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home >> charity search >> ventnor botanic garden friends' society
Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 8
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Gov Income
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

VENTNOR BOTANIC GARDEN FRIENDS' SOCIETY

The Society holds lectures, discussions, demonstrations, workshops and seminars at Ventnor Botanic Garden (VBG); it maintains and develops a reference library of horticultural books ; promotes school visits and tours of the Garden to all age groups; gives horticultural assist in VBG under Curator's direction; raises funds for specific projects at VBG
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received Government grants

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently
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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
30/09/23£17£18£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/22£18£16£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/21£31£35£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/20£23£45£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/19£56£53£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/18£47£49£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.ventnorbotanicfriends.org.uk

info@ventnorbotanicfriends.org.uk

01983872519

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Land or water management
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Isle Of Wight,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • JENNIFER JANE PARKER Appointed: 2019
  • TIMOTHY WILLIAM WOODCOCK Appointed: 2017
  • VALERIE JEAN PITTS (Chair) Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/09/2017, number: 1174751
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from VENTNOR BOTANIC GARDEN FRIENDS' SOCIETY on 31/10/2020
Main office

The Old Cottage
Upper Green Road
St. Helens
RYDE
Isle Of Wight
PO33 1UQ

Objectives

THE SOCIETY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN BOTANY, HORTICULTURE, ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AT VENTNOR BOTANIC GARDEN, AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) HOLDING LECTURES, DISCUSSIONS, DEMONSTRATIONS, WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS;(B) MAINTAINING AND DEVELOPING A REFERENCE LIBRARY OF HORTICULTURE BOOKS AND JOURNALS;(C) PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING SCHOOL VISITS AND GUIDED TOURS TO FURTHER THE EDUCATION OF ALL AGE GROUPS:(D) GIVING SUCH HORTICULTURAL AND OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE IN VENTNOR BOTANIC GARDEN UNDER THE DIRECTION AND WITH THE AGREEMENT OF THE CURATOR, AND PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE TO ALL STAFF THROUGH VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE;(E) RAISING FUNDS FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS WITHIN VENTNOR BOTANIC GARDEN

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Charity Commission for England and Wales

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