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The Gardens Trust
Cultural education
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Victoria Louise ThomsonDirector · since 2026
- Christopher John WeddellDirector · since 2025
- William Anthony John WatkinsDirector · since 2025
- Jo BarnesDirector · since 2024
- Gillian Sian SinclairDirector · since 2022
- Deborah Jane EvansDirector · since 2022
- Rachel Jane SavageDirector · since 2021
- Christopher John BlandfordDirector · since 2020
- Joanna Elizabeth DavidsonDirector · since 2020
- Elizabeth Jane WatsonDirector · since 2015
- Catriona Rose HoyesSecretary · since 2023
Previous officers 99
- Dr Francesca Helen Anne Murray 2023-2026 View profile
- Dr Sally Roberta Jeffery 2023-2023 View profile
- Paul Anthony Rabbitts 2022-2024 View profile
- Vanessa Stephen 2022-2022 View profile
- Dr Clare Hickman 2022-2025 View profile
- Mary Elizabeth Davis 2022-2022 View profile
- Paul Anthony Titcombe 2021-2022 View profile
- Thadian Pillai 2019-2021 View profile
- Peter Thomas Hughes 2018-2024 View profile
- Simon Robert Maurice Baynes 2016-2020 View profile
- Peter Edward Waine 2016-2022 View profile
- Christine Marie Addison 2016-2019 View profile
- Dr David John Edward Marsh 2016-2023 View profile
- David Austen Lambert 2015-2021 View profile
- Sarah Frances Dickinson 2015-2022 View profile
- Ian Michael Varndell 2015-2016 View profile
- Katherine Linden Laurie Harwood 2015-2016 View profile
- Virginia Clare Hinze 2015-2021 View profile
- Jean Reader 2015-2016 View profile
- Michael Stewart Dawson 2015-2018 View profile
- Judith Mary Riley 2014-2018 View profile
- Kristina Agnes Taylor 2014-2015 View profile
- Stephen Ronald Hudson 2013-2014 View profile
- Timothy Robert Richardson 2013-2016 View profile
- Andrew Turvey 2013-2015 View profile
- Dr Marion Harney 2013-2022 View profile
- James Bartos 2012-2020 View profile
- Brian John Billington 2012-2015 View profile
- Daniel Glass 2012-2015 View profile
- Christopher Woodward 2012-2013 View profile
- Professor Peter Ashley Thomas Insull Burman 2012-2014 View profile
- Jeremy Andrew Rye 2011-2014 View profile
- Patrick Eyres 2011-2015 View profile
- Michael Thompson 2011-2015 View profile
- Colin Penn Ellis 2008-2010 View profile
- Ruth Frances Brownlow 2008-2012 View profile
- Dominic Julian Macdonald Cole 2007-2015 View profile
- Susan Campbell 2007-2011 View profile
- Katie Campbell 2007-2011 View profile
- John Raymond West 2007-2012 View profile
- Peter James Fitch 2005-2010 View profile
- Robert Michael Arthur Peel 2005-2014 View profile
- Dr Niall Manning 2005-2007 View profile
- Christine Anne Lalumia 2004-2012 View profile
- Harriet Jordan 2004-2006 View profile
- Kathryn Lara Felus 2004-2007 View profile
- Dr Colin Treen 2004-2012 View profile
- Chloe Elizabeth Bennett 2004-2022 View profile
- Philip George White 2003-2005 View profile
- Brian Frederick Dix 2003-2005 View profile
- Steven David Boxall 2002-2007 View profile
- Timothy Mowl 2002-2007 View profile
- Elizabeth Goodfellow 2002-2011 View profile
- Richard William Wheeler 2002-2015 View profile
- John Robin Eldon Borron 2001-2002 View profile
- Pamela Anne Paterson 2001-2006 View profile
- Elizabeth Rosemary Young 2000-2005 View profile
- William Jack 2000-2004 View profile
- Professor Michael John Tooley 1999-2002 View profile
- Dr Judith Ann Roberts 1999-2002 View profile
- Elisabeth Hannah Whittle 1999-2008 View profile
- Annabella Buxton 1999-2000 View profile
- Sheena Mackellar Goulty 1999-2000 View profile
- John Sales 1998-2002 View profile
- Conway, Hazel, Doctor 1997-2006 View profile
- Charles Boot 1997-2008 View profile
