The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The National Garden Scheme

Registered charity 1112664 Registered since 2006

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Guernsey, Jersey, Northern Ireland

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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.

15 trustees on the board

5.2y median 5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

Portfolio (2)

15
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 15Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1Other Charitable Purposes 1

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

Health and social care 15Tech and media 3Arts and leisure 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£6.3m latest income
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.

3.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 5.0 in 2020

13 from 13 in 2020
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.ngs.org.uk
Emailrichard@ngs.org.uk
Phone01483211535
AddressTHE NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEME, 1 COURTYARD COTTAGE, HATCHLANDS, EAST CLANDON, GUILDFORD, GU4 7RT

Finances

£6,324,138 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£1,629,577£1,355,338
2021£3,983,829£3,916,171
2022£4,787,008£4,594,734
2023£4,969,338£5,365,504
2024£6,324,138£5,721,564

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

3. THE OBJECTS ARE3.1 ASSISTING SUCH CHARITIES OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT;3.2 SUPPORTING CHARITIES, IN THEIR WORK IN THE PROVISION OF NURSING AND CARING, THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROMOTION OF HEALTH; AND3.3 SUPPORTING THE QUEEN’S NURSING INSTITUTE IN ITS WORK.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21 NOVEMBER 2005 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 18 JUNE 2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 JUN 2016AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 24 OCT 2016AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 09 MAR 2017 null

Trustees (15)

15trustees
67median age
6aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The National Garden Scheme · 05631421 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 21/11/2005

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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