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Registered charity · Woking

Plant Heritage

Plant Heritage is a registered charity (number 1004009) based in Woking, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Sir Roderick Newton since 2024. Latest income £451k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Nccpg (Charity Commission)

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £451k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.plantheritage.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Plant Heritage
Registered
1991

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£451k£522k
  • 2024£405k£462k
  • 2023£639k£452k
Earlier years
  • 2022£498k£393k
  • 2021£410k£342k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

(I)FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION AND THE PUBLIC AS A WHOLE TO ENCOURAGE THE CONSERVATION OF ENDANGERED OR RARE PLANTS OF SPECIES HYBRIDS AND CULTIVARS WHICH CAN BR GROWN IN GREAT BRITAIN AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTS WHICH HAVE CHARACTERISTICS WORTHY OF PRESERVATION IN THE INTERESTS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR HORTICULTURE BOTANY AND OTHER NATURAL SCIENCES MEDICINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES TO ENSURE THE AVAILIBILITY OF SUCH PLANTS FOR ANY PURPOSE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. (II)TO CONDUCT CARRY OUT AND ENCOURAGE RESEARCH INTO RARE OR ENDANGERED PLANTS OR THEIR ENVIRONMENTS AND THE COLLECTION AND RECORDING OF SUCH PLANTS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTS AND ALL INFORMATION RELATING TO THEM AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH AND TO ESTABLISH ONE OR MORE SOURCES PROVIDING PLANTS FOR EXHIBITS AND FOR PROPAGATING MATERIAL. (III)TO ENCOURAGE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN HORTICULTURAL SKILLS PARTICULARLY IN THE FIELD OF PLANT AND GARDEN CONSERVATION AND TO ENCOURAGE THE CULTIVATION IN GARDENS OF RARE OR ENDANGERED PLANTS. (IV)TO ENCOURAGE THE INTRODUCTION INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE PROPAGATION OF RARE PLANTS NOT REPRESENTED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Grants received

6 grants · £520,302 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £513,882 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £6,420 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £76,0822021-11-11
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £98,8002016-03-15
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £1,5942009-04-23
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £4,1262008-03-19
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £7002006-02-09
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

12 trustees on the board

2y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (4)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 12Environment/conservation/heritage 12Arts/culture/heritage/science 2Animals 1Disability 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Tech and media 12Education 2Finance 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£405k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1004009
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19TH. FEBRUARY 1988, AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 23RD APRIL 1990, 31ST AUGUST 1990 AND 15 APRIL 2010. AS AMENDED ON 26 JUL 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 29 AUG 2018
Companies House
Company number 02222953 · Active
Contact on the register
01483447540 · info@plantheritage.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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