The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Alnwick Garden Trust

Registered charity 1095435 Registered since 2003

Operates: Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland

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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.

6y median 6y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

20.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

6
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 7General Charitable Purposes 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7

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

Business services 10Arts and leisure 6Professional services 5

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£9.5m 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.

0.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

216 from 79 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.alnwickgarden.com
Emailinfo@alnwickgarden.com
Phone01665511350
AddressThe Alnwick Garden, Gardeners Cottage, Greenwell Road, ALNWICK, NE66 1HB

Finances

£9,454,631 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,924,212£4,616,640
2022£6,975,611£6,383,524
2023£8,364,732£7,292,675
2024£10,085,659£11,242,396
2025£9,454,631£11,568,867

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityArts/culture/heritage/scienceEconomic/community Development/employmentOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

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.

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

Trustees (7)

7trustees
69median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Alnwick Garden Trust · 04584694 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 07/11/2002

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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