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The Eden Trust

The Eden Trust is a registered charity (number 1093070) based in Par, governed by 11 trustees. Latest income £30m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Eden Project (Charity Commission)

TO PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN FLORA FAUNA AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND TO PRESERVE THE SAME (INCLUDING THE PUBLCIATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH) AND TO ADVANCE OTHER PURPOSES RECOGNISED AS CHARITABLE...

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £30m (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, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.edenproject.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Eden Trust
Registered
2002

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£30m£33m
  • 2024£34m£36m
  • 2023£35m£34m
Earlier years
  • 2022£37m£29m
  • 2021£22m£24m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN FLORA FAUNA AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND TO PRESERVE THE SAME (INCLUDING THE PUBLCIATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH) AND TO ADVANCE OTHER PURPOSES RECOGNISED AS CHARITABLE IN ENGLISH LAW, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL, EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND CULTURAL FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES. 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.

Grants received

14 grants · £15,281,580 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

  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £10,324,000 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £2,568,454 (2 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £2,014,618 (2 grants)
  • LUND TRUST · £200,000 (2 grants)
  • OVO Foundation · £100,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £2,068,4542025-07-04
  • LUND TRUST £150,0002025-04-03
  • OVO Foundation £100,0002025-03-19
  • Garfield Weston Foundation £10,000,0002023-11-28
  • LUND TRUST £50,0002023-06-26
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

2.5y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

11
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 14Business services 4Other services 3

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£29.7m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 3.6 in 2021

527 from 400 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1093070
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1 JUL 2002, NOW ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION ADOPTED AND AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 23 FEB 2011.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26 MAR 2018AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13 AUG 2018AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13 AUG 2018 as amended on 12 Apr 2024 as amended on 15 May 2026 as amended on 18 Jun 2024 as amended on 12 Apr 2024
Companies House
Company number 04487099 · Active
Contact on the register
01726811900 · information@edenproject.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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