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Registered charity · Chester

The Garden Centre Association Trust

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £0 (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Registered
1987

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£0£0
  • 2024£250£5k
  • 2023£0£5k
Earlier years
  • 2022£0£5k
  • 2021£0£4k
Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE AMONGST THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL AND IN PARTICULAR AMONGST HORTICULTURE BENEFICIARIES EDUCATION IN HORTICULTURE AND LANDSCAPING AND PARTICULARLY GARDEN CENTRES AND PARTICULARLY BY THE ENDOWMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES AND THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND OTHER FACILITIES INCLUDING PRIZES AND AWARDS TO FOSTER SUCH EDUCATION AND TO ASSIST HORTICULTURE BENEFICIARIES TO STUDY RESEARCH INTO GAIN EXPERIENCE OF THE ENGAGED IN HORTICULTURE AND LANDSCAPING; AND TO PROMOTE THE THERAPEUTIC VALUE OF GARDENING AMONGST THE ELDERLY OR DISABLED PARTICULARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF FACILITIES TO ENABLE THE ELDERLY OR DISABLED TO ENJOY GARDENING.

Board analysis for researchers

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

4.8y median 2y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Accommodation/housing 1Disability 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Other services 6Business services 2Dormant 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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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

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
296481
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 23/03/1987AS AMENDED ON 27/01/2016
Contact on the register
01244952170 · info@gca.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
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