LONDON HISTORIC PARKS AND GARDENS TRUST

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

The Trust promotes public interest and knowledge about historic parks and gardens in London. The Trust is involved in research, publication, education, planning and conservation, membership activities and the Open Garden Squares weekend.

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

Latest income

£269k

Latest spending

£219k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £50,234 for the year, with total incoming resources of £269,388 against expenditures of £219,155. Per the trustees' report, financial reserves are described as 'unusually healthy', standing at £350,589, comprising £271,985 in general unrestricted funds. The trustees confirm that maintaining these reserves provides sufficient resources to address identified risks and adverse conditions.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Alexandra Bell
Barbara Mary Deason
Caroline Jane Ames
Celia Mead · trustee of 1 other charity
John Rego
Matt Wright
Nathan David Oley
SALLY PROTHERO

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£269k	£219k
31/12/2023	£212k	£192k
31/12/2022	£327k	£190k
31/12/2021	£265k	£262k
31/12/2020	£205k	£156k

Common questions

Is LONDON HISTORIC PARKS AND GARDENS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £50,234 for the year, with total incoming resources of £269,388 against expenditures of £219,155. Per the trustees' report, financial reserves are described as 'unusually healthy', standing at £350,589, comprising £271,985 in general unrestricted funds. The trustees confirm that maintaining these reserves provides sufficient resources to address identified risks and adverse conditions. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	01/04/2024	£52k	London Historic Buildings Trust Project Officers 2023 - years four, five and six
UK government	01/04/2023	£25k	London Historic Buildings Trust Project Officers 2023 - years four, five and six
UK government	01/04/2023	£34k	London Historic Buildings Trust Project Officers years one, two, three and four (in part)
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	03/07/2019	£99k	"London Parks & Gardens Trust Cultivating Resilience Project"
Greater London Authority	01/05/2019	£500	Grant to London Parks & Gardens Trust
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	04/02/2015	£15k	"London Parks & Gardens Trust Transition Project 2"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	04/02/2005	£50k	"Open Garden Squares Weekends (OGSW)"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	03/03/2003	£50k	"London Park Discovery Project"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
KUSUMA TRUST UK	2	£1.4m
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	1	£343k
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION	1	£300k
THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION	1	£200k
THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	1	£128k
THE EIGHTY EIGHT FOUNDATION	1	£21k
NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUND	1	£13k
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ROYAL PARKS [LIMITED].

THE ROYAL PARKS [LIMITED] income £109.9m
THE GUNNERSBURY MUSEUM AND PARK DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £2.5m
THE PARHAM PARK TRUST (1984) income £983k
WEST HAM PARK income £1.7m
THE HORNIMAN PUBLIC MUSEUM AND PUBLIC PARK TRUST income £10.4m
SEFTON PARK PALM HOUSE PRESERVATION TRUST income £981k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LONDON HISTORIC PARKS AND GARDENS TRUST	£269k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROYAL PARKS [LIMITED] FY2025	£109.9m	£180,001 - £190,000	—	within	—	no doubt
THE GUNNERSBURY MUSEUM AND PARK DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025	£2.5m	£90,000 - £99,999	1	below	—	no doubt
THE PARHAM PARK TRUST (1984) FY2025	£983k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WEST HAM PARK FY2025	£1.7m	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE HORNIMAN PUBLIC MUSEUM AND PUBLIC PARK TRUST FY2025	£10.4m	£120,001 - £130,000	4	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.