The Gardens Trust

Analysis

The Gardens Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03163187). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Gardens Trust reported income of £337k and spending of £348k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £380k to £337k (-11%), an average of -2.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Gardens Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Orchestra of St John's Limited (£337k), Oswestry Station Building Trust Limited (£337k) and Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre (£337k).

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.