- Richard James Bisgrove 1996-2006 View profile
- Andrew Greenlees Semple 1996-2006 View profile
- Henry John Woolston 1996-2002 View profile
- Jennifer Kay Burt 1996-1997 View profile
- Robin Fausset 1996-2002 View profile
- Eileen Stamers-Smith 1996-1998 View profile
- Philippa Ruth Rakusen 1996-1996 View profile
- Geoffrey Ralph Evans 1996-2004 View profile
- Dr Keith Malcolm Goodway 1996-2001 View profile
- William Irving Corlett 1996-1996 View profile
- Dr David Lawson Jacques 1996-2001 View profile
- Kim Edward Kelvin Wilkie 1996-1999 View profile
- Dr Robert Todd Longstaff-Gowan 1996-2001 View profile
- Henrietta Cobham Lucas 1996-1997 View profile
- Francesca Greenoak 1996-1999 View profile
- Gordon Weetman Ballard 1996-1996 View profile
- Arthur Richard Peter Hayden 1996-2006 View profile
- Peter Howard Goodchild 1996-2001 View profile
- Sarah Rutherford 1996-1996 View profile
- Stephen Hugh Garth Anderton 1996-1999 View profile
- William Charles Pack 1996-1996 View profile
- Mavis Liliam Batey 1996-2000 View profile
- Lady Tania Compton 1996-1999 View profile
- Douglas Harry Wilkins 1996-2000 View profile
- Edward Charles Richard Fawcett 1996-1999 View profile
- Jeremy Henry Benson 1996-1997 View profile
- Michael Warin Ravenscroft Symes 1996-2006 View profile
- Maureen Patricia Nolan 2016-2023 View profile
- Jeremy Richard Garnett 2012-2016 View profile
- Cecilia Elizabeth Mary Cairns 2002-2012 View profile
- Hugh Alfred Isaacs 2000-2002 View profile
- Andrew James Plumridge 2000-2000 View profile
- John Reynolds Anthony 1996-2000 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Cultural education
- Incorporated
- 22/02/1996
- Also a registered charity
- The Gardens Trust
- Previous names
- The Garden History Society (until 05/09/2015)
Grants received
17 grants · £680,265 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 · £315,777 (8 grants)
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £189,287 (7 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £175,200 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
10 directors on the board
- Jo Barnes Director · appointed 2024
- William Anthony John Watkins Director · appointed 2025
- Christopher John Weddell Director · appointed 2025
- Joanna Elizabeth Davidson Director · appointed 2020
- Dr Victoria Louise Thomson Director · appointed 2026
- Gillian Sian Sinclair Director · appointed 2022
- Christopher John Blandford Director · appointed 2020
- Rachel Jane Savage Director · appointed 2021
- Deborah Jane Evans Director · appointed 2022
- Elizabeth Jane Watson Director · appointed 2015
Directors past 6 years
- Joanna Elizabeth Davidson Director · appointed 2020
- Christopher John Blandford Director · appointed 2020
- Elizabeth Jane Watson Director · appointed 2015
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (8)
- Jo Barnes Director · appointed 2024
- William Anthony John Watkins Director · appointed 2025
- Christopher John Weddell Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Victoria Louise Thomson Director · appointed 2026
- Gillian Sian Sinclair Director · appointed 2022
- Christopher John Blandford Director · appointed 2020
- Rachel Jane Savage Director · appointed 2021
- Elizabeth Jane Watson Director · appointed 2015
Portfolio (2)
- Joanna Elizabeth Davidson Director · appointed 2020
- Deborah Jane Evans Director · appointed 2022
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Dr Francesca Helen Anne Murray Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Gaps to watch
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 03163187
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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