Stanley Smith UK Horticultural Trust

Analysis

Stanley Smith UK Horticultural Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Edinburgh. It was registered in December 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Stanley Smith UK Horticultural Trust reported income of £159k and spending of £233k, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £170k to £159k (-6.5%), an average of -1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 123% 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, Stanley Smith UK Horticultural Trust sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Noah's Ark Pre-School (Billericay) (£159k), Millgate Arts Centre Limited (£160k) and Kirklands (Menston) Trust (£159k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.