The Leicestershire and Rutland Gardens Trust

Analysis

The Leicestershire and Rutland Gardens Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicestershire. It was registered in August 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Leicestershire and Rutland Gardens Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £8,615, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3,031 to £12k (+290%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 230%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Leicestershire and Rutland Gardens Trust sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of St Mary's Church, Stoughton (£12k), Friends of Mortimer Forest Limited (£12k) and Westminster Tree Trust (£12k).