The Melbourne Gardens Charity Income Trust

Analysis

The Melbourne Gardens Charity Income Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derby. It was registered in August 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Melbourne Gardens Charity Income Trust reported income of £20k and spending of £21k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £7,531 to £20k (+165%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 143% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Melbourne Gardens Charity Income Trust sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Nature Trust (Sandy) (£20k), The David and Christopher Lewis Foundation (£20k) and 2nd Atherton Scout Group (£20k).

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.