of native woodlands for environmental improvement, conservation of heritage or the health and wellbeing of rural and urban communities.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £872,435 | £607,144 | 6 | 11 November 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £561,966 | £393,152 | 6 | 5 November 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £75,840 | £280,304 | 6 | 3 October 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £1,271,612 | £183,826 | 6 | 1 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £762,246 | £75,897 | 6 | 2 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
- Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP, 9 Haymarket Square, Edinburgh
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.futurewoodlands.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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