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HORATIO'S GARDEN

Registered charity 1151475 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC045386 (OSCR)

After the devastation of a spinal injury, the future can seem bleak. Horatio's Garden creates and runs beautiful vibrant gardens beside NHS spinal injury rehabilitation centres. places where people can begin to find connection, enjoyment and calm. Where life goes on.

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Latest income
£3.6m
Latest spending
£2.6m
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved its highest-ever income of £3,617,726 and reported a surplus of £1,009,283 for the year. Free reserves of £976,376 are held, which the trustees confirm are within their stated policy target range of six to eight months' operating expenditure. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 3
“3 staff members received pay over £60,000 (2025: three)” — page 42
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Restricted income (60% of income)
“Restricted income for the running costs of specified gardens and/or the construction cost of new gardens was £2,462,262, accounting for 68% of the total income of £3,617,726.” — page 20
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six- and eight-months’ operating expenditure, excluding garden construction costs (held: £976k)
“The Board of Trustees has considered the risks and uncertainties facing Horatio’s Garden and concluded that the appropriate level of general reserves should usually be between six- and eight-months’ operating expenditure, excluding garden construction costs.” — page 22
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: No trustees received remuneration. One trustee received payment for services (£4,386) and expenses were reimbursed.
“No Trustees receive remuneration. One Trustee is contracted to provide landscape services; this service contract was approved by the Board and is disclosed in note 19. Trustees’ reimbursement of expenses is disclosed in note 9.” — page 24
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee donations.
“The Trustees have made donations, individually £20,496 or through charitable trusts controlled by the Trustees £36,667, totalling £57,163 for the year” — page 48
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Horatio's Garden (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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)

5 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 30/04/2026)

Total income
£3.6m
Total spending
£2.6m
Cost of raising funds
£551k
Reserves (reported)
£976k
Employees
45

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (90% 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: 15.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2026£3.6m£2.6m
30/04/2025£3.3m£3.3m
30/04/2024£3.0m£3.1m
30/04/2023£2.3m£1.8m
30/04/2022£2.6m£2.0m

Common questions

Is HORATIO'S GARDEN financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved its highest-ever income of £3,617,726 and reported a surplus of £1,009,283 for the year. Free reserves of £976,376 are held, which the trustees confirm are within their stated policy target range of six to eight months' operating expenditure. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.

Who funds HORATIO'S GARDEN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HORATIO'S GARDEN as a grant recipient include PROJECT GIVING BACK, THE BAND TRUST, THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST, WILLIAM HARDING'S CHARITY, THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PROJECT GIVING BACKFY2023£400kGrant for garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2023
THE BAND TRUSTFY2023£250kHospice and Hospital
THE JULIA RAUSING TRUSTFY2025£250kMiddlesbrough Therapeutic Garden for Spinal Injury Patients
WILLIAM HARDING'S CHARITYFY2021£241kNote 7
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATIONFY2023£170kHealth and wellbeing
THE AURORA TRUSTFY2025£110kA three-year grant (£35,000 per year) towards core costs
THE CHARLOTTE HEBER-PERCY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£100k
THE JOHN BROWNE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£100k
THE NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEMEFY2024£90kGardens and Health payment
THE NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEMEFY2022£90kGardens and Health beneficiaries
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£80kCapital funding for Horatio's Garden Sheffield
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£75ktowards a new garden at the Spinal Cord Injuries Unit at Musgrave Park Hospital in Belfast
THE NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEMEFY2021£75kGardens and Health beneficiaries
The Caledonia Investments Charitable FoundationFY2024£75knurtures the wellbeing of people after spinal injury
The Caledonia Investments Charitable FoundationFY2023£75k
THE AUBREY ORCHARD-LISLE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£74k
The Caledonia Investments Charitable FoundationFY2022£60k
THE CHARLOTTE HEBER-PERCY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£50k
THE ALBORADA TRUSTFY2024£50k
THE AURORA TRUSTFY2024£35kTowards core costs
THE AURORA TRUSTFY2023£35kTo contribute towards the Charity’s core costs.
THE AURORA TRUSTFY2022£35kTowards core costs
THE ALBORADA TRUSTFY2022£35k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£25k
PETER SOWERBY FOUNDATIONFY2022£25k
THE DE LASZLO FOUNDATIONFY2024£20kArt therapy in spinal units
THE JOHN BROWNE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£20k
THE DE LASZLO FOUNDATIONFY2024£20kArt therapy in spinal units
THE DE LASZLO FOUNDATIONFY2024£20kArt therapy in spinal units
THE ROGER AND JEAN JEFCOATE TRUSTFY2025£20k
THE CHARLOTTE HEBER-PERCY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£20k
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£20k
THE DE LASZLO FOUNDATIONFY2024£20kArt therapy in spinal units
BAKER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£20k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£19k
THE JOHN BROWNE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£15k
COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£15kSupport the costs of maintaining the garden at the spinal unit in Llandough.
COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£15kSupport the costs of maintaining the garden at the spinal unit in Llandough.
JOHN ANDREWS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£12k
THE BAND TRUSTFY2024£10kHospice and Hospital
THE LADY COBHAM FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k
THE NORTHWICK TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2023£10kHealth
THE NORTHWICK TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE SALISBURY POOL CHARITY COMPRISING THE FIRST MOIETY ESTABLISHED BY CLAUSE 2 OF THE DEED OF DECLARATION DATED 23RD MARCH 1976FY2024£10kSocial welfare
THE PORTRACK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2024£10kGeneral
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2024£10kGeneral
THE LADY COBHAM FOUNDATIONFY2024£10k
THE MICHAEL BISHOP FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland28/03/2023£5kHoratio's Garden Northern Ireland
The National Lottery Community Fund18/11/2020£60kHoratio's Garden Wales

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATION2£12k
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST2£5k
THE ROTHERWICK FOUNDATION1—
THE MICHAEL COWAN FOUNDATION1£600k
THE VALIANT CHARITABLE TRUST1£275k
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEY1£160k
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION1£130k
THE REVERE CHARITABLE TRUST1£100k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Garden House Hospice Care.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HORATIO'S GARDEN£3.6m—3within—no doubt
Garden House Hospice Care FY2025£8.4m——within—no doubt
BRIDEWELL ORGANIC GARDENS FY2025£378kUnder £60,0000above—no doubt
SOCIETY FOR HORTICULTURAL THERAPY FY2025£2.1m£71,0501above—no doubt
MARTINEAU GARDENS FY2025£243k—0unclear—no doubt
JUBILEE GARDENS (1978) LIMITED FY2025£157k—0within—no doubt

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