THE LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE

Registered charity 1073396 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC047057 (OSCR)

To protect, conserve and enhance the natural and built environment for the benefit of the public by promoting the arts and sciences of Landscape Architecture.

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Latest income
£2.4m
Latest spending
£2.4m
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources of £24,645 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £1,447,777. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity holds significant unrestricted reserves relative to its annual expenditure, indicating financial stability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Transactions with Hardscape Products Ltd, a company where a Trustee is a director.
“Related party transactions with Hardscape Products Ltd, a company which a Trustee is a director, but without any day-to-day management control, amounted to income received by the Landscape Institute from Hardscape of £7,920 and expenditure made to Hardscape of £nil.” — page 64
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent; Moore Kingston Smith. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£2.4m
Total spending
£2.4m
Reserves (reported)
£343k
Employees
25

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.4m£2.4m
31/03/2024£2.5m£2.7m
31/03/2023£2.6m£2.9m
31/03/2022£2.4m£2.5m
31/03/2021£2.2m£2.4m

Common questions

Is THE LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources of £24,645 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £1,447,777. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity holds significant unrestricted reserves relative to its annual expenditure, indicating financial stability. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent; Moore Kingston Smith.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/01/2014£1.1m"Capability Brown Festival"

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ASDA FOUNDATION1£29k
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST1£20k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SOIL ASSOCIATION LAND TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE£2.4m——unclear—no doubt
THE SOIL ASSOCIATION LAND TRUST FY2025£639k—0below—no doubt
VALE LANDSCAPE HERITAGE TRUST FY2025£351k—0unclear—no doubt
UK NATIONAL PARKS CHARITY FOUNDATION FY2025£193k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND WILTSHIRE FY2026£131k—0above—no doubt
CHARTERED INSTITUTION OF WASTES MANAGEMENT FY2025£4.4m——above—no doubt

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