THE PLANTATION GARDEN PRESERVATION TRUST

Registered charity 1165433 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The restoration and preservation, for the public benefit, of the Gardens at 4 Earlham Road, Norwich, known as The Plantation Garden.

Objects

THE RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE GARDENS OF 4 EARLHAM RD, NORWICH, KNOWN AS THE PLANTATION GARDEN.

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

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

Registered contact address: Norwich, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£86k
Latest spending
£107k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £21,539 for the year, reducing its unrestricted funds from £124,588 to £102,951. The trustees confirm there is no threat to the charity as a going concern and that reserves are held to mitigate risks associated with the site's unstable ground.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £50,000 (reserves figure: £103k)
“The charity’s reserve is set at £50,000 and this was not changed during the year.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 85

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 80

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 85

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

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£86k£107k
31/12/2024£69k£69k
31/12/2023£59k£58k
31/12/2022£61k£55k
31/12/2021£66k£35k

Common questions

Is THE PLANTATION GARDEN PRESERVATION TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £21,539 for the year, reducing its unrestricted funds from £124,588 to £102,951. The trustees confirm there is no threat to the charity as a going concern and that reserves are held to mitigate risks associated with the site's unstable ground.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/11/2015£39k"Experiencing and Understanding the Plantation Garden"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/03/2002£2k"Charity to attract more poeple to the garden and on Jubilee day will hold a special open day. Group is restoring a unique Victorian suburban"

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORWICH PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PLANTATION GARDEN PRESERVATION TRUST£86k—0unclear—no doubt
NORWICH PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED FY2025£119k—0unclear—no doubt
BOLTONS GARDEN ENCLOSURES FY2025£105k——unclear—no doubt
SPETCHLEY GARDENS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£473k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FORTESCUE GARDEN TRUST FY2026£401k—0unclear—no doubt
HELMSLEY WALLED GARDEN LIMITED FY2025£408k—0unclear—no doubt

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