Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

SCOTSWOOD NATURAL COMMUNITY GARDEN LIMITED

Based in the grounds of the John Marley Centre, in Scotswood, the charity offers a wide range of activities linked to sustainability issues and improving mental health and well-being. The programmes include: educational workshops, youth groups, older peoples services, volunteering and training. The charity is involved with a range of environmental and community based projects within the area.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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
31/03/23£655£522£134£0£480£3999.22185
31/03/22*£578£467£111£20£346£27271065
31/03/21£485£398£88n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£378£348£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£340£337£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£270£267£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£151£192£-41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£188£149£39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£115£162£-47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£320£282£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£356£213£142n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 35%
Liabilities/Income: 39%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 83%
Reserves/Spending: 9.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 1.9
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 13 years

www.scotswoodgarden.org.uk

office@sncg.org.uk

0191275 0000

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside, Sunderland,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Heritage Fund£249,800
Henry Smith Charity£234,300
National Lottery Community Fund£219,868
DCMS£185,327
Tudor Trust£147,000
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£138,515
Wolfson Foundation£75,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£55,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Shears Foundation - Scotswood Garden
£5,500 12/10/2023
Breeze Forest School Project
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£5,000 30/03/2023
Cost of living grant for core costs
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£7,070 30/03/2023
Adventure rangers
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£4,880 16/03/2023
Gardening workshops and a garden tour to promote wellbeing for adults
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£10,000 23/02/2023
Supporting older people through the delivery of the ‘henpower’ project at scotswood garden in partnership with equal arts
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£6,018 10/02/2023
Denton dene warriors 'the return'
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden Limited
£249,800 08/02/2023
Natural Heroes
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£750 12/01/2023
Core costs for youth work sessions for 10-18 year olds in the west end of newcastle
Power to Change - Scotswood Natural Community Garden (RCF)
£10,000 12/12/2022
Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden (RCF)
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£180,000 06/12/2022
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of an organisation providing a community garden and a range of activities for disadvantaged communities in Scotswood, Tyne and Wear.
National Lottery Community Fund - Woodland Wellbeing
£9,868 02/12/2022
The funding will be used to deliver an outdoor art music and movement programme in Scotswood Garden’s woodland with the focus on older adults affected by illness disability and neurodiversity. They will also invite people through their partnership ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 02/12/2022
Building a Greener Scotswood
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£4,643 01/12/2022
The gardening for dementia element of the elderberries programme
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£5,000 30/11/2022
Grant uplift 'Cost of Living crisis': construction of building for a charity supporting disadvantagd people in Newcastle Upon Tyne
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust - Wildlife Superheroes
£24,988 27/09/2022
Funding enabled 750 school children to participate in environmental education workshops and wildlife action rescue tasks to project nature.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£3,000 11/08/2022
Towards organisational charitable activity at its newcastle upon Tyne facility
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£40,746 30/06/2022
24
Running costs for elderberries older people's activities in west end of newcastle over two years
National Lottery Community Fund - Building a Greener Scotswood
£210,000 15/06/2022
The funding will help towards the construction of a new eco building/ activity & volunteer centre. The accommodation would provide a multi-use covered 'yard' and prep area; office space toilets accessible shower room and WC volunteer / training ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£29,658 17/03/2022
36
Salary costs to expand nature based sessions for children and young people in Newcastle over three years
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Scotswood Garden
£75,000 09/12/2021
New eco-building providing additional space for mental health and wellbeing activities
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£1,000 30/09/2021
The organisation's charitable purposes
Tudor Trust - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden Limited
£50,000 03/09/2021
towards Phase 2 of an eco-building at a community garden in Scotswood, Newcastle upon Tyne
