THE GARDEN MUSEUM

Registered charity 1088221 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MUSEUM OF GARDEN HISTORY, THE MUSEUM OF GARDEN HISTORY

(i) The advancement of education in all aspects of the study and teaching of gardening and its history(ii) The maintainance of the churchyard of St Mary at Lambeth as a garden/open space for the benefit of the general public(iii) The care of the church of St Mary at Lambeth; and to finance its use for charitable purposes for the benefit of the general public

Objects

TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS, IN SUCH MANNER AND IN SUCH PROPORTIONS, AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE AND IN PARTICULAR: 1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE STUDY AND TEACHING OF GARDENING AND ITS HISTORY; 2. THE REINSTATEMENT, REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CHURCHYARD OF THE CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN LAMBETH AND LAND ADJOINING OR ADJACENT THERETO AS A GARDEN OR OPEN SPACE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; 3. THE REPAIR AND PRESERVATION OF THE CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN LAMBETH, AND TO FINANCE THE USE OF IT FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Area of benefit: LAMBETH, LONDON, AND ELSEWHERE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lambeth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported a net movement in funds of -£171,648, primarily due to a £385,795 loss on the revaluation of the Benton End property, despite a surplus before depreciation of £485,777. Total income increased by 31% to £4,405,589, driven by growth in trading activities and donations, while unrestricted funds showed a deficit of £677,145. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Armstrong & Co. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 06/02/2023, 6 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Garden Museum (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Christopher Woodward — Director (source)
• Sarah Hardy — Deputy Director (source)
• Hannah Warwick — Finance Director (source)
• Christina McMahon — Director of Development (source)
• Rupert Tyler — Chair of Trustees (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)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £350k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 54.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRYAN SANDERSON CBE
• Bridget Pinchbeck
• Charles Spicer · trustee of 3 other charities
• Christopher Jason Gatenby
• Edward McMullan
• Edwina Sassoon · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jane Mary Ruffer
• Jeremy Clay
• LADY CAROLINE EGREMONT
• LADY JILL RIBLAT OBE
• LADY TANIA COMPTON
• Marchioness Nicola Shulman
• Rupert David Tyler
• Sir Charles Robert Saumarez Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
• THOMAS STUART-SMITH

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SAMUEL GARDNER MEMORIAL TRUST.

• THE SAMUEL GARDNER MEMORIAL TRUST income £76k
• THE FARMLAND MUSEUM income £159k
• TENBY MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY income £93k
• THE GARDENS TRUST income £337k
• THE MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION income £2.2m
• HESTERCOMBE GARDENS TRUST LIMITED income £2.3m

Side by side with its peers

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