The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Plant Heritage

Registered charity 1004009 Registered since 1991

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

10 trustees on the board

2.4y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (3)

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 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10Animals 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 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

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.plantheritage.org.uk
Emailinfo@plantheritage.org.uk
Phone01483447540
AddressFirst Floor Offices, Stone Pine House, Wisley, WOKING, Surrey

Finances

£451,348 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£410,095£341,747
2022£498,189£392,776
2023£639,115£452,244
2024£405,188£461,922
2025£451,348£522,433

What it does

What

Education/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

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.

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

Trustees (10)

10trustees
61median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Plant Heritage · 02222953 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 19/02/1988

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

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