Registered charity · Hampshire
The SIR Harold Hillier Gardens and Arboretum
The SIR Harold Hillier Gardens and Arboretum is a registered charity (number 274737) based in Hampshire, governed by 1 trustee. Latest income £3.6m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as SIR Harold Hillier Gardens (Charity Commission)
- 1 trustee
- Income £3.6m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
No individual trustees are listed on the register.
Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Hampshire County Council.
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
- Where
- Hampshire
- Website
- www.hants.gov.uk/hilliergardens (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1978
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.6m£4.2m
- 2024£2.4m£2.6m
- 2023£2.0m£2.3m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.9m£2.0m
- 2021£2.7m£2.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(1) THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AN ARBORETUM AND BOTANIC GARDEN KNOWN AS THE ¶SIR HAROLD HILLIER GARDENS÷ AS A PUBLIC FACILITY TO BE ENJOYED BY PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, AS A MEANS TO PROMOTE:(A) THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE COLLECTION OF PLANT SPECIES OF THE TEMPERATE WORLD FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE CULTIVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SUCH PLANTS;(B) THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE CULTIVATION, PRESERVATION, PROPAGATION AND CONSERVATION OF SUCH PLANTS AND THEIR IMPACT UPON BIODIVERSITY AND THE CONSERVATION OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
Grants received
1 grant · £925,000 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
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £925,000
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Board analysis
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0.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 274737
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME OF THE COMMISSION DATED 15 AUGUST 2007.
- Contact on the register
- 01794368787 · info.hilliers@hants.gov.uk
- 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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