Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 0

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3

Overall GiG Score: 4

SOMERSET GARDENS TRUST

To promote the education of the public on matters connected with garden landscaping and to survey, preserve, enhance and recreate landscapes that exist or have existed in Somerset.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	*	£29	£36	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/22		£9	£12	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21		£6	£5	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£28	£25	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/19		£31	£27	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/18		£10	£13	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£24	£24	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£12	£15	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£28	£15	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£30	£27	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£20	£18	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£17	£17	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£8	£8	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£16	£14	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£33	£33	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£8	£12	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£24	£22	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£10	£6	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£22	£18	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£7	£4	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 32 years

www.somersetgardenstrust.org.uk

stuart_senior@msn.com

01823442344

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Grant-making foundations

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides human resources
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Somerset,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
20 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 60-91

DEBORAH JOY STANLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

JENNIFER LINDSAY LANGFORD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

MARY FELICITY LANG Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

PATRICIA ANNE KAILE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

DIANA HEBDITCH (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired

DAVID STUART SENIOR Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: THE HARDY PLANT SOCIETY,

JAMES GORDON SHUTE HARRIS Appointed: 1998, Occupation: Solicitor, Other trusteeships: GREENCOMBE GARDEN TRUST, LORAINE TRUST,

JULIAN ROBERT GIBBS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired

JANE ELISABETH BERESFORD WARMINGTON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: PYNCOMBE CHARITY,

PRIMROSE MILLICENT ELAIN MALLET-HARRIS, Occupation: Solicitor

THE REVD MERVYN RAYMOND ALWYN WILSON, Occupation: Retired

VICTORIA THALIA BANHAM Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: THE RINGSTEAD PROTECTION SOCIETY,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/02/1992, number: 1008194
Registered at Companies House on 22/05/1991, number: 02613559

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 28 days late,

Main office

Unit A
82 James Carter Road
Mildenhall
BURY ST. EDMUNDS
Suffolk
IP28 7DE

Objectives

(A)TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ON MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE ARTS AND SCIENCES OF GARDEN LANDSCAPES (B)TO PRESERVE ENHANCE AND RECREATE FOR THE EDUCATION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE PUBLIC WHATEVER GARDEN LANDSCAPES MAY EXIST OR HAVE EXISTED IN OR AROUND THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOMERSET

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