Registered charity · Leatherhead
Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society
- 13 trustees
- Income £4.3m (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Paul RochfordChair · since 2019
- Barbara Jean SegallTrustee · since 2022
- David Buchanan-CookTrustee · since 2020
- Guy Matthew MoretonTrustee · since 2025
- James Sinclair TaylorTrustee · since 2025
- Julia Ann CollinsTrustee · since 2025
- Lilidh Charlotte MatthewsTrustee · since 2025
- Ms Cindy PeckTrustee · since 2017
- Neville John SteinTrustee · since 2024
- Richard Lloyd LawtonTrustee · since 2021
- Richard Timothy CapewellTrustee · since 2024
- Steven Mark PalmerTrustee · since 2016
- Susan Mary BurgessTrustee · since 2024
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, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 2 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.perennial.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£4.3m£5.6m
- 2023£4.6m£6.0m
- 2022£4.0m£5.1m
Earlier years
- 2021£5.2m£4.3m
- 2020£3.8m£3.8m
Charitable objects
1.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE “OBJECTS”) SHALL BE:-1.1.1 THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE TO BE APPROPRIATE IN EACH CASE OF GARDENERS OR PERSONS WHO ARE OR WHO HAVE BEEN IN LIKE EMPLOYMENT OR OCCUPATION OF THOSE CLOSELY INVOLVED IN GARDENING OR RELATED ACTIVITIES OR THOSE TRAINING TO BE GARDENERS OR PERSONS OF LIKE OCCUPATION AND THEIR SPOUSES OR WIDOWS/WIDOWERS OR UNMARRIED PARTNERS AND/OR IMMEDIATE DEPENDANTS (THE “BENEFICIARIES”) IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES OR IN CIRCUMSTANCES OF POVERTY, ILLNESS, DISABILITY (WHETHER MENTAL OR PHYSICAL) OR OLD AGE; AND /OR1.1.2 THE ADVANCEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN OR RELATING TO HORTICULTURE OR GARDENING; AND/OR1.1.3 THE PROVISION, MAINTENANCE OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF GARDENS AND OPEN SPACE FOR TRAINING, REHABILITATION AND OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT AND IN PARTICULAR THE PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF GARDENS OF HISTORIC AND/OR AESTHETIC IMPORTANCE TO BE ENJOYED BY AND MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE; AND/OR1.1.4 TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Paul Rochford Chair since 2019
- Barbara Jean Segall since 2022
- David Buchanan-Cook since 2020
- Guy Matthew Moreton since 2025
- James Sinclair Taylor since 2025
- Julia Ann Collins since 2025
- Lilidh Charlotte Matthews since 2025
- Ms Cindy Peck since 2017
- Neville John Stein since 2024
- Richard Lloyd Lawton since 2021
- Richard Timothy Capewell since 2024
- Steven Mark Palmer since 2016
- Susan Mary Burgess since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Paul Rochford Chair since 2019
- David Buchanan-Cook since 2020
- Ms Cindy Peck since 2017
- Steven Mark Palmer since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Paul Rochford Chair since 2019
- Barbara Jean Segall since 2022
- David Buchanan-Cook since 2020
- James Sinclair Taylor since 2025
- Julia Ann Collins since 2025
- Ms Cindy Peck since 2017
- Neville John Stein since 2024
- Richard Lloyd Lawton since 2021
- Richard Timothy Capewell since 2024
- Steven Mark Palmer since 2016
- Susan Mary Burgess since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Guy Matthew Moreton since 2025
- Lilidh Charlotte Matthews since 2025
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
11.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 16.4 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1155156
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 31/12/2013 as amended on 29 Sep 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 08828584 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01372 373962 · info@perennial.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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