Registered charity · Beech Hill
Society for Horticultural Therapy
- 11 trustees
- Income £2.1m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Sarah PhilbrickChair · since 2025
- Benedicte KarigerTrustee · since 2019
- David DyerTrustee · since 2019
- Deborah JarrettTrustee · since 2018
- Dr John JamesTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Neil James LeadbitterTrustee · since 2021
- Euan MaclennanTrustee · since 2026
- Ian Peter MillerTrustee · since 2021
- Laurence GoodmanTrustee · since 2025
- Mark KennyTrustee · since 2025
- Sophy KershawTrustee · since 2018
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.thrive.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Society for Horticultural Therapy
- Registered
- 1979
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.1m£2.0m
- 2024£1.6m£1.9m
- 2023£1.3m£1.8m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.4m£1.7m
- 2021£1.3m£1.5m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 18%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY ARE ESTABLISHED ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY TO THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY ILL OR DISABLED (WHETHER PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY), OR WHO ARE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE USE OF LAND THROUGH HORTICULTURE, AGRICULTURE, FARMING AND GARDENING IN ALL THEIR FORMS, INCLUDING THE PROVISION, MAINTENANCE OR IMPROVEMENT OF A PUBLIC PARK OR OTHER PUBLIC AMENITY WHERE IT IS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT OR THE CONSERVATION OR PROMOTION OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY THROUGH THE PROVISION, CONSERVATION, RESTORATION OR ENHANCEMENT OF A NATURAL HABITAT.
Grants received
39 grants · £1,640,807 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £711,750 (8 grants)
- Tuixen Foundation · £310,000 (11 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £250,404 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £120,000 (3 grants)
- London Marathon Foundation · £80,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Sarah Philbrick Chair since 2025
- Benedicte Kariger since 2019
- David Dyer since 2019
- Deborah Jarrett since 2018
- Dr John James since 2021
- Dr Neil James Leadbitter since 2021
- Euan Maclennan since 2026
- Ian Peter Miller since 2021
- Laurence Goodman since 2025
- Mark Kenny since 2025
- Sophy Kershaw since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Benedicte Kariger since 2019
- David Dyer since 2019
- Deborah Jarrett since 2018
- Sophy Kershaw since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Sarah Philbrick Chair since 2025
- Benedicte Kariger since 2019
- David Dyer since 2019
- Deborah Jarrett since 2018
- Dr John James since 2021
- Dr Neil James Leadbitter since 2021
- Euan Maclennan since 2026
- Ian Peter Miller since 2021
- Laurence Goodman since 2025
- Mark Kenny since 2025
- Sophy Kershaw since 2018
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
19.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 14.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 277570
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19TH FEBRUARY 1979, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 19 JULY 2001 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 5 DECEMBER 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 10/03/2015
- Companies House
- Company number 01415700 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01189885688 · INFO@THRIVE.ORG.UK
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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