Registered charity (CIO) · Essex
DIG IT Community Allotment
DIG IT Community Allotment is a registered charity (number 1157047) based in Essex, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £86k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as DIG IT Community Allotment / DIG IT Gardens (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £86k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Suffolk
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£86k£72k
- 2024£27k£35k
- 2023£40k£34k
Earlier years
- 2022£26k£24k
- 2021£10k£14k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 17%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1)TO ADVANCE EDUCATION,TRAINING AND RETRAINING OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE AND THOSE WITH MENTAL OR PHYSICAL HEALTH CONDITIONS IN THE SUBJECTS OF SUSTAINABLE HORTICULTURE,FOOD GROWING PRACTICE AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLES.2)TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED,RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY,OR PARTS OF SOCIETY,AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS:UNEMPLOYMENT;FINANCIAL HARDSHIP;YOUTH OR OLD AGE;ILL HEALTH(PHYSICAL OR MENTAL);SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS;DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX,RACE,DISABILITY,ETHNIC ORIGIN,RELIGION,BELIEF,CREED,SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT;POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT;RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN;POOR HOUSING(THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS;CRIME(EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY)
Grants received
10 grants · £50,215 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
- Essex Community Foundation · £25,891 (7 grants)
- The Clothworkers Foundation · £13,800
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,524 (2 grants)
Most recent
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Anna Taylor since 2024
- Helen Payne since 2018
- Sean Manchip since 2022
- Tessa Horner since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Helen Payne since 2018
- Tessa Horner since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Anna Taylor since 2024
- Helen Payne since 2018
- Sean Manchip since 2022
- Tessa Horner since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1157047
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 14 May 2014
- Contact on the register
- 07850080869 · info@dig-itgardens.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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