The Gibberd Garden Trust

Analysis

The Gibberd Garden Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in March 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Gibberd Garden Trust reported income of £80k and spending of £96k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £84k to £80k (-5.2%), an average of -1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Gibberd Garden Trust sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Glade Centre (£80k), Wilding Acres Trust (£80k) and The Friends of Halifax Minster (£79k).