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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

Latest income
£4.3m
Latest spending
£4.2m
Registered
2001

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

Total income
£4.4m
Total spending
£4.2m
Cost of raising funds
£2.4m
Reserves (reported)
£38k
Employees
61

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£4.3m£4.2m
31/03/2024£3.4m£3.4m
31/03/2023£2.9m£3.1m
31/03/2022£3.4m£2.7m
31/03/2021£2.1m£1.7m

Common questions

Who funds THE GARDEN MUSEUM?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE GARDEN MUSEUM as a grant recipient include ROCKCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BAND TRUST, THE KILROOT FOUNDATION, NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUND, THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmount
ROCKCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£105k
THE BAND TRUSTFY2023£65k
THE KILROOT FOUNDATIONFY2024£60k
NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUNDFY2024£54k
THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATIONFY2022£54k
THE KILROOT FOUNDATIONFY2023£50k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£35k
FISHMONGERS' COMPANY'S CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£20k
THE NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEMEFY2022£10k
THE NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEMEFY2021£10k
THE CRESCENT TRUSTFY2023£6k
NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUNDFY2023£5k
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE WOGEN ANNIVERSARY TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE WOGEN ANNIVERSARY TRUSTFY2025£3k
NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUNDFY2023£3k
THE SALISBURY POOL CHARITY COMPRISING THE FIRST MOIETY ESTABLISHED BY CLAUSE 2 OF THE DEED OF DECLARATION DATED 23RD MARCH 1976FY2023£2k
THE COMPANY OF ARTS SCHOLARS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
THE CRESCENT TRUSTFY2025£2k
SOUTHBANK AND WATERLOO NEIGHBOURSFY2025£1k
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE SIR JOHN RITBLAT FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2024£500
THE SALISBURY POOL CHARITY COMPRISING THE FIRST MOIETY ESTABLISHED BY CLAUSE 2 OF THE DEED OF DECLARATION DATED 23RD MARCH 1976FY2024£500

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund10/09/2025£294k"Benton End Revived"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/06/2020£180k"COVID19: GARDEN MUSEUM"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund16/12/2019£49k"Caribbean Garden and Horticultural Heritage in South London"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund01/12/2016£54k"Development and Implementation of a Strategy for Corporate Support and Involvement"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/07/2013£60k"Gardening in Wartime - People, Plants and the Great War"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/12/2012£60k"The Black Gardener"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/05/2012£4.0m"Garden Museum Development"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/05/2010£101k"Championing Sustainability in Heritage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/05/2008£99k"To develop Our Art and Design Collection"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/02/2005£40k"Local Heritage Display: Museum of Garden History"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/01/2005£2k"With A Lottery Award The Museum Of Garden History Will Run A Series Of Holiday Family Workshops About The Gardens Of Hatfield House. It Wil"