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The Gardens Trust

Cultural education

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 99

  1. Dr Francesca Helen Anne Murray 2023-2026 Director View profile
  2. Dr Sally Roberta Jeffery 2023-2023 Director View profile
  3. Paul Anthony Rabbitts 2022-2024 Director View profile
  4. Vanessa Stephen 2022-2022 Director View profile
  5. Dr Clare Hickman 2022-2025 Director View profile
  6. Mary Elizabeth Davis 2022-2022 Director View profile
  7. Paul Anthony Titcombe 2021-2022 Director View profile
  8. Thadian Pillai 2019-2021 Director View profile
  9. Peter Thomas Hughes 2018-2024 Director View profile
  10. Simon Robert Maurice Baynes 2016-2020 Director View profile
  11. Peter Edward Waine 2016-2022 Director View profile
  12. Christine Marie Addison 2016-2019 Director View profile
  13. Dr David John Edward Marsh 2016-2023 Director View profile
  14. David Austen Lambert 2015-2021 Director View profile
  15. Sarah Frances Dickinson 2015-2022 Director View profile
  16. Ian Michael Varndell 2015-2016 Director View profile
  17. Katherine Linden Laurie Harwood 2015-2016 Director View profile
  18. Virginia Clare Hinze 2015-2021 Director View profile
  19. Jean Reader 2015-2016 Director View profile
  20. Michael Stewart Dawson 2015-2018 Director View profile
  21. Judith Mary Riley 2014-2018 Director View profile
  22. Kristina Agnes Taylor 2014-2015 Director View profile
  23. Stephen Ronald Hudson 2013-2014 Director View profile
  24. Timothy Robert Richardson 2013-2016 Director View profile
  25. Andrew Turvey 2013-2015 Director View profile
  26. Dr Marion Harney 2013-2022 Director View profile
  27. James Bartos 2012-2020 Director View profile
  28. Brian John Billington 2012-2015 Director View profile
  29. Daniel Glass 2012-2015 Director View profile
  30. Christopher Woodward 2012-2013 Director View profile
  31. Professor Peter Ashley Thomas Insull Burman 2012-2014 Director View profile
  32. Jeremy Andrew Rye 2011-2014 Director View profile
  33. Patrick Eyres 2011-2015 Director View profile
  34. Michael Thompson 2011-2015 Director View profile
  35. Colin Penn Ellis 2008-2010 Director View profile
  36. Ruth Frances Brownlow 2008-2012 Director View profile
  37. Dominic Julian Macdonald Cole 2007-2015 Director View profile
  38. Susan Campbell 2007-2011 Director View profile
  39. Katie Campbell 2007-2011 Director View profile
  40. John Raymond West 2007-2012 Director View profile
  41. Peter James Fitch 2005-2010 Director View profile
  42. Robert Michael Arthur Peel 2005-2014 Director View profile
  43. Dr Niall Manning 2005-2007 Director View profile
  44. Christine Anne Lalumia 2004-2012 Director View profile
  45. Harriet Jordan 2004-2006 Director View profile
  46. Kathryn Lara Felus 2004-2007 Director View profile
  47. Dr Colin Treen 2004-2012 Director View profile
  48. Chloe Elizabeth Bennett 2004-2022 Director View profile
  49. Philip George White 2003-2005 Director View profile
  50. Brian Frederick Dix 2003-2005 Director View profile
  51. Steven David Boxall 2002-2007 Director View profile
  52. Timothy Mowl 2002-2007 Director View profile
  53. Elizabeth Goodfellow 2002-2011 Director View profile
  54. Richard William Wheeler 2002-2015 Director View profile
  55. John Robin Eldon Borron 2001-2002 Director View profile
  56. Pamela Anne Paterson 2001-2006 Director View profile
  57. Elizabeth Rosemary Young 2000-2005 Director View profile
  58. William Jack 2000-2004 Director View profile
  59. Professor Michael John Tooley 1999-2002 Director View profile
  60. Dr Judith Ann Roberts 1999-2002 Director View profile
  61. Elisabeth Hannah Whittle 1999-2008 Director View profile
  62. Annabella Buxton 1999-2000 Director View profile
  63. Sheena Mackellar Goulty 1999-2000 Director View profile
  64. John Sales 1998-2002 Director View profile
  65. Conway, Hazel, Doctor 1997-2006 Director View profile
  66. Charles Boot 1997-2008 Director View profile
  67. Richard James Bisgrove 1996-2006 Director View profile
  68. Andrew Greenlees Semple 1996-2006 Director View profile
  69. Henry John Woolston 1996-2002 Director View profile
  70. Jennifer Kay Burt 1996-1997 Director View profile
  71. Robin Fausset 1996-2002 Director View profile
  72. Eileen Stamers-Smith 1996-1998 Director View profile
  73. Philippa Ruth Rakusen 1996-1996 Director View profile
  74. Geoffrey Ralph Evans 1996-2004 Director View profile
  75. Dr Keith Malcolm Goodway 1996-2001 Director View profile
  76. William Irving Corlett 1996-1996 Director View profile
  77. Dr David Lawson Jacques 1996-2001 Director View profile
  78. Kim Edward Kelvin Wilkie 1996-1999 Director View profile
  79. Dr Robert Todd Longstaff-Gowan 1996-2001 Director View profile
  80. Henrietta Cobham Lucas 1996-1997 Director View profile
  81. Francesca Greenoak 1996-1999 Director View profile
  82. Gordon Weetman Ballard 1996-1996 Director View profile
  83. Arthur Richard Peter Hayden 1996-2006 Director View profile
  84. Peter Howard Goodchild 1996-2001 Director View profile
  85. Sarah Rutherford 1996-1996 Director View profile
  86. Stephen Hugh Garth Anderton 1996-1999 Director View profile
  87. William Charles Pack 1996-1996 Director View profile
  88. Mavis Liliam Batey 1996-2000 Director View profile
  89. Lady Tania Compton 1996-1999 Director View profile
  90. Douglas Harry Wilkins 1996-2000 Director View profile
  91. Edward Charles Richard Fawcett 1996-1999 Director View profile
  92. Jeremy Henry Benson 1996-1997 Director View profile
  93. Michael Warin Ravenscroft Symes 1996-2006 Director View profile
  94. Maureen Patricia Nolan 2016-2023 Secretary View profile
  95. Jeremy Richard Garnett 2012-2016 Secretary View profile
  96. Cecilia Elizabeth Mary Cairns 2002-2012 Secretary View profile
  97. Hugh Alfred Isaacs 2000-2002 Secretary View profile
  98. Andrew James Plumridge 2000-2000 Secretary View profile
  99. John Reynolds Anthony 1996-2000 Secretary 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 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

  • 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 £9,5672024-04-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £45,1742024-04-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £35,0002024-04-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £10,0002024-02-28
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £6,0002023-12-04
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

4.1y median 3.8y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

Left in the last 12 months

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.

Education 1Professional services 1

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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