Charity Commission Direct
PO Box 1227	
Liverpool
LE69 3UG
 
 
Dear Sir
 
The Woodland Trust
 
According to charity data from CaritasData, the Woodland Trust is
spending 46.63% of its voluntary income on fundraising costs while the
Salvation Army spends only 2.11%
 
However, this is not the only comparison:  Of their voluntary income
the National Trust spends 4.59%, the RSPB 9.6% and the John Muir Trust
14.99% on fundraising.  These organisations are very much in the same
business as the Woodland Trust so why the huge difference?
 
And should those who donate to it not be made aware that almost half
of the money they subscribe is not going directly towards the Trust's
objectives?
 
I am also concerned that the valuations of the Woodland Trust's
"assets" might not reflect the liabilities incurred.  After all, who
would want to buy woodlands that are for public recreation with all
the maintenance and liabilities involved?   They probably have little
or no commercial value.
 
I do think the Woodland Trust's fundraising costs and property
valuations need to be investigated. 
 
 
Yours faithfully
Angus Macmillan
www.roots-of-blood.org.uk
www.killhunting.org
www.con-servation.org.uk

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First, it is ridiculed;
Second, it is violently opposed; and
Third, it is accepted as self-evident. 
-- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)