Registered charity · Alnwick
The Alnwick Garden Trust
The Alnwick Garden Trust is a registered charity (number 1095435) based in Alnwick, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Jonathan Blackie since 2011. Latest income £9.5m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as The Alnwick Garden (Charity Commission)
- 7 trustees
- Income £9.5m (2025)
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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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 3 more
- Where
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland
- Website
- www.alnwickgarden.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Alnwick Garden Trust
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£9.5m£12m
- 2024£10m£11m
- 2023£8.4m£7.3m
Earlier years
- 2022£7.0m£6.4m
- 2021£3.9m£4.6m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(A) THE ACQUISITION AND PRESERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF PLACES OF HISTORICAL OR ARCHAEOLOGICAL INTEREST OR OF NATURAL OR CULTIVATED BEAUTY IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND THE PROVISION OF READY ACCESS TO THEM BY THE PUBLIC.(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF CHARITY. (C) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES OR SERVICES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES OR SERVICES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.(D) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH BY PROMOTING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY OUTDOOR RECREATION AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES; AND (E) ANCILLARY TO THE ABOVE, THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
Grants received
18 grants · £590,930 total360Giving 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 Community Fund · £356,580 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £110,000 (3 grants)
- Mercers' Charitable Foundation · £80,100
- The Shears Foundation · £35,000
- Community Foundation North East · £9,250 (11 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Jonathan Blackie Chair since 2011
- Christopher Robert Robson since 2024
- Dr Catherine Brenda Kalson since 2021
- Jane Northumberland
- John Haddon Lovett since 2019
- Sir James Henry Leigh-Pemberton since 2019
- Susannah Margaret Doyle since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Jonathan Blackie Chair since 2011
- John Haddon Lovett since 2019
- Sir James Henry Leigh-Pemberton since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Jonathan Blackie Chair since 2011
- Christopher Robert Robson since 2024
- Dr Catherine Brenda Kalson since 2021
- Jane Northumberland
- John Haddon Lovett since 2019
- Sir James Henry Leigh-Pemberton since 2019
- Susannah Margaret Doyle since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1095435
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 7 NOVEMBER 2002 AS AMENDED BY A SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 8 JUNE 2005 AND WRITTEN RESOLUTION DATED 7 JUNE 2010 AS AMENDED ON 16 JAN 2024AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 14 DEC 2023 as amended on 28 May 2026
- Companies House
- Company number 04584694 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01665511350 · info@alnwickgarden.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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