Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

ST MARYS SECRET GARDEN LIMITED 

Advancing education in the subjects of gardening, conservation and food production. Promoting social inclusion, relieving the needs of those people who are excluded and assisting them to integrate through gardening.Provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities or for the public at large in the interests of social welfare
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • 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
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 11 years
(17 years as a company)

http://www.stmaryssecretgarden.org.uk/

info@stmarysgarden.org.uk

020 7739 2965

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UN SDGs
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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£147£184£-37n/an/an/an/an/a22
31/03/22£210£156£54n/an/an/an/an/a36
31/03/21£100£143£-43n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/20£179£159£20n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/19£157£122£36n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/18£85£104£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£109£107£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£97£106£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£142£142£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£149£139£10£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Camden, City Of London, Hackney, Islington, Lewisham, Tower Hamlets,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 22 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£30,000
Greater London Authority£19,268
Hackney Council£993
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Growing Wellbeing
£10,000 02/12/2022
The funding will be used to continue the delivery of drop-in garden-based therapy sessions for older people people living with mental and physical health conditions and people living with additional ....more
Hackney Council - Grant to St Marys Secret Garden Limited
£993 11/08/2021
Dementia & Disability Friendly Secret Garden Tea Party
National Lottery Community Fund - Gardening for wellbeing
£10,000 16/07/2021
The funding will be used to deliver intergenerational gardening and nature based therapy sessions for the community. The project aims to improve people’s mental wellbeing reduce the feeling of ....more
Greater London Authority - Grant to Pursuing Independent Paths (PiP)
£10,000 01/12/2020
PiPs and seeds
Greater London Authority - Grant to St Mary's Secret Garden
£9,268 01/12/2020
Haggerston's Singing Hedgerow
National Lottery Community Fund - Come Gardening
£10,000 27/06/2019
12
The funding will be used to run their gardening activities for people from diverse backgrounds. The project aims to bring people together to maintain the local environment whilst improving their ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to St Mary's Secret Garden
£4,854 19/11/2018
We need funds for equipment to run supported garden sessions that bring communities together, increasing happiness and health.
National Lottery Community Fund - Grow Together
£10,000 26/03/2018
12
This project will deliver community gardening sessions for people with disabilities as well as local residents. This will help to reduce isolation, improve confidence and wellbeing, and encourage ....more
Greater London Authority - Grant to St Mary's Secret Garden
£9,800 21/03/2017
Team london small grants - supporting 59-69 year olds to volunteer and/or elderly people to have improved access to community services
London Catalyst - St Mary's Secret Garden - 1
£2,500 06/12/2014
Health and Belief 2014-Older People's Project
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 30-67
  • ELOISE RAHMAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Impact And Evaluation Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/05/2013, number: 1152027
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/11/2006, number: 05987612
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; AR15: 1 days late, AR14: 1 days late,
Main office

St. Marys Secret Garden
50 Pearson Street
London
E2 8EL

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (“OBJECTS”) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(1)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECTS OF GARDENING, CONSERVATION AND FOOD PRODUCTION.(2)TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).(3)TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF HACKNEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.[NOTHING IN THE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND / OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008].

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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