Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 5

No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 9

THE GARDENS TRUST

The Society promotes the study of garden history through the publication of a journal, 'Garden History' and an annual conference, lectures, seminars and visits. The Society promotes the protection and conservation of historic parks, gardens and designed landscapes through a Conservation Committee and a team of Conservation Officers.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

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
31/12/22		£337	£375	£-37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21		£380	£329	£51	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20		£298	£265	£32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19		£288	£286	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18	*	£269	£268	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17		£278	£277	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16		£251	£283	£-32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15		£434	£98	£336	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/14		£169	£191	£-22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/13		£239	£267	£-28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/12		£235	£222	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/11		£202	£210	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/10		£273	£207	£66	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/09	*	£232	£215	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/08		£232	£215	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/07		£292	£200	£93	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/06		£140	£136	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/05		£192	£180	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/04		£192	£156	£36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Balance Sheet History

Established: 29 years

www.gardenhistorysociety.org

enquiries@gardenhistorysociety.org

02076082409

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

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

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Statutory Casework - Gardens Trust
£10,000	25/02/2022	Statutory casework- Responding to Listed Building Consent or similar notifications, providing pre-application planning advice- Providing professional advice to conservation officers, LPAs and other ....more Statutory casework- Responding to Listed Building Consent or similar notifications, providing pre-application planning advice- Providing professional advice to conservation officers, LPAs and other relevant professionals- Supporting work that addresses buildings at risk.- Advising public on LBC and planning issues- Database management for the notifications- Education and engagement production of magazines etc
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Gardens Trust
£75,700	18/03/2021	NL20: The Gardens Trust – Engaging with our Future
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Statutory Casework- Gardens Trust
£31,070	01/04/2020	Provision of statutory advice with regard to nationally designated designed landscapes within the planning system allowing expert advice to be brought to bear in relation to planning applications ....more Provision of statutory advice with regard to nationally designated designed landscapes within the planning system allowing expert advice to be brought to bear in relation to planning applications affecting sites on HEs Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England. Additionally, valuable data about trends in development and areas of particular risk are gathered and made more generally available. Through advice, guidance and training build capacity amongst County Garden Trusts and others who work with them to be more effectively involved in planning and conservation best practice.
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-National Capacity Building: Historic Landscape Project
£46,915	01/04/2020	The Historic Landscape Project (HLP) capacity builds volunteers, particularly from the County Gardens Trusts (CGTs) and Gardens Trust (GT), to work to conserve historic designed landscapes so they ....more The Historic Landscape Project (HLP) capacity builds volunteers, particularly from the County Gardens Trusts (CGTs) and Gardens Trust (GT), to work to conserve historic designed landscapes so they survive for public benefit as part of our national story and outdoor resource despite being more under threat than ever from built development, financial challenges, and lack of understanding and engagement.
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Expanding OASIS to include historic parks and gardens records: management plans data capture
£16,698	01/04/2020	This project will transfer the Gardens Trusts List of Conservation Management Plans to OASIS with the aim of positioning OASIS as the national and primary record capture for historic parks and ....more This project will transfer the Gardens Trusts List of Conservation Management Plans to OASIS with the aim of positioning OASIS as the national and primary record capture for historic parks and gardens.
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Statutory Casework- Gardens Trust
£10,357	01/04/2019	Provision of statutory advice with regard to nationally designated designed landscapes within the planning system allowing expert advice to be brought to bear in relation to planning applications ....more Provision of statutory advice with regard to nationally designated designed landscapes within the planning system allowing expert advice to be brought to bear in relation to planning applications affecting sites on HEs Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England. Additionally, valuable data about trends in development and areas of particular risk are gathered and made more generally available. Through advice, guidance and training build capacity amongst County Garden Trusts and others who work with them to be more effectively involved in planning and conservation best practice.
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-National Capacity Building: Historic Landscape Project
£15,638	01/04/2019	The Historic Landscape Project (HLP) capacity builds volunteers, particularly from the County Gardens Trusts (CGTs) and Gardens Trust (GT), to work to conserve historic designed landscapes so they ....more The Historic Landscape Project (HLP) capacity builds volunteers, particularly from the County Gardens Trusts (CGTs) and Gardens Trust (GT), to work to conserve historic designed landscapes so they survive for public benefit as part of our national story and outdoor resource despite being more under threat than ever from built development, financial challenges, and lack of understanding and engagement.
DCMS - ALB-HistoricEngland - Data not available for security reasons
£5,960	01/04/2018	ALB-HistoricEngland - Data not available for security reasons
DCMS - ALB-HistoricEngland-Statutory Casework- Gardens Trust
£40,615	01/04/2018	Provision of statutory advice with regard to nationally designated designed landscapes within the planning system allowing expert advice to be brought to bear in relation to planning applications ....more Provision of statutory advice with regard to nationally designated designed landscapes within the planning system allowing expert advice to be brought to bear in relation to planning applications affecting sites on HEs Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England. Additionally, valuable data about trends in development and areas of particular risk are gathered and made more generally available. Through advice, guidance and training build capacity amongst County Garden Trusts and others who work with them to be more effectively involved in planning and conservation best practice.
DCMS - ALB-HistoricEngland-Historic Landscape Project (Localism)- The Gardens Trust
£53,766	01/04/2018	The Historic Landscape Project (HLP) capacity builds County Gardens Trusts (CGTs) and Gardens Trust (GT) members across England to work proactively to conserve historic landscapes. This is largely ....more The Historic Landscape Project (HLP) capacity builds County Gardens Trusts (CGTs) and Gardens Trust (GT) members across England to work proactively to conserve historic landscapes. This is largely delivered through 1:1 support for CGTs, facilitation of internal and external networks, training resources, profile raising, and helping CGTs with engagement. The Gardens Trust is committed to long-term growth in the conservation activities of both itself and the County Gardens Trusts and is working to develop this strategically, on a sustainable footing. We seek critical funding from Historic England to allow for the creation and nurturing of broad, secure and skilled networks between CGTs, the GT and the wider sector as the basis for our wider capacity building and conservation work. In particular, we will initiate and support key collaborative initiatives amongst the CGTs and share these models as an exemplar for other CGTs.
DCMS - National Capacity Building Grant
£58,482	27/02/2018	Localism
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to East Midlands Gardens Trusts Group
£99,500	10/01/2018	Sharing Repton: Historic Landscapes for All
DCMS - ALB-HistoricEngland - Data not available for security reasons
£4,000	01/04/2017	ALB-HistoricEngland - Data not available for security reasons
DCMS - National Capacity Building Grants
£40,615	21/03/2017	Provision of statutory advice with regard to nationally designated designed landscapes within the planning system allowing expert advice to be brought to bear in relation to planning applications ....more Provision of statutory advice with regard to nationally designated designed landscapes within the planning system allowing expert advice to be brought to bear in relation to planning applications affecting sites on Historic England?s Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England. Additionally, gather valuable data about trends in development and areas of particular ?risk? and made more generally available.Through advice, guidance and training build capacity amongst County Garden Trusts and others who work with them to be more effectively involved in planning and conservation best practice.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-76

