Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

CULTIVATE LONDON LTD

Cultivate London provides youth training in a practical horticulture setting; we run a social enterprise, whereby all income generated by horticultural activities and landscaping services is directed back towards running the enterprise. This then allows us to continue to provide work and training for the young people with whom we work.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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
31/03/23£278£333£-55n/an/an/an/an/an/a
?31/03/22£359£353£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£193£231£-37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£261£282£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£242£270£-27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£340£281£59n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17*£341£340£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£292£291£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£226£230£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£196£208£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£179£168£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 13 years

www.cultivatelondon.org

admin@cultivatelondon.org

02089924941

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
London Borough of Hounslow£121,281
OVO Foundation£25,000
Greater London Authority£18,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Cultivate London
£710 01/02/2024
To create a bright, welcoming mural celebrating the volunteer community at The Salopian Garden
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Cultivate London
£28,761 14/07/2023
Community food growing incorporating the circular economy way of reuse recycle, repair and share. Establish active gardening clubs that will be self sustaining after the project.
OVO Foundation - Community Impact
£25,000 22/06/2023
This grant will be used to support Cultivate London's outreach project in local primary schools. Their seed to plate programme teaches children about food, following the journey from sowing seeds to harvesting and eating. They'll also be increasing ....more
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Cultivate London
£16,210 20/01/2023
Green infrastucture improvements to Salopien Gardens
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Cultivate London
£25,000 22/12/2021
Expand our Hive community horticultural outreach programme, opening to new groups in housing estates
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Cultivate London
£900 14/12/2021
A series of outdoor Spring learning sessions for pre-school children to find out about gardening, nature, plants and growing food
Greater London Authority - Grant to DIG Hanwell
£18,000 06/03/2021
This project aims to deliver a 2560m2 community garden with hub space looking to run educational and volunteering activities around horticulture. It aims to connect through collaboration a range of community groups to use the space. Through engaging ....more
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Cultivate London
£49,700 06/08/2020
12
Evolving the community garden in Isleworth so that it can act as a hive centre. Develop satelite community gardens
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Cultivate London
£12,800 11/11/2019
12
Providing free food growing and healthy eating sessions at the Salopian Garden in Isleworth for school children.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Cultivate London
£8,049 19/11/2018
9
Cultivate London will work with Soup4Lunch to offering gardening sessions and a communal lunch to 30 older and vulnerable adults.  It aims to reduces loneliness and improve health and wellbeing.   
Wates Foundation - Cultivate London 2018
£10,000 15/05/2018
To fund a young person through a level 2 diploma in horticulture at Capel Manor College.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£10,000 03/05/2017
24
Seed to Plate on the Ethelburga Estate
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Cultivate London
£19,841 04/07/2016
13
To employ a trainee supervisor who will support NEET young people on its horticulture training and apprenticeship programme
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Cultivate London
£18,000 18/02/2016
11
Horticultural skills training, work experience and support into employment and further education/training for NEET young people. Based on growing sites in Isleworth, Brentford and Acton.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Cultivate London
£15,000 19/02/2014
12
To deliver a training and apprenticeship programme for NEET young people, as set out in Schedule 3.
National Lottery Community Fund - Cultivate London
£10,000 16/08/2012
12
This is a project by a charity in Ealing. The group will use the funding to purchase a polytunnel to successfully continue the social enterprise they run for young people who are NEET training in IT, horticulture and retail. This will provide a dry ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-65
  • ANNIE XIAOHUA SHI Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Head Of Sales Ops
  • DAVID ALEXANDER LARKAM Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Occupation Financial Analyst
  • MARIE-CLAIRE MEISELS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Business Executive
  • NICHOLAS IAN KILBY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • SARA JANE WARD Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Entrepreneur
  • STEPHEN WILLIAM POCOCK (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Environment Campaign Coordinator, Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/04/2012, number: 1147015
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/12/2010, number: 07474198
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
11 returns made; AR17: 1 days late,
Main office

Cultivate London Ltd
Hanbury Road
LONDON
W3 8RF

Objectives

THE PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF HORTICULTURE AND GREEN SPACES, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE LEARNING, TRAINING AND WORK OPPORTUNITIES TO DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITY GROUPS AND SCHOOL GROUPS, THEREBY SUPPORTING AND ENHANCING LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN LONDON. THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND INCREASED OPPORTUNITY, ENABLING INDIVIDUALS TO BE BETTER EQUIPPED TO IDENTIFY AND SUSTAIN SUITABLE EMPLOYMENT, WHILST BUILDING CONFIDENCE AND CONNECTION THROUGH INCREASED KNOWLEDGE AND CAPABILITY. THE ADVANCEMENT OF COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL COHESION THROUGH DEVELOPING SHARED APPRECIATION FOR GREEN SPACES AND THE POWER OF HORTICULTURAL EDUCATION.THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY PROVIDING INCREASED BIODIVERSITY IN PUBLIC AND COMMERCIAL SPACES TO HELP REDUCE THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE, WHILST CREATING NEW AND/OR ENHANCING GREEN SPACES FOR RESIDENTS IN WEST LONDON. THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HORTICULTURE, LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION AND SUSTAINABLE LIVING PRACTICES, IN ORDER TO PROMOTE AND IMPROVE THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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