Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 2

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -4

BETH CHATTO EDUCATION TRUST

Education, Inspiration and Enjoyment for all through Plants and Gardens. Courses, workshops and events in the subjects of horticulture, ecology, sustainability, wildlife and conservation. RHS qualifications, garden design, photography and art. School visits and Forest Schools. Garden activity programme for children and families. Community initiatives. Partnerships. Awarding student grant support.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
There are only 4 trustees
The Board is completely female

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

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
31/12/22		£259	£237	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/12/21		£50	£78	£-28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/12/20	*	£40	£52	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/12/19		£110	£112	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/12/18		£205	£190	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	10
31/12/17?		£100	£60	£40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/16		£33	£30	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 9 years

www.bethchatto.co.uk

julia@bethchatto.co.uk

01206 822007

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Provides services

Where it operates

Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2 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
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Beth Chatto Education Trust (BCET)
£500	14/02/2023	to provide an uplift in funding for the core costs of the organisation through the cost-of-living crisis
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Beth Chatto Education Trust (BCET)
£4,435	24/11/2022	towards the core costs of an organisation running educational activities engaging children with environmental activities in Tendring
Essex Community Foundation - Garden Access Project for Schools (GAPS)
£3,000	13/03/2020 6	to run five days of activities for local schools in Colchester to learn about nature and the environment

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 55-76

CHRISTINE EVE SOPHIA SOUTH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Rhs Tutor

JULIA MARY BOULTON (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Company Director The Beth Chat

MARY ELIZABETH MARSHALL Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired

DR CATHERINE NATALIA CLOTILDE HORWOOD BARWISE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Author And Biographer, Other trusteeship: CAMDEN HIGHLINE,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/07/2015, number: 1162486
Registered at Companies House on 04/11/2014, number: 09295519

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; AR20: 3 days late,

Main office

Beth Chatto Education Trust
Beth Chatto Gardens
Clacton Road
Elmstead
COLCHESTER
CO7 7DB

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC SPECIFICALLY IN THE SUBJECTS OF HORTICULTURE,CONSERVATION, WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND THE PRESERVATION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING BY: A) PROVISION OF EDUCATION COURSES, WORKSHOPS AND EXPERIENCES B) AWARDING INDIVIDUAL GRANTS AND MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES TO THOSE FURTHERING THE CORE VALUES OF THIS CHARITY.

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