Wiltshire Gardens Trust

Analysis

Wiltshire Gardens Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in September 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Wiltshire Gardens Trust reported income of £23k and spending of £47k, spending 201% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £303k to £23k (-92%), an average of -47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 94%. Over the whole period it spent 30% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Wiltshire Gardens Trust sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Worldwide Dragonfly Association (£23k), The Verney Foundation (£23k) and The Historical Metallurgy Society Limited (£23k).

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.