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Registered charity · London

The Gardens Trust

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £307k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Website
thegardenstrust.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Gardens Trust
Registered
1996

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£307k£374k
  • 2023£303k£419k
  • 2022£337k£375k
Earlier years
  • 2021£380k£329k
  • 2020£298k£265k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 35%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE “OBJECTS”) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:- 3.1.1 TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF GARDENS AND GARDENING, LANDSCAPE GARDENING AND HORTICULTURE IN ALL ITS ASPECTS; 3.1.2 TO PROMOTE THE PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF HISTORIC PARKS GARDENS AND DESIGNED LANDSCAPES AND TO PROMOTE AND ADVISE ON THEIR CONSERVATION; 3.1.3 TO PROMOTE CGTS AND THROUGH THEM, EDUCATION, APPRECIATION AND INVOLVEMENT OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE ARTS AND SCIENCES OF GARDEN LAND; AND 3.1.4 TO ENCOURAGE THE CREATION OF NEW PARKS, GARDENS AND DESIGNED LANDSCAPE.

Grants received

18 grants · £642,627 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £249,071 (8 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £175,200 (2 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport · £103,097 (3 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £100,341 (3 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £11,918

Most recent

  • The National Archives £3,0002024-11-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £11,9182024-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £10,0002022-02-25
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £75,7002021-03-16
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £31,0702020-04-01
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.

11 trustees on the board

2.1y median 1y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (2)

10
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 11Education/training 11Environment/conservation/heritage 11

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

Education 13Finance 2Professional services 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£307k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1053446
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22 FEBRUARY 1996 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 22 JULY 2001 AND 15 JULY 2005.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 24/07/2015AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 05/09/2015 as amended on 08 Sept 2026
Companies House
Company number 03163187 · Active
Contact on the register
02076082409 · enquiries@thegardenstrust.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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