Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 7

Strong growth: +2
Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

Static board: -3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 4

ERLAS VICTORIAN WALLED GARDEN

The project will provide a safe, caring and supportive environment, for up to 25 beneficiaries, who will be encouraged to participate in a range of activities which will help to maintain, and bring about an improvement in their mental and physical abilities. They will gain skills and develop good working practices which will help them should they wish to move onto more formal employment

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

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

Established: 15 years

www.erlas.org

info@erlas.org

01978265058

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£186	£239	£-53	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	27
31/03/22		£222	£189	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/21		£199	£109	£90	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	42
31/03/20		£119	£111	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	49
31/03/19		£109	£108	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	37
31/03/18		£158	£127	£31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17?		£165	£167	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/15		£109	£103	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/14		£73	£53	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/13		£58	£47	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/12	*	£59	£46	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/11		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
24/10/10		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

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

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Flintshire, Wrexham,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
27 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Henry Smith Charity	£218,300
National Lottery Community Fund	£59,268
Garfield Weston Foundation	£15,000
Steve Morgan Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to Erlas Victorian Walled Garden
£5,000	24/05/2022	For emergency works on the glasshouse windows
National Lottery Community Fund - GROWING TOGETHER - a Jubilee Legacy and 20 year Celebration
£50,000	03/03/2022	Erlas Victorian Walled Garden will use their £50000 Queen's Platinum Jubilee grant to create a fully accessible Jubilee Garden with a sensory aspect so they can reach more people. The Jubilee Garden ....more Erlas Victorian Walled Garden will use their £50000 Queen's Platinum Jubilee grant to create a fully accessible Jubilee Garden with a sensory aspect so they can reach more people. The Jubilee Garden will particularly support those with learning disabilities and/or mental health issues to engage in all aspects of the project delivery working alongside the wider community. The grant will pay for staff landscaping and planting the new garden and volunteers.
National Lottery Community Fund - Construct a new polytunnel with disabled access for returning community groups
£9,268	28/09/2021	Erlas Victorian Walled Garden in Wrexham will use £9268 to replace the poly tunnel to improve access for people with mobility issues and support people with confidence strength improving social ....more Erlas Victorian Walled Garden in Wrexham will use £9268 to replace the poly tunnel to improve access for people with mobility issues and support people with confidence strength improving social skills and feel part of the community.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Erlas Victorian Walled Garden
£68,300	29/03/2021	towards one year's running costs of a project providing support to adults with learning disabilities impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in North-East Wales, Cheshire and Shropshire.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	17/07/2020	To employ an architect to design 'traditional' office/training accommodation and apply for planning permission for the building within the grounds of a restored walled garden.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Erlas Victorian Walled Garden
£150,000	19/03/2020 36	towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing support to adults with learning disabilities in North-East Wales, Cheshire and Shropshire
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Erlas Victorian Walled Garden
£4,967	29/11/2017	We want to buy materials and equipment to build pathways around the gardens and wildlife areas so all community members can visit and enjoy.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Erlas Victorian Walled Garden
£90,000	08/12/2016 36	towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of an accredited horticultural project in Wrexham for adults with learning disabilities
National Lottery Community Fund - Erlas Victorian Walled Garden: Growing a Community
£14,600	01/06/2016 6	Erlas Victorian Walled Garden: Growing a Community
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Erlas Victorian Walled Garden
£39,600	04/12/2014 24	towards two years' running costs of an accredited horticultural project for adults with learning disabilities in Wrexham
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Erlas Victorian Walled Garden
£12,600	26/04/2013	Funding towards general running costs will allow this Wrexham based charity to deliver accredited horticultural qualifications and other life skills to adults with disabilities

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 58-79

ANDREW PARRY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Business Consultant

BRIAN RICHARD FORHEAD Appointed: 2019

HELEN DAWN HUGHES Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Teacher

IAN MACINNES Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired

MICHAEL JOHN MEADOWS Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: WREXHAM DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL,

RICHARD MARTIN LEWIS Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Fe Lecturer

ROBERT IAN GOW Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

ROSEMARY ISABELLA BIRCH Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired

STANLEY VICTOR MOORE (Chair) Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeships: WILD GROUND, WREXHAM U3A, KING'S MILL COMMUNITY TRUST,

STEPHAN GRAHAM WILLIAMS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/09/2009, number: 1131830
Registered at Companies House on 24/10/2008, number: 06732314

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

13 returns made; AR12: 29 days late,

Main office

Erlas Victorian Walled Garden
Bryn Estyn Road
WREXHAM
LL13 9TY

Objectives

1) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES BY PROVIDING MEANINGFUL DAYTIME ACTIVITY, EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE IN HORTICULTURE AND AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THIS ENABLE THEM TO OBTAIN LIFE SKILLS SO THAT SUCH PERSONS CAN DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CAPACITIES AND GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY THUS IMPROVING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE; AND2) TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT THROUGH THE MAINTENANCE OF ERLAS VICTORIAN WALLED GARDEN FOR THE EDUCATION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE PUBLIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED.

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