HILL CLOSE GARDENS TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1085278 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Restoration and maintenance of 16 Victorian detached garden plots in Warwick for the benefit of the townspeople of Warwick and the nation at large.

Objects

TO PRESERVE AND RESTORE FOR THE EDUCATION BENEFIT AND ENJOYMENT OF THE TOWN PEOPLE OF WARWICK IN THE COUNTY OF WARWICKSHIRE AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE WHATEVER OF THE HISTORIC HERITAGE WHICH MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND THE HILL CLOSE GARDENS WARWICK IN THE FORM OF GARDENS OR OTHER OBJECTS OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST

Area of benefit: WARWICK

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 net expenditure of £39,305 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £460,498 to £421,192. The unrestricted fund balance is negative at £107,633, while restricted funds remain positive at £528,825. The trustees confirm that no material uncertainties regarding going concern have been identified.

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
• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• National Lottery Heritage Fund — “We gratefully acknowledge the ongoing support of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Warwick District Council.” (source page)
• Warwick District Council — “We gratefully acknowledge the ongoing support of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Warwick District Council.” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Cathcart
• Christine Wainwright
• GEORGE HENRY CHRISTOPHER BEGG
• JENNIFER LAMB
• Richard John Eddy
• Robert Vivian Bleasdale
• Susan Jane Haughton

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

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

• THE EXBURY GARDENS TRUST income £128k
• LONDON HISTORIC PARKS AND GARDENS TRUST income £269k
• CHISWICK HOUSE AND GARDENS TRUST income £3.2m
• HOW HILL TRUST income £427k
• HESTERCOMBE GARDENS TRUST LIMITED income £2.3m
• THE FORTESCUE GARDEN TRUST income £401k

Side by side with its peers

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