The High Beeches Gardens Conservation Trust
Analysis
The High Beeches Gardens Conservation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Haywards Heath. It was registered in April 1988, 38 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. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.
In the financial year ending December 2025, The High Beeches Gardens Conservation Trust reported income of £112k and spending of £144k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £109k to £112k (+2.7%), an average of +0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 127% 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 High Beeches Gardens Conservation Trust sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Henderson Hub Company Limited (£112k), The North End Trust (£112k) and New Green Community Trust (£112k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The historic Gardens are maintained for the enjoyment of the public, for the growth and propagation of trees and plants, for the furtherance of the study and science of botany, and for the promotion of the conservation of nature, especially those rarer species of plants and trees in danger of loss of cultivation.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Henderson Hub Company Limited | Abbots Langley | £112k |
| The North End Trust | Norfolk | £112k |
| New Green Community Trust | Suffolk | £112k |
| Brookfield Spaceplace | Preston | £112k |