PAINSWICK ROCOCO GARDEN TRUST

Registered charity 1107844 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Restoration and maintenance of an 18th century garden. Promoting education in associated fields.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PRESERVATION, MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PAINSWICK ROCOCO GARDEN AND ANY STRUCTURES OR BUILDINGS CONTAINED THEREIN AS A PLACE OF HISTORIC AND ECOLOGICAL INTEREST AND BEAUTY, AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC INTO THE HISTORY OF THE PAINSWICK ROCOCO GARDEN AND NATURAL HISTORY AND INTO HORTICULTURE AND OTHER RELATED FIELDS.

Area of benefit: GLOUCESTERSHIRE

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

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted net income was £792 for the year, with unrestricted reserves standing at £413,649. The charity holds a stated reserves policy target of accumulating a cash reserve of £500,000, which is currently above the actual unrestricted reserves. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to meet its liabilities and is prepared on a going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/06/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher James Scott
• Deborah Grey
• Frances Lorraine Gristock · trustee of 1 other charity
• GAIL STOTEN
• Jason Stephen Pearce · trustee of 1 other charity
• Marion Tertia Mako
• Roger Balkwill · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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