CITY OF TREES TRUST

Charity number: 1202636
Recently registered

Charity overview

This charity has been recently registered - it does not need to update its information until 10 months after its first financial period ends

Activities - how the charity spends its money

City of Trees is a community forest organisation for Greater Manchester, working with volunteers and an ever-growing network of individuals, communities, businesses and organisations to plant trees and look after trees across the GM region. Promoting a tree culture with activities to boost health & wellbeing, enhance learning and green skills and tackle the climate and biodiversity emergency.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Bolton
  • Bury
  • Manchester City
  • Oldham
  • Rochdale
  • Salford City
  • Stockport
  • Tameside
  • Trafford
  • Wigan

Governance

Registration history:
  • 05 April 2023: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Dr Carl Austin-Behan OBE DL Chair 26 September 2022
None on record
Tam Watson Trustee 15 July 2024
THE PORTICO LIBRARY AND NEWSROOM
Received: On time
Kevin Coughlan Trustee 17 April 2023
None on record
Eleanor Ward Trustee 17 April 2023
None on record
Hannah O'Riordan Trustee 17 April 2023
None on record
Anais Biaux Trustee 17 April 2023
None on record
Cllr. Alan Quinn Trustee 26 September 2022
None on record
Dawn Lowry-Hair Trustee 26 September 2022
None on record

Financial history

This charity was registered recently. It does not have to provide information until 10 months after its first financial period.

Accounts and annual returns

This is a newly registered charity - accounts and annual return not required yet. The charity does not need to update its information until 10 months after its first financial period ends.

Governing document

Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 05 Apr 2023

Charitable objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 3.1.1TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, THROUGH THE PLANTING AND NURTURING OF THE URBAN FOREST, IN BOTH URBAN AND PERI-URBAN AREAS ACROSS GREATER MANCHESTER AND BEYOND; AND/OR; 3.1.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH ACTIVITIES AND ENGAGEMENT THAT AIM TO SUPPORT ALL ASPECTS OF CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN AN URBAN AND PERI-URBAN SETTING.

Contact information

Address:
City of Trees
Discovery Works, Unit 3
Third Avenue
Trafford Park
Manchester
M17 1BW
Phone:
01618721660
Email:
jessicat@cityoftrees.org.uk
Website:

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