SERPENTINE COMMUNITY GARDEN SOCIETY CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION

Registered charity 1188016 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SERPENTINE COMMUNITY GARDEN SOCIETY

Our object is to advance the education of the public in the subject of horticulture and horticultural practices. We aim to teach and learn about sustainable growing practices in the High Peak climate; share knowledge with our volunteers and visitors; support the aim of long term food security; and build and maintain an environment where all people are welcome,

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF HORTICULTURE AND HORTICULTURAL PRACTICES.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £103,737, primarily derived from grant awards. The trustees note that in-house reserves maintain a cash cushion at all times, although the business plan demonstrates a strong reliance on external funding for core staffing and capital projects.

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

What the accounts disclose

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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Caitlin Janette Bisknell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carole Patricia Garner
• Catherine Birchall · trustee of 1 other charity
• Luke Andrew Wilkinson
• Peter Barry Richard Brown

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOCIAL FARMS AND GARDENS.

• SOCIAL FARMS AND GARDENS income £1.1m
• THE SARGENT CHARITABLE TRUST income £682k
• GARDENERS' ROYAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY income £5.0m
• THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GARDENERS OF LONDON CHARITY income £109k
• ASSOCIATION OF FRIENDS OF BRISTOL UNIVERSITY BOTANIC GARDEN income £116k
• SUNNYSIDE COMMUNITY GARDENS income £134k

Side by side with its peers

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