SPETCHLEY GARDENS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1061063 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Formal gardens at Spetchley, Worcestershire, open to the public from March to October.

Objects

1) THE PROMOTION OF HORTICULTURE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING TO MAINTAIN AND PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THOSE PARTS OF SPETCHLEY PARK GARDENS, SPETCHLEY, HEREFORD AND WORCESTER AS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. 2) THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHARITY OR CHARITIES OR FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: SPETCHLEY PARK GARDENS, SPETCHLEY, HEREFORD AND WORCESTER

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £46,084 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by increased repair costs and reduced donations. Despite this, the charity holds unrestricted funds of £1,483,141, which significantly exceeds the trustees' stated suitable reserve level of £200,000 to £300,000. The trustees confirm adequate resources exist to continue operations on a going concern basis.

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 5 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
• Complaints 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: SPETCHLEY GARDENS ENTERPRISES LIMITED Companies House 09216384

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~7.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (62% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/04/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charles John Calcraft Wyldchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Patrick Steven Downes · trustee of 1 other charity
• REGINALD PHILIP HEYWORTH · trustee of 2 other charities
• ROBERT CHARLES GRANTLEY BERKELEY

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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