Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

HORTICULTURAL THERAPY TRUST

Working to support the wellbeing of individuals suffering depression or anxiety or recovering from physical illness, carers who need respite, those who need support towards confidence, self esteem, time away from pressures, development of vocational skills and any other person who might benefit from horticultural therapy.A safe, empathic, calm, nurturing, enjoyable and empowering environment
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • 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
31/07/23£35£47£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/22£46£57£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/21£50£47£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/20£38£46£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/19£43£53£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/18£74£50£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/17£47£44£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/16£55£48£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/15£60£50£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/14£54£57£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/13£81£46£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 12 years

http://horticultural-therapy-trust.org/

deb@horticultural-therapy-trust.org

07507 675344

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Devon, Plymouth City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities

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
Postcode Local Trust£20,328
National Lottery Community Fund£19,444
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
DCMS£12,064
Allen Lane Foundation£4,000
Devon Community Foundation£3,988
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Postcode Local Trust - Project Funding
£20,328 29/09/2023
Funding gave people who suffer isolating mental ill health chance to create beautiful gardens together, making friends, helping each other!
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 07/08/2023
Adult Mental Health and Wellbeing Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Hands to Soil project of Hope
£9,456 11/11/2022
The funding will be used to continue to deliver horticultural therapy activities for adults and young people who are experiencing isolation including refugees and asylum seekers. The project aims to support the mental wellbeing of participants and ....more
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to Horticultural Therapy Trust
£4,000 11/07/2022
£4,000 single grant towards running costs of the allotment project for people with mental health issues in Plymouth
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 11/03/2022
Horticultural Therapy Trust - Allotment Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Gardens to Grow Together
£9,988 03/09/2021
The funding will be used to continue to run horticultural therapy activities for adults and develop new sessions involving 16-17 year old refugees and asylum seekers.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,500 24/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Core Cost Support
£2,500 23/09/2020
Grant to Horticultural Therapy Trust
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,564 23/07/2020
"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
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Inner City; Inner Space for Change
£1,488 17/06/2020
Grant to Horticultural Therapy Trust
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 01/05/2020
The Allotment Project
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 26/11/2018
Horticultural Therapy Trust Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Inner City; Inner Space for Change
£8,250 20/09/2017
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The funding will be used to offer homeless people the opportunity to take part in a gardening therapy project, supporting them to improve their self-esteem and mental health.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,000 18/07/2017
Core Costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CHARLOTTE DARKE Appointed: 2023
  • DR JACKIE KLLEINOT Appointed: 2022
  • PAUL ANDREW KELLER (Chair) Appointed: 2012
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/07/2012, number: 1147927
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
11 returns made; all on time
Main office

23 Bayswater Road
PLYMOUTH
PL1 5BU

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE RESIDING PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY IN DEVON AND CORNWALL.TO ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILLNESS OF ANY DESCRIPTION OR IN NEED OF REHABILITATION AS A RESULT OF SUCH ILLNESS, BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR WORK AND RECREATION.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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