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Meanwhile Gardens Community Association

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £352k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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

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About

What it does
Education/training, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
Where
Kensington And Chelsea
Website
www.meanwhile-gardens.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Meanwhile Gardens Community Association
Registered
1987

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£352k£230k
  • 2024£285k£310k
  • 2023£285k£261k
Earlier years
  • 2022£199k£199k
  • 2021£192k£196k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 47%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF GREAT WESTERN ROAD, ELKSTONE AND KENSAL ROADS AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD IN THE NORTH KENSINGTON AND NORTH PADDINGTON AREA OF LONDON (HEREINAFTER CALLED 'THE AREA OF BENEFIT') WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR RACE OR COLOUR OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE PERSONS FOR WHOM SUCH FACILITIES ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED BEING PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASONS OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES PROVIDED THAT NEVERTHELESS SUCH FCILITIES SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.

Grants received

6 grants · £136,646 total

360Giving 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 · £109,646 (4 grants)
  • LUND TRUST · £27,000 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • LUND TRUST £12,0002024-03-28
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,8822022-06-10
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,8822021-03-25
  • LUND TRUST £15,0002021-01-22
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,8822019-08-29
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.

8.8y median 8y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

9
company-linked trustees

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

Amateur Sport 10Education/training 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10

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 8Arts and leisure 1Business services 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£352k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
296921
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22ND MAY 1987
Companies House
Company number 02134343 · Active
Contact on the register
02089604600 · chandrika@meanwhilegardens.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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