Registered charity (CIO) · Evesham

The Hardy Plant Society

The Hardy Plant Society is a registered charity (number 1214121) based in Evesham, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Steven David Bustin since 2024. Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

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About

What it does: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Registered: 2025

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, SOLELY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO:3.1.1 PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HARDY PLANTS, IN PARTICULAR THE OLDER, RARER AND LESSER-KNOWN HARDY PLANTS, CULTIVARS AND VARIETIES; 3.1.2 ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF HARDY PLANTS; AND3.1.3 ADVANCE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES ASSOCIATED WITH HORTICULTURE AND BOTANY (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

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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

1.5y median 2y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

7.9y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (11)

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Environment/conservation/heritage 11General Charitable Purposes 11Education/training 10Religious Activities 1

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

Arts and leisure 2Other services 2Tech and media 2

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: 1214121
Status: Registered
Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 15 Jul 2025
Contact on the register: 01386710317 · governance@hardy-plant.org.uk
Edition: Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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