Somerset Gardens Trust

Analysis

Somerset Gardens Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in February 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02613559). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Somerset Gardens Trust reported income of £10k and spending of £16k, spending 153% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £8,899 to £10k (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 222%. Over the whole period it spent 141% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Somerset Gardens Trust sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rainhill Civic Society (£10k), The Institute for Archaeo-Metallurgical Studies (£10k) and Christ Church Spitalfields Foundation (£10k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.