CATRIONA ROSE STENHOUSE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor

CHRISTOPHER JOHN BLANDFORD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

DEBORAH JANE EVANS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Landscape Architect And Heritage Consultant

DR CLARE HICKMAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: University Lecturer

ELIZABETH JANE WATSON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired

FRANCESCA HELEN ANNE MURRAY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director

GILLIAN SIAN SINCLAIR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Garden Historian

JOANNA ELIZABETH DAVIDSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Lecturer And Nursery Owner

PAUL ANTHONY RABBITTS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Parks And Open Spaces

PETER THOMAS HUGHES Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired Judge

RACHEL JANE SAVAGE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director Marketing Agency

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/03/1996, number: 1053446
Registered at Companies House on 22/02/1996, number: 03163187

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR18: 52 days late, AR09: 43 days late,

Main office

70 Cowcross Street
London
EC1M 6E

Objectives

(THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE “OBJECTS”) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:- 3.1.1 TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF GARDENS AND GARDENING, LANDSCAPE GARDENING AND HORTICULTURE IN ALL ITS ASPECTS; 3.1.2 TO PROMOTE THE PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF HISTORIC PARKS GARDENS AND DESIGNED LANDSCAPES AND TO PROMOTE AND ADVISE ON THEIR CONSERVATION; 3.1.3 TO PROMOTE CGTS AND THROUGH THEM, EDUCATION, APPRECIATION AND INVOLVEMENT OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE ARTS AND SCIENCES OF GARDEN LAND; AND 3.1.4 TO ENCOURAGE THE CREATION OF NEW PARKS, GARDENS AND DESIGNED LANDSCAPE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED