The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Fortescue Garden Trust

Registered charity 203722 Registered since 1962

Operates: Devon

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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.

7 trustees on the board

2.9y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 7Education/training 7Environment/conservation/heritage 6Disability 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.

Health and social care 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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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£497k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.thegardenhouse.org.uk
Emailaccounts@thegardenhouse.org.uk
Phone01822854769
AddressGARDEN HOUSE, BUCKLAND MONACHORUM, YELVERTON, PL20 7LQ

Finances

£400,971 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2022£299,979£260,196
2023£281,938£283,070
2024£272,808£258,505
2025£496,984£282,315
2026£400,971£327,040

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageRecreation

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

THE LAYING OUT PLANTING IMPROVEMENT MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF THE TRUST LAND AS A GARDEN FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF THE PUBLIC AND ALSO FOR THE PURPOSES OF EXPERIMENTATION AND RESEARCH (BY THE GROWTH AND PROPAGATION OF TREES AND PLANTS OF ANY KIND AND IN ANY MANNER) WITH A VIEW TO THE FURTHERANCE OF THE STUDY AND SCIENCE OF BOTANY AND THE INCREASE OF KNOWLEDGE IN RESPECT THEREOF AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE METHODS AND PRACTICE OF HORTICULTURE.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 21ST NOVEMBER 1961 AS VARIED BY A SCHEMES OF 27 MARCH 1996 AND 25 NOVEMBER 1997 AND RESOLUTION DATED 5 DECEMBER 2010.

Trustees (7)

7trustees
65median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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