WINDMILL COMMUNITY GARDENS

Registered charity 1194070 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To further or benefit the residents of Nottingham City together with voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to promote the preservation, conservation and protection of the environment through environmentally friendly gardening practices, the promotion of physical and mental health, and the improvement of the conditions of life in socially and economically disadvantaged communities.

Objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF NOTTINGHAM CITY, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION,CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY GARDENING PRACTICES, THE PROMOTION OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.

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

Causes: Disability · Environment/conservation/heritage · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Nottingham, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£50k
Latest spending
£36k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £4,745 at the end of the period. The trustees report that there are no uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern and no funds are materially in deficit.

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.

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 05/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 200
  • Government income: £1,000 — grants £1,000 (1); 2% of the £50,283 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 200
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Volunteers: 200
  • Government income: £650 — grants £650 (1); 2% of the £35,505 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Nottingham City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£50k£36k
05/04/2024£36k£29k
05/04/2023£36k£33k
05/04/2022£44k£32k

Common questions

Is WINDMILL COMMUNITY GARDENS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £4,745 at the end of the period. The trustees report that there are no uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern and no funds are materially in deficit.

Who funds WINDMILL COMMUNITY GARDENS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WINDMILL COMMUNITY GARDENS as a grant recipient include BOOTS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ASDA FOUNDATION, THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST, Advance Nottingham, THE LAWