The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Eden Trust

Registered charity 1093070 Registered since 2002

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

11 trustees on the board

2.5y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.8y
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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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.

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.edenproject.com
Emailinformation@edenproject.com
Phone01726811900
AddressEDEN PROJECT, BODELVA, PAR, PL24 2SG

Finances

£29,661,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£21,817,000£24,273,000
2022£36,640,000£28,975,000
2023£35,017,000£34,484,000
2024£33,649,000£35,995,000
2025£29,661,000£32,823,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

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.

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

Trustees (11)

11trustees
60median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Eden Trust · 04487099 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 16/07/2002

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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