Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 0

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2

Large volunteers +5

Overall GiG Score: 1

YORKSHIRE GARDENS TRUST

Conserve and foster Yorkshire's garden, park and designed landscape heritage. Volunteers undertake research and recording, advice and assist with conservation, support horticulture in schools. Some grants are made for conservation and schools projects in Yorkshire.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management 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

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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
30/09/22		£20	£22	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
30/09/21		£14	£12	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
30/09/20		£8	£9	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/09/19		£17	£14	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
30/09/18		£14	£16	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	30
30/09/17		£14	£17	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/16		£38	£40	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/15		£66	£16	£50	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/14		£31	£36	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/13		£18	£33	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/12	*	£8	£17	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/11		£14	£18	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/10	*	£69	£34	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/09		£13	£13	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/08		£11	£10	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/07		£17	£11	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/06		£11	£9	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/05		£9	£9	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/04		£9	£9	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 27 years

www.yorkshiregardenstrust.org.uk

secretary@yorkshiregardenstrust.org.uk

01904557570

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
30 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CHRISTINE BEEVERS Appointed: 2021

MADALYN JOY HUGHES Appointed: 2019

MICHAEL BRENDAN MOWFORTH Appointed: 2022

ROGER LAMBERT Appointed: 2021

VALERIE JANE HEPWORTH

VICTORIA PRICE Appointed: 2017

GAIL FALKINGHAM Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: LANDSCAPE RESEARCH CENTRE LTD,

PENELOPE DAWSON-BROWN, Other trusteeship: THE FRIENDS OF LASTINGHAM CHURCH,

PROFESSOR GILLIAN MARY PARKER Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: YORKSHIRE BACH CHOIR,

CHRISTOPHER CHARLES WEBB (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Trustee, Other trusteeships: YORK CIVIC TRUST, THE ROWNTREE SOCIETY,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/02/1997, number: 1060697
Registered at Companies House on 01/01/1970, number: 32563311

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR12: 119 days late, AR10: 23 days late,

Main office

UHY Calvert Smith
Heritage House
Murton Way
Osbaldwick
York
YO19 5UW

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE: (1) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ON MATTERS CONNECTED WITH GARDEN LAND. (2) TO PROMOTE THE PROTECTION, CONSERVATION AND APPROPRIATE TREATMENT OF WHATEVER GARDEN LAND MAY EXIST OR HAVE EXISTED IN AND AROUND THE COUNTIES OF NORTH YORKSHIRE, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, EAST YORKSHIRE AND WEST YORKSHIRE FOR THE EDUCATION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE PUBLIC. 1.2 THIS PROVISION MAY BE AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION BUT ONLY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMMISSION. GARDEN LAND MEANS GARDEN, PARK AND DESIGNED LANDSCAPE AND PLACES USED FOR RECREATION OF HIGH AMENITY AND EDUCATIONAL VALUE IN A NATIONAL, REGIONAL, COUNTY OR LOCAL CONTEXT. IT INCLUDES ENCLOSURES, BOUNDARIES, EARTHWORKS, PARK AND GARDEN BUILDINGS, OTHER STRUCTURES AND ERECTIONS AND ASSOCIATED PLANT, MACHINERY AND SYSTEMS, SCULPTURE, GARDEN AND PARK FURNITURE, ORNAMENTAL WOODLAND, PLANTING, GATES, IRONWORK, DRIVES, PATHS AND ROADWAYS, LAKES, WATER COURSES, MEADOWS, AND INCLUDES LAND ASSOCIATED BY VIEW, MANAGEMENT OR OTHERWISE WITH GARDEN LAND. AMENITY AND EDUCATIONAL VALUE? IN RELATION TO GARDEN LAND MEANS LAND WHICH HAS INTEREST: FOR ITS AESTHETIC VALUE OR ITS VALUE AS A WORK OF ART; FOR ITS HISTORIC INTEREST. GARDEN LAND IS OF HISTORIC INTEREST WHEN: IT DEMONSTRATES SOME SIGNIFICANT ASPECT OF THE HISTORY OF GARDEN LANDS. IT HAS SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS. IT HAS GROUP VALUE WITH BUILDINGS, MONUMENTS OR OTHER LAND AND THE GROUP IS OF HISTORIC INTEREST. FOR ITS HORTICULTURAL, ARBORICULTURAL, SILVICULTURAL QUALITIES OR POTENTIAL. FOR ITS ARCHITECTURE. FOR ITS SCENIC VALUE. FOR ITS NATURE CONSERVATION QUALITY OR POTENTIAL. FOR ITS ARCHAEOLOGICAL VALUE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH YORKSHIRE,SOUTH YORKSHIRE, EAST YORKSHIRE AND WEST YORKSHIRE

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