Registered charity (CIO) · Chipping Norton
Bridewell Organic Gardens
- 11 trustees
- Income £378k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Andrew VardeTrustee · since 2018
- Dr Tessa LomaxTrustee · since 2026
- Heidi Melinda BlackTrustee · since 2019
- Natasha WooldridgeTrustee · since 2025
- Neil HodsonTrustee · since 2026
- Patricia-May WyllieTrustee · since 2026
- Philip LasseterTrustee · since 2026
- Robert Chaplin MB ChBTrustee · since 2019
- Sandra ClarkeTrustee · since 2019
- Sarah GarrettTrustee · since 2025
- Sarah VeaseyTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- www.bridewellgardens.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£378k£291k
- 2024£296k£295k
- 2023£272k£270k
Earlier years
- 2022£242k£239k
- 2021£367k£199k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF PEOPLE RECOVERING FROM AND LIVING WITH A RANGE OF HEALTH PROBLEMS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO SUPPORT THEIR NEEDS THROUGH HORTICULTURE AND WORKSHOPS RELATING TO RURAL CRAFTS
Grants received
13 grants · £273,706 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
- Oxfordshire Community Foundation · £143,025 (6 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £92,000 (4 grants)
- CAF · £27,531
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,650
- Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust · £1,500
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Andrew Varde since 2018
- Dr Tessa Lomax since 2026
- Heidi Melinda Black since 2019
- Natasha Wooldridge since 2025
- Neil Hodson since 2026
- Patricia-May Wyllie since 2026
- Philip Lasseter since 2026
- Robert Chaplin MB ChB since 2019
- Sandra Clarke since 2019
- Sarah Garrett since 2025
- Sarah Veasey since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Andrew Varde since 2018
- Heidi Melinda Black since 2019
- Robert Chaplin MB ChB since 2019
- Sandra Clarke since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Andrew Varde since 2018
- Dr Tessa Lomax since 2026
- Heidi Melinda Black since 2019
- Natasha Wooldridge since 2025
- Neil Hodson since 2026
- Patricia-May Wyllie since 2026
- Philip Lasseter since 2026
- Robert Chaplin MB ChB since 2019
- Sandra Clarke since 2019
- Sarah Veasey since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Sarah Garrett 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.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
- 1158456
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 04 SEP 2014REGISTERED ON 01 AUG 2017
- Contact on the register
- 01993259059 · info@bridewellgardens.org
- 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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