Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 5

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 12

THE GIBBERD GARDEN TRUST

The maintenance of the house and grounds as designed by Sir Frederick Gibberd, opening to the public and the education and promotion of public knowledge and understanding of architecture.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 28 years

www.thegibberdgarden.co.uk

enquiries@thegibberdgarden.co.uk

01279442112

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£114	£93	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/22	£90	£87	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/21	£84	£65	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	32
31/03/20?	£106	£109	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/12/18	£84	£94	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	70
31/12/17	£96	£64	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£64	£75	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	£61	£64	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14	£67	£72	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13	£84	£53	£31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12	£54	£58	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11	£66	£60	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10	£72	£60	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09?	£70	£69	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/08	£55	£51	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/07	£47	£81	£-34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/06	£68	£51	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/05	£66	£64	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/04	£91	£58	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Environment/Conservation/Heritage

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Essex, Hertfordshire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
40 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 Gibberd Garden Trust
£4,000	16/02/2023	To support the development of the sensory garden and paths to increase disability access at the Grade II listed Gibberd Garden in Harlow
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Gibberd Garden Trust
£8,000	19/05/2022	To support the upkeep and development of the Grade II listed Gibberd Garden in Harlow
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Gibberd Garden Trust
£7,965	26/10/2020	To support the upkeep and development of the Grade II listed Gibberd Garden in Harlow
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Gibberd Garden Trust
£8,000	22/11/2019	To support the upkeep and development of the Grade II listed Gibberd Garden in Harlow
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Gibberd Garden Trust
£10,000	16/10/2018	To support the upkeep and development of the Grade II listed Gibberd Garden in Harlow
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Gibberd Garden Trust
£8,000	02/10/2017	To support the upkeep and development of the Grade II listed Gibberd Garden in Harlow
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Gibberd Garden Trust
£8,000	23/02/2017	To support the upkeep and development of the Grade II listed Gibberd Garden in Harlow

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANTHONY JOHN EVANS Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: THE HARLOW HEALTH CENTRES TRUST LIMITED,

CHERITH MURIEL LOWRY Appointed: 2021

DR DAVID ALEXANDER FARNINGHAM Appointed: 2022

LINDA ANTOINE HILTON Appointed: 2024

MALCOLM GEORGE QUINTON Appointed: 2019

MICHAEL RALPH DANVERS (Chair) Appointed: 2016

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/03/1996, number: 1053608

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Main office

The House
Marsh Lane
HARLOW
Essex
CM17 0NA

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT AND BENEFIT OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND THOSE OF HARLOW AND THE SURRONUDING AREA OF ESSEX AND HERTFORDSHIRE IN PARTICULAR (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) (A) THE MAINTENANCE (SO FAR AS PRACTICAL) OF THE HOUSE AND GROUNDS AS DESIGNED OR LAID OUT BY SIR FEDERICK GIBBERD AND OPENING THEM TO THE PUBLIC (SO FAR AS PRACTICAL); (B) THE PRESERVATION AND PUBLIC DISPLAY (SO FAR AS PRACTICAL) AS THEY WERE ARRANGED BY SIR FREDERICK GIBBERD OF THE WORKS OF ART AND OTHER CHATTELS OF ARTISTIC ORNAMENTAL OR HISTORICAL INTREST CONTAINED OR FORMERLY CONTAINED IN THE HOUSE AND GROUND; (C) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION AND SCHOLARSHIP IN ART ARCHITECTURE PLANNING LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE OR SUCH OTHER BRANCHES OF LEARNING OR EDUCATION AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT; (D) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF ART ARCHITECTURE PLANNING LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND ALLIED SUBJECTS; (E) THE PROVISION OF THE GROUNDS AS A PUBLIC OPEN SPACE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HARLOW AND THE SURROUNDING AREA OF ESSEX AND HERTFORDSHIRE.

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