LONDON HISTORIC PARKS AND GARDENS TRUST

Registered charity 1042337 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q6670648 · Wikipedia · also known as LONDON PARKS AND GARDENS TRUST

The Trust (LPG) promotes public interest in, access to and knowledge about historic parks and gardens in London. It is involved in research, publication, education, planning, conservation, and membership activities. LPG's annual London Open Gardens - the UK's largest open gardens weekend - raises funds and public delight in city greenspaces to help inspire and enable their protection for everyone.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ON MATTERS CONNECTED WITH ARTS AND SCIENCES OF HISTORIC GARDEN LAND. TO PRESERVE ENHANCE AND RE CREATE FOR THE EDUCATION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE PUBLIC WHATEVER HISTORIC GARDEN LAND MAY EXIST OR HAVE EXISTED IN AND AROUND LONDON

Area of benefit: LONDON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £2,018 for the year, reducing its total funds from £350,589 to £348,571. The Board confirmed that reserves are maintained at appropriate levels to provide sufficient resources in the event of adverse conditions. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with the examiner reporting no matters requiring attention.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2025 (received 05/11/2026, 5 days after the 31/10/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexandra Bell
• Barbara Mary Deason
• Caroline Jane Ames
• Celia Mead · trustee of 1 other charity
• Fionna Gibb OBE
• John Rego
• Louise Balcombe
• Matt Wright
• Nathan David Oley
• Nigel Philip Hart Smith
• Peter William Sibley

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HISTORIC TOWNS TRUST.

• THE HISTORIC TOWNS TRUST income £110k
• THE GARDENS TRUST income £337k
• THE HIGH BEECHES GARDENS CONSERVATION TRUST income £112k
• LONDON HISTORIC BUILDINGS TRUST LTD income £441k
• THE HISTORIC ENGLAND FOUNDATION income £361k
• THE FAIRGROUND HERITAGE TRUST income £283k

Side by side with its peers

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