Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

THE LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE 

To protect, conserve and enhance the natural and built environment for the benefit of the public by promoting the arts and sciences of Landscape Architecture.
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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
  • 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£2,596£2,906£-309£0£1,636£1,6316.727800
31/03/22£2,431£2,511£-79£0£2,062£2,0569.825800
31/03/21£2,215£2,352£-137£0£2,034£2,02910.426800
31/03/20£2,313£2,465£-152£0£1,886£1,8769.125800
31/03/19£2,270£2,289£-18£0£2,144£2,13311.219800
31/03/18£2,133£1,990£143£0£2,103£2,09112.6150
31/03/17£2,529£2,463£66£0£1,970£1,9559.5210
31/03/16£2,275£2,164£110£0£1,920£1,90410.6200
31/03/15*£1,923£1,820£103£194£1,810£1,79411.8170
31/03/14£1,803£1,690£113£124£1,707£1,69112140
31/03/13£1,676£1,636£40£143£995£9847.2130
31/03/12£1,707£1,612£95£115£955£9397130
31/03/11£1,740£1,553£187£92£840£8276.4140
31/03/10£1,757£1,498£259£125£630£6174.9150
31/03/09£1,812£2,169£-357£59£125£1120.6200
31/03/08£1,879£2,100£-221£56£562£5493.1200
31/03/07*£1,733£1,756£-23£49£513£5003.4190
31/03/06*£1,732£1,655£77£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£1,328£1,389£-60£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£884£879£4£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 31%
Liabilities/Income: 29%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 6.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.4
Asset Split ?
Established: 25 years
(54 years as a company)

www.landscapeinstitute.org

mail@landscapeinstitute.org

03308082230

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UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 27 employees
  • 800 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Landscape Institute
£1,050,300 28/01/2014
Capability Brown Festival

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/01/1999, number: 1073396
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/01/1970, number: RC000767
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR15: 4 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 52 days late, AR04: 131 days late,
Main office

Landscape Institute
85 Tottenham Court Road
LONDON
W1T 4TQ

Objectives

TO PROTECT, CONSERVE AND ENHANCE THE NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING THE ARTS AND SCIENCES OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE (AS SUCH EXPRESSION IS HEREINAFTER DEFINED)AND ITS SEVERAL APPLICATIONS AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE THE DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE RELATING TO THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION THEREIN, AND IN PARTICULAR TO ESTABLISH, UPHOLD AND ADVANCE THE STANDARDS OF EDUCATION, QUALIFICATION, COMPETENCE AND CONDUCT OF THOSE WHO PRACTISE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AS A PROFESSION AND TO DETERMINE STANDARDS AND CRITERIA FOR EDUCATION TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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