GARDENERS' ROYAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY

Registered charity 1155156 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PERENNIAL · also registered in Scotland as SC040180 (OSCR)

Latest income

£4.3m

Latest spending

£5.6m

Registered

2013

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£4.3m

Total spending

£5.6m

Cost of raising funds

£1.4m

Reserves (reported)

£5.2m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~11.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (17/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (03/10/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

Paul Rochfordchair
Barbara Jean Segall
David Buchanan-Cook
Guy Matthew Moreton · trustee of 1 other charity
James Sinclair Taylor
Julia Ann Collins
Lilidh Charlotte Matthews · trustee of 1 other charity
Ms Cindy Peck
Neville John Stein
Richard Lloyd Lawton
Richard Timothy Capewell
Steven Mark Palmer
Susan Mary Burgess

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£4.3m	£5.6m
31/12/2023	£4.6m	£6.0m
31/12/2022	£4.0m	£5.1m
31/12/2021	£5.2m	£4.3m
31/12/2020	£3.8m	£3.8m

Common questions

Who funds GARDENERS' ROYAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GARDENERS' ROYAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY as a grant recipient include THE NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEME, THE JOYCE LOMAX BULLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST, THE LESLIE MARY CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST, SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEME	FY2021	£115k
THE NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEME	FY2022	£75k
THE JOYCE LOMAX BULLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£13k
THE JOYCE LOMAX BULLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£9k
THE LESLIE MARY CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUST	FY2022	£3k
SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUST	FY2023	£1k
SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUST	FY2025	£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	12/11/2015	£84k	"The Heritage of York Gate"