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Registered charity · London

The Garden Classroom

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £831k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Vikram Jain.

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.thegardenclassroom.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Garden Classroom
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£831k£738k
  • 2024£691k£711k
  • 2023£575k£571k
Earlier years
  • 2022£499k£556k
  • 2021£473k£501k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:(A) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY AMONGST CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES FROM INNER CITY AREAS, BY PROVIDING CREATIVE OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES THAT INSPIRE AND EDUCATE WHILE NURTURING A RESPECT FOR THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT;(B) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR SUCH CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND ENABLING THEM TO ENJOY THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL BENEFITS THAT COME FROM HAVING A CONNECTION WITH NATURE.

Grants received

19 grants · £727,532 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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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.

8 trustees on the board

3.9y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

8
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 8Environment/conservation/heritage 8Recreation 8

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

Education 9Finance 2Professional services 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£831k 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.

1.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

8 from 8 in 2023
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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1168587
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06 JUN 2016 as amended on 04 Dec 2018
Companies House
Company number 06759008 · Active
Contact on the register
02072880188 · info@thegardenclassroom.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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