Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

CAREW POLE GARDEN TRUST 

The Trust owns these historic woodland gardens, listed Grade 2*, based on a design by Humphrey Repton which adjoin Antony House, Cornwall (a National Trust property), which are regularly open to the public. The gardens are also used for the purposes of research, with a view to furthering the study and science of botany and the improvement of the methods and practice of horticulture.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

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
31/03/23£109£141£-32n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/22£115£126£-11n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/21£100£115£-15n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/20*£105£132£-27n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/19£78£95£-17n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/18£83£82£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£85£83£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£80£87£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£66£76£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£69£65£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£89£64£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£72£83£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£67£77£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£107£115£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£123£57£66£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£104£140£-35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£68£133£-65£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£56£58£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£56£67£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£66£45£21£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 48 years

www.antonywoodlandgarden.com

ian@antonyestate.com

01752 815303

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Poverty relief
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Cornwall,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 3 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/01/1976, number: 268964
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • 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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR20: 4 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR14: 14 days late, AR13: 5 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

THE ESTATE OFFICE
ANTONY
TORPOINT
PL11 3AB

Objectives

AS AND FOR A GARDEN FOR THE ONJOYMENT OF THE PUBLIC AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF RESEARCH (BY THE GROWTH AND PROPAGATION OF TREES AND PLANTS) WITH A VIEW TO THE FURTHERANCE OF THE STUDY AND SCIENCE OF BOTANY AND THE INCREASE OF KNOWLEDGE IN RESPECT THEREOF AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE METHODS AND PRACTICE OF HORTICULTURE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ANTONY HOUSE TORPOINT CORNWALL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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