The Plantation Garden Preservation Trust

Analysis

The Plantation Garden Preservation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in February 2016, 10 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Plantation Garden Preservation Trust reported income of £86k and spending of £107k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £66k to £86k (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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 Plantation Garden Preservation Trust sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bewdley Festival Limited (£86k), Kent Archaeological Society (£86k) and Hops (Harrogate Operatic Players) Musical Theatre Company (£86k).