The Winter Gardens Trust

Analysis

The Winter Gardens Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in December 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Winter Gardens Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £15k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £144 to £14k (+9472%), an average of +213% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 9111%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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 Winter Gardens Trust sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Turnpike Community Theatre (£14k), Ashleworth Memorial Hall (£14k) and The South Asasif Conservation Trust (£14k).