Greencombe Garden Trust

Analysis

Greencombe Garden Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in February 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Greencombe Garden Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £25k, spending 236% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £19k to £11k (-43%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 229% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Greencombe Garden Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Endon Well Dressing Festival Charity (£11k), The British Birds Charitable Trust (£11k) and St Albans Museums and Galleries Trust (£11k).

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.