Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

THE GARDENS TRUST

The Society promotes the study of garden history through the publication of a journal, 'Garden History' and an annual conference, lectures, seminars and visits. The Society promotes the protection and conservation of historic parks, gardens and designed landscapes through a Conservation Committee and a team of Conservation Officers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age 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
  • The Board is predominantly female
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£303£419£-116n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£337£375£-37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£380£329£51n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£298£265£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£288£286£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18*£269£268£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£278£277£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£251£283£-32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£434£98£336n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£169£191£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£239£267£-28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£235£222£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£202£210£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£273£207£66n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09*£232£215£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£232£215£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£292£200£93n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£140£136£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£192£180£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£192£156£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 29 years

https://thegardenstrust.org/

enquiries@thegardenstrust.org

02076082409

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Statutory Casework - Gardens Trust
£10,000 25/02/2022
Statutory casework- Responding to Listed Building Consent or similar notifications, providing pre-application planning advice- Providing professional advice to conservation officers, LPAs and other relevant professionals- Supporting work that ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Gardens Trust
£75,700 18/03/2021
NL20: The Gardens Trust – Engaging with our Future
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Statutory Casework- Gardens Trust
£31,070 01/04/2020
Provision of statutory advice with regard to nationally designated designed landscapes within the planning system allowing expert advice to be brought to bear in relation to planning applications affecting sites on HEs Register of Historic Parks and ....more
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-National Capacity Building: Historic Landscape Project
£46,915 01/04/2020
The Historic Landscape Project (HLP) capacity builds volunteers, particularly from the County Gardens Trusts (CGTs) and Gardens Trust (GT), to work to conserve historic designed landscapes so they survive for public benefit as part of our national ....more
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Expanding OASIS to include historic parks and gardens records: management plans data capture
£16,698 01/04/2020
This project will transfer the Gardens Trusts List of Conservation Management Plans to OASIS with the aim of positioning OASIS as the national and primary record capture for historic parks and gardens.
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Statutory Casework- Gardens Trust
£10,357 01/04/2019
Provision of statutory advice with regard to nationally designated designed landscapes within the planning system allowing expert advice to be brought to bear in relation to planning applications affecting sites on HE’s Register of Historic Parks ....more
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-National Capacity Building: Historic Landscape Project
£15,638 01/04/2019
The Historic Landscape Project (HLP) capacity builds volunteers, particularly from the County Gardens Trusts (CGTs) and Gardens Trust (GT), to work to conserve historic designed landscapes so they survive for public benefit as part of our national ....more
DCMS - ALB-HistoricEngland - Data not available for security reasons
£5,960 01/04/2018
ALB-HistoricEngland - Data not available for security reasons
DCMS - ALB-HistoricEngland-Statutory Casework- Gardens Trust
£40,615 01/04/2018
Provision of statutory advice with regard to nationally designated designed landscapes within the planning system allowing expert advice to be brought to bear in relation to planning applications affecting sites on HEs Register of Historic Parks and ....more
DCMS - ALB-HistoricEngland-Historic Landscape Project (Localism)- The Gardens Trust
£53,766 01/04/2018
The Historic Landscape Project (HLP) capacity builds County Gardens Trusts (CGTs) and Gardens Trust (GT) members across England to work proactively to conserve historic landscapes. This is largely delivered through 1:1 support for CGTs, facilitation ....more
DCMS - National Capacity Building Grant
£58,482 27/02/2018
Localism
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to East Midlands Gardens Trusts Group
£99,500 10/01/2018
Sharing Repton: Historic Landscapes for All
DCMS - ALB-HistoricEngland - Data not available for security reasons
£4,000 01/04/2017
ALB-HistoricEngland - Data not available for security reasons
DCMS - National Capacity Building Grants
£40,615 21/03/2017
Provision of statutory advice with regard to nationally designated designed landscapes within the planning system allowing expert advice to be brought to bear in relation to planning applications affecting sites on Historic England?s Register of ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 33-77
  • CATRIONA ROSE HOYES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor
  • CHRISTOPHER JOHN BLANDFORD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
  • DEBORAH JANE EVANS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Landscape Architect And Heritage Consultant
  • DR CLARE HICKMAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: University Lecturer
  • DR VICTORIA THOMSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Chartered Town Planner
  • ELIZABETH JANE WATSON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired
  • FRANCESCA HELEN ANNE MURRAY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director
  • GILLIAN SIAN SINCLAIR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Garden Historian
  • JO BARNES Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Senior Conservation Manager
  • JOANNA ELIZABETH DAVIDSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Lecturer And Nursery Owner
  • RACHEL JANE SAVAGE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director Marketing Agency
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/03/1996, number: 1053446
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/02/1996, number: 03163187
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR18: 51 days late, AR09: 43 days late,
Main office

70 Cowcross Street
London
EC1M 6E

Objectives

(THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE “OBJECTS”) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:- 3.1.1 TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF GARDENS AND GARDENING, LANDSCAPE GARDENING AND HORTICULTURE IN ALL ITS ASPECTS; 3.1.2 TO PROMOTE THE PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF HISTORIC PARKS GARDENS AND DESIGNED LANDSCAPES AND TO PROMOTE AND ADVISE ON THEIR CONSERVATION; 3.1.3 TO PROMOTE CGTS AND THROUGH THEM, EDUCATION, APPRECIATION AND INVOLVEMENT OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE ARTS AND SCIENCES OF GARDEN LAND; AND 3.1.4 TO ENCOURAGE THE CREATION OF NEW PARKS, GARDENS AND DESIGNED LANDSCAPE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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