THE HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1050098 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB TRUST, THE NEW HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB TRUST LIMITED

The object and principal activity of the Trust is to maintain and preserve the present character and amenities of Hampstead Garden Suburb. The Suburb is a heritage asset of international importance and represents the birth of modern town planning and the apotheosis of twentieth century English domestic architecture and landscape design.

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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased by £508,730 during the year, with the General Fund holding £2,353,012 and Designated Funds holding £5,660,895. The Trust reports an operational surplus of £164,928 excluding one-off income, indicating a move toward financial sustainability independent of the Scheme of Management. The trustees confirm the organization remains a going concern with no material uncertainties.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Menzies LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Will Hawkins — Chief Executive (source)
• David Davidson — Head of Architecture (source)
• Richard Ross — Head of Estates (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

34 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (21 freehold); recorded price paid £3.6m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~69.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (59% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elspeth Margaret Clements · trustee of 1 other charity
• Grenville Ian Manuel
• JONATHAN MARK HENRY ROSS
• Nicola Avery-Gee
• Olga Vladic-Weal
• Richard Alan Harvey Townley
• Sarah Stafford
• Thomas Darwall-Smith

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

Operates in: Barnet

Income and spending

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

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• THE ASGILL HOUSE TRUST LIMITED income £448k
• THE BOSTON PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED income £704k
• THE HAMPSTEAD VILLAGE SHUL income £563k
• THE PARHAM PARK TRUST (1984) income £983k

Side by side with its peers

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