THE ALNWICK GARDEN TRUST

Registered charity 1095435 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ALNWICK GARDEN

The Vision and Mission Statement - The Alnwick Garden cultivates communities and raises aspirations in a place of beauty. Fearlessly inspiring and connecting people in an inclusive garden environment that creates learning opportunities and enriches lives.

Objects

(A) THE ACQUISITION AND PRESERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF PLACES OF HISTORICAL OR ARCHAEOLOGICAL INTEREST OR OF NATURAL OR CULTIVATED BEAUTY IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND THE PROVISION OF READY ACCESS TO THEM BY THE PUBLIC.(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF CHARITY. (C) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES OR SERVICES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES OR SERVICES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.(D) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH BY PROMOTING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY OUTDOOR RECREATION AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES; AND (E) ANCILLARY TO THE ABOVE, THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

Area of benefit: NORTHUMBERLAND

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Northumberland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust reported a net outgoing resource of £2,114,236 for the year, driven by total resources expended of £11,568,867 against incoming resources of £9,454,631. Despite this deficit, the Trust's free unrestricted reserves increased to £491,229, and the trustees confirm the organization has adequate resources 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 UNW LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £100,001 - £110,000 (FY2024) to £110,001 - £120,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Rower nears finishing line in daring 3,000-mile Atlantic challenge to raise money for The Alnwick Garden Trust northumberlandgazette.co.uk · 27/03/2025
• The Alnwick Garden Trust reports strong revenues as visitor numbers remain “robust” despite “volatile year” insidermedia.com · 07/01/2025
• The Alnwick Garden Trust is blasted over plans to build a 'tacky Disneyland' dailymail.com · 15/03/2019

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04584694

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• DOYLE, Susannah Margaret — director, appointed 08/01/2026on trustee list
• ROBSON, Christopher Robert — director, appointed 20/06/2024on trustee list
• KALSON, Catherine Brenda — director, appointed 23/07/2021on trustee list
• LEIGH-PEMBERTON, James Henry, Sir — director, appointed 30/04/2019on trustee list
• LOVETT, John Haddon — director, appointed 30/04/2019on trustee list
• BLACKIE, Jonathan Adam — director, appointed 29/03/2011on trustee list
• NORTHUMBERLAND, Jane, Duchess — director, appointed 07/11/2002on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 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

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (52% 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: 44.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JONATHAN BLACKIEchair
• Christopher Robert Robson
• Dr Catherine Brenda Kalson
• JANE NORTHUMBERLAND
• John Haddon Lovett
• Sir James Henry Leigh-Pemberton
• Susannah Margaret Doyle

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

Operates in: Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DUNTON COMMUNITY GARDEN GROUP.

• DUNTON COMMUNITY GARDEN GROUP income £26k
• THE FAIRHAVEN GARDEN TRUST income £633k
• THE ARDWICK TRUST income £101k
• DEVON GARDENS TRUST income £229k
• PAINSWICK ROCOCO GARDEN TRUST income £947k
• Calthorpe Community Garden income £476k

Side by side with its peers

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