Registered charity (CIO) · Kent
The Worshipful Company of Gardeners of London Charity
- 11 trustees
- Income £109k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Richard CapewellChair · since 2023
- Alderman Robert Picton Seymour HowardTrustee · since 2023
- Angela Christine EvansTrustee · since 2023
- Cynthia Isabel Margaret PeckTrustee · since 2022
- David Charles Creighton BalfourTrustee · since 2022
- David Pittaway KCTrustee · since 2022
- Garry Coward-WilliamsTrustee · since 2022
- Helen Elizabeth PottsTrustee · since 2022
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- John Paul RochfordTrustee · since 2022
- Miles Edward Robert Thomas Watson-SmythTrustee · since 2025
- Sophie Diana WoodburnTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 4 other charities:
- The Stephen Bernhard Foundation · 1 shared trustee
- The Honourable the Irish Society · 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Michael Cornhill · 1 shared trustee
- Surrey Hills International Music Festival · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.gardenerscompany.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2022
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£109k£104k
- 2024£114k£81k
- 2023£98k£102k
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO FURTHER SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DIRECT, HAVING PRIMARY REGARD (WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) TO CHARITIES CONNECTED WITH HORTICULTURE OR AGRICULTURE.
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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.
11 trustees on the board
- Richard Capewell Chair since 2023
- Alderman Robert Picton Seymour Howard since 2023
- Angela Christine Evans since 2023
- Cynthia Isabel Margaret Peck since 2022
- David Charles Creighton Balfour since 2022
- David Pittaway KC since 2022
- Garry Coward-Williams since 2022
- Helen Elizabeth Potts since 2022
- John Paul Rochford since 2022
- Miles Edward Robert Thomas Watson-Smyth since 2025
- Sophie Diana Woodburn since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Richard Capewell Chair since 2023
- Angela Christine Evans since 2023
- David Charles Creighton Balfour since 2022
- David Pittaway KC since 2022
- Garry Coward-Williams since 2022
- John Paul Rochford since 2022
- Miles Edward Robert Thomas Watson-Smyth since 2025
- Sophie Diana Woodburn since 2024
Portfolio (3)
- Alderman Robert Picton Seymour Howard since 2023
- Cynthia Isabel Margaret Peck since 2022
- Helen Elizabeth Potts since 2022
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1198790
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 29 Apr 2022
- Contact on the register
- 07947794613 · charity@gardenerscompany.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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