THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN

Registered charity 1133233 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Another very busy year that has seen the addition of an Art Studio to our facilities as well as an extended kitchen, due to be completed Easter 2019. Over 150 people make use of our facilities weekly.

Objects

3.1. TO BENEFIT INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS DEALING WITH DISADVANTAGE OR DISABLEMENT,WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON SUPPORTING THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNINGAND BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS3.2. TO PROVIDE, OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIALWELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHOHAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY ORDISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OFIMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.3.3. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OFTHOSE ALREADY SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, ASSISTING THEM TO REINTEGRATE INTO SOCIETYFOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE, 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED MEANS BEING EXCLUDEDFROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWINGFACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL ANDDRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN,RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER REASSIGNMENT; POOREDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POORHOUSING ( THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS);CRIME ( EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME, OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTOSOCIETY)

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cheltenham, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash funds of £29,717 at the year end, representing a surplus of £7,390 for the period. The trustees report that the bank balance remains healthy and that current debts have been cleared. The charity relies entirely on donations and fundraising activities for its income, with no restricted or endowment funds held.

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 3 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
• 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)

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 06/11/2025, 6 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 10/11/2022, 10 days after the 31/10/2022 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 Butterfly Garden (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRIS EVANSchair
• Alan Winwood · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anne Ebsworth
• Jacqueline Etheridge BA CERT ED
• Lauren Hayes
• MRS E RIDDELL
• MS Lauren Evans
• Nathan Ridley
• Robert Lewis
• Steven Southgate
• Timothy Hack

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Somerset · Warwickshire · Wiltshire · Worcestershire

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 BUTTERFLY SPACE.

• BUTTERFLY SPACE income £77k
• BULWELL FOREST GARDEN income £228k
• BUTTERFIELD HOMES income £30k
• SHEFFIELD BOTANICAL GARDENS TRUST income £131k
• BRID GARDENS income £106k
• FIVE A DAY GARDEN income £35k

Side by side with its peers

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