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£25,000 15/07/2021
One years costs for the Elderberries Project for older people in the West End of Newcastle
DCMS - GRCF2021.- Communities Looking After Wildlife in Scotswood - CLAWS
£124,700 21/06/2021
Scotswood Garden is a much loved environmental organisation and Local Wildlife Site based in Newcastle Upon Tyne supporting 3000 disadvanted people a year to engage with and learn about nature. Our neighbourhood is ranked in the highest 10% for ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£50,000 25/05/2021
construction of building for a charity supporting disadvantagd people in Newcastle Upon Tyen
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - running costs for 3 months delivery of the Elderberries project which uses nature based interventions to improve mental health, knowledge of wildlife and build social connections
£5,103 18/03/2021
running costs for 3 months delivery of the Elderberries project which uses nature based interventions to improve mental health, knowledge of wildlife and build social connections
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - a contribution to the salary costs for the Youth Manager / Child Protection Lead for community garden in West End of Newcastle
£6,930 04/03/2021
a contribution to the salary costs for the Youth Manager / Child Protection Lead for community garden in West End of Newcastle
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - a canoe expedition as part of its Duke of Edinburgh's Award programme
£750 28/01/2021
a canoe expedition as part of its Duke of Edinburgh's Award programme
Tudor Trust - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden Limited
£2,000 04/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£54,300 08/12/2020
12
towards one year's running costs of a community garden to support children and young people disproportionally affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden Limited (COVID19 Grant)
£5,000 24/11/2020
12
over one year as additional funding to help this charity meet the needs of the community in Scotswood, Newcastle during the Coronavirus pandemic and resulting lockdown
Power to Change - C-19 CCLORS - Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£30,757 14/10/2020
Grant to C-19 CCLORS - Scotswood Natural Community Garden
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£42,547 02/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£7,345 24/07/2020
Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden Limited
£90,000 10/07/2020
36
over three years as continuation funding towards the core costs of a charity providing a community garden, forest education and general community support in Scotswood, Newcastle
Power to Change - C-19 TISS - Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£12,783 02/07/2020
Grant to C-19 TISS - Scotswood Natural Community Garden
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£2,832 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund staff costs, personal protective equipment, transport and activities to support families who are experiencing increased challenges due to Covid-19 allowing them to spend positive time together and access a safe open ....more
CAF - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£8,500 17/04/2020
3
Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden to support the organisation through COVID19
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Supporting older people during the Covid19 outbreak
£10,000 07/04/2020
Supporting older people during the Covid19 outbreak
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - supporting older people during the Covid19 outbreak
£10,000 07/04/2020
supporting older people during the Covid19 outbreak
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£29,262 20/03/2020
36
This project will deliver "Nature Rangers Saturday morning groups" for 5-9 years olds affected by poverty in Scotswood supporting them to develop friendships, gain a real sense of achievement and become active.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Salary costs for a Garden Officer to support refugees and asylum seekers working in the gardening sectors
£2,939 28/02/2020
Salary costs for a Garden Officer to support refugees and asylum seekers working in the gardening sectors
DCMS - UK Youth Fund YAF
£12,053 28/02/2020
Wildlife, bushcraft, art activities and outreach work
DCMS - UK Youth Fund YAF
£6,027 28/02/2020
Wildlife, bushcraft, art activities and outreach work
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£4,000 06/12/2019
12
Nature Rangers
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Lead Youth Workers Salary
£4,248 06/11/2019
Lead Youth Workers Salary
People's Health Trust - Gardening for Dementia
£25,789 22/08/2019
This two-year project provides regular gardening and social sessions for people living with dementia, at an Accessible Dementia Garden in the Scotswood area of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Participants are able to choose activities and decide what they want ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - the continuation of the Elderberries programme of activities for older people in the West End of Newcastle
£16,266 26/06/2019
the continuation of the Elderberries programme of activities for older people in the West End of Newcastle
National Lottery Community Fund - Art Garden
£9,981 18/04/2019
12
The funding will help continue to deliver weekly creative art and music activities and projects for both disabled and non-disabled children and their families, developing their confidence, building friendships and social skills, as well as reducing ....more
