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Directors' report period ended
The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 31 March 2025
Additional information
This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to small companies within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006
Directors
The director shown below has held office during the whole of the period from
1 April 2024
to
31 March 2025
The above report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions in part 15 of the Companies Act 2006
This report was approved by the board of directors on
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
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The notes form part of these financial statements
This report was approved by the board of directors on
and signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
The notes form part of these financial statements
for the Period Ended 31 March 2025
Basis of measurement and preparation
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As previously reported, the More Coppice Into Productive Management project (funded by the Forestry Commission’s Woods Into Management Forestry Innovation Fund) on behalf of the National Coppice Federation, was the main source of revenue for the Company in the reporting period, which ended at the end of March 2025. The Project has had a significant impact in raising the profile of a niche and specialist area of forestry and raised the profile of the National Coppice Federation and the Company. The support and information resources produced through the project leave a positive and significant legacy, including a new coppicespecific woodland grant in Countryside Stewardship (FY6 restore Coppicing in Woodlands) developed with Defra and the Forestry Commission, and for which the Project was instrumental in helping introduce. The Company Director became a Chartered Forester with the Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF) in December 2024, and the Company became a formally registered organisation with the ICF, both of which have deepened the professional standing of the Company as it relates to forestry. The Company continues to be a signatory to the UK Forestry and Climate Change Accord, CIEEM’s Climate Action 2023 Pledge, and a formal Registered Practice with CIEEM. An application was also in preparation to get the Company training courses formally accredited by Lantra (one of the leading land-based skills certification bodies). All the accreditations and initiatives mentioned above, combined, demonstrate the Company’s commitment to work to high standards of quality and professionalism and take a lead on the climate & biodiversity emergency, and in turn, demonstrate a unique selling point from its competitors. That being said, work has still been slow expanding on the Company’s Climate Responsibility Policy, by producing a draft carbon reduction and offsetting plan and updated calculations – again this has not happened due to staff capacity pressures and workload. The Company will seek to focus again on this in the next financial year (2025/2026). The Company continues to employ only the Director. To make the Company more resilient and assist with growth, there was ongoing consideration from November 2024 about how to grow the business e.g. with an informal network of trusted subcontractors/associates and reaching out to colleagues in other companies. There was an appreciably greater turnover in the reporting period compared to 2024 and slightly less expenses (including slightly less wage costs), leading to the Company making an overall modest profit in the period when offset with the loss in 2024. Despite making a modest overall profit in the financial year reported, the look ahead into the subsequent financial year was bleak with very little in the way of new work opportunities being available despite efforts to generate work.
Stakeholders relevant to the Company’s business operations are predominantly its clients. There has been no formal consultation in the reporting period, though informal client feedback is received via the Company’s Trustpilot page and via Google Forms online for the Company’s training courses. Feedback received continues to be really positive, and clients really appreciate our work to help them engage more closely with sustainably managed existing woodlands. We will use the feedback regarding training courses to improve our service offering going forward into 2025/2026
No remuneration was received
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
24 November 2025
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Graham Morgan
Status: Director