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Finance Score: -9
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 4
  • Excess reserves: -2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

THE ALNWICK GARDEN TRUST

The Vision and Mission Statement - The Alnwick Garden cultivates communities and raises aspirations in a place of beauty. Fearlessly inspiring and connecting people in an inclusive garden environment that creates learning opportunities and enriches lives.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £15,120,315 available, equivalent to 25 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
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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
31/03/23£8,365£7,293£1,072£3,014£15,669£15,12024.915484
31/03/22£6,976£6,384£592£2,625£14,597£14,03526.412476
31/03/21£3,924£4,617£-692£1,259£14,004£13,465357975
31/03/20£6,269£5,316£953£1,212£14,697£14,1973210979
31/03/19£5,180£6,251£-1,072£2,327£13,744£13,23825.49987
31/03/18£5,099£6,213£-1,114£2,455£14,816£14,30027.61340
31/03/17£4,702£5,694£-992£193£15,930£15,47532.61330
31/03/16£4,661£5,477£-816£185£16,922£16,12435.31160
31/03/15£4,382£5,433£-1,051£1,766£12,678£11,90526.31230
31/03/14£4,355£5,613£-1,258£2,059£13,728£13,094281120
31/03/13£5,514£6,702£-1,188£2,797£14,987£14,539261570
31/03/12£4,676£6,282£-1,606£2,849£16,175£15,97930.51460
31/03/11£5,086£6,240£-1,154£2,928£17,781£17,64233.91600
31/03/10£8,180£5,911£2,270£2,699£18,935£18,91438.41050
31/03/09£5,506£6,189£-684£2,708£16,665£16,66332.31030
31/03/08£6,687£6,799£-112£3,047£17,349£16,66029.41090
31/03/07£6,322£6,648£-326£3,048£17,460£17,23731.11000
31/03/06*£7,627£5,244£2,383n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£7,228£3,596£3,632n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£9,344£2,727£6,618n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 58.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 41.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £130,000-£140,000
Liabilities/Assets: 51%
Liabilities/Income: 198%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 24.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 22 years

www.alnwickgarden.com

info@alnwickgarden.com

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Land or water management
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Alnwick Garden Trust
£1,000 09/06/2022
Running costs of the elderberries project
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Alnwick Garden Trust
£500 29/04/2021
Running costs of the Elderberries project
DCMS - The Alnwick Garden
£90,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
The Shears Foundation - The Alnwick Garden
£35,000 11/11/2019
Roots and Shoots
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Alnwick Garden Trust
£80,100 17/10/2018
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The Alnwick Garden Grow into Work programme.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-73
  • CHRISTOPHER ROBERT ROBSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • DR CATHERINE BRENDA KALSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • JANE NORTHUMBERLAND Appointed: 2002, Occupation: Director
  • JONATHAN BLACKIE (Chair) Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Regional Director
  • JOHN HADDON LOVETT Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director
  • SIR JAMES HENRY LEIGH-PEMBERTON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: None
  • SIR JAMES MACKEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chief Executive
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/01/2003, number: 1095435
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/11/2002, number: 04584694
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • 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; AR06: 0 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

The Alnwick Garden
Gardeners Cottage
Greenwell Road
ALNWICK
NE66 1HB

Objectives

(A) THE ACQUISITION AND PRESERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF PLACES OF HISTORICAL OR ARCHAEOLOGICAL INTEREST OR OF NATURAL OR CULTIVATED BEAUTY IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND THE PROVISION OF READY ACCESS TO THEM BY THE PUBLIC(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF CHARITY

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTHUMBERLAND

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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