Registered charity · Kent
Kent Gardens Trust
- 8 trustees
- Income £17k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Kent
- Website
- www.kentgardenstrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1988
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£17k£12k
- 2024£13k£19k
- 2023£20k£13k
Earlier years
- 2022£17k£12k
- 2021£19k£12k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government contracts 30%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE PRESERVATION OF GARDENS WITHIN THE COUNTY OF KENT AND ANY GARDEN BUILDINGS, STRUCURES AND HORTICULTURAL OR PLANT COLLECTIONS WITHIN SUCH GARDENS. 2. THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE AMENITIES OF THE GARDENS, INCLUDING THE ACCESS TO AND STUDY OF THEM. 3. TO FACILITATE AND ENCOURAGE THE USE AND OCCUPATION OF GARDENS IN KENT FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES. 4. TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN KENT, RELATING TO GARDENS AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.
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 trustees on the board
- Anne Caroline Bowdler since 2023
- Karen Emery since 2023
- Michael O'Brien since 2016
- Noel Ensoll since 2026
- Richard Graham Stileman since 2016
- Sarah Jane Morgan since 2017
- Teresa Zbyszewska since 2017
- Rosemary Dymond since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Michael O'Brien since 2016
- Richard Graham Stileman since 2016
- Sarah Jane Morgan since 2017
- Teresa Zbyszewska since 2017
- Rosemary Dymond since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Anne Caroline Bowdler since 2023
- Karen Emery since 2023
- Michael O'Brien since 2016
- Noel Ensoll since 2026
- Richard Graham Stileman since 2016
- Sarah Jane Morgan since 2017
- Teresa Zbyszewska since 2017
Portfolio (1)
- Rosemary Dymond since 2017
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 298861
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 28TH JANUARY 1988AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 24 JUL 2017
- Contact on the register
- 01622 861313 · info@kentgardenstrust.org.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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