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Youth strand
£37,556 01/04/2019
Sessions for young people aged 9 to 13 and 14 to 18 will explore what it means to be lonely and create opportunities to find solutions.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - BREEZE Forest School for Mental Health - Year 3.
£10,000 01/04/2019
BREEZE Forest School for Mental Health - Year 3.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Continuation funding of the running costs of a community garden Yr1
£60,000 01/04/2019
Continuation funding of the running costs of a community garden Yr1
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£100,000 26/03/2019
36
SNCG is requesting funding for the continuation of the Growing Together project in Newcastle upon Tyne supporting people with mental health problems.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£180,000 13/03/2019
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a community garden providing a range of activities for the local community in Newcastle upon Tyne
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Youth strand
£37,556 01/01/2019
Sessions for young people aged 9 to 13 and 14 to 18 will explore what it means to be lonely and create opportunities to find solutions.
Co-Op Foundation - SNCG - Building Connections Youth Strand Project
£75,111 06/12/2018
Sessions for young people aged 9 to 13 years old and 14 to 18 years old will explore what it means to be lonely and create opportunities to find solutions.
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£17,550 22/06/2018
12
Running costs of Nature Rangers' youth group
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Flourishing Forest Gardens and Wonderful Woodland
£12,038 22/03/2018
Flourishing Forest Gardens and Wonderful Woodland
Power to Change - Growing Better CIC
£10,000 19/01/2018
Grant to Growing Better CIC
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Elderberries - older people learning, growing and flourishing Year 3
£11,253 04/01/2018
Elderberries - older people learning, growing and flourishing Year 3
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - BREEZE Forest School for Mental Health Year 2
£10,000 04/01/2018
BREEZE Forest School for Mental Health Year 2
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£10,000 29/11/2017
Wildlife Superheroes
National Lottery Community Fund - Wildlife Superheroes!
£9,985 20/09/2017
12
The project will run sessions for local school children to help them develop wildlife knowledge and improve the environment for local wildlife.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden Limited
£90,000 25/05/2017
36
over three years as an unrestricted grant to a charity providing community garden and forest education activities in Newcastle
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£30,000 03/05/2017
36
Growing Together
Comic Relief - Strengthening Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£33,519 30/11/2016
24
Scotswood Natural Community Garden is a green oasis in a highly deprived riverside area of Newcastle upon Tyne. It undertakes therapeutic gardening activities with isolated older people and people suffering from mental ill-health and is now the only ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£110,957 11/10/2016
36
This project will deliver Scotswood Rangers youth programme which includes nature based groups, residential and holiday trips.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£61,577 16/03/2016
36
The charity aim is to use gardening and horticulture to up skill disadvantaged people. the grant will pay towards the salaries of the Garden Officer, Mental Health Recovery Worker and a proportion of the Director's salary.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£10,000 18/11/2015
12
towards one year's salary of the Project Manager at a community garden in a deprived area of Tyne & Wear
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
£1,784 06/03/2013
towards a trip to an outdoor activity centre in Northumberland for a group of disadvantaged children from Tyne & Wear
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
  • ANTHONY WILLIAM MILAN Appointed: 2003
  • CHRISTOPHER WARBURTON-BROWN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Climate Action Coordinator
  • DR EMILY CLOUGH Appointed: 2003
  • GILLIAN MILNE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Volunteer
  • HELEN MCSTRAVICK (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Civil Servant
  • MILES JOHN HENDERSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director
  • STEPHANIE COLE Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Self Employed Vcse Consultant
  • SHAHID RASUL Appointed: 2023
  • SHARON HALL Appointed: 2003, Occupation: Business Support Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/12/2011, number: 1144976
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/02/2011, number: 07523792
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
11 returns made; AR22: 59 days late,
Main office

Yewcroft Ave (behind John M centre)
Scotswood
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
N15 6TU

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:- (1) TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A PUBLIC GARDEN OR GARDENS FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF TYNE AND WEAR AND OTHERS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT IF IMRPOVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS; AND (2) TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DIMENTIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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