The Alnwick Garden Trust

Analysis

The Alnwick Garden Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Alnwick. It was registered in January 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04584694). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Alnwick Garden Trust reported income of £9.5m and spending of £11.6m, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.9m to £9.5m (+141%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Alnwick Garden Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Advance Advocacy and Non-Violence Community Education (£9.4m), The Talking Trust (£9.5m) and Castel Froma Neuro Care Limited (£9.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 52%, trading 46% and donations and legacies 1.2%. Charitable activities took 64% of spending and raising funds 36%. Reserves of £875k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 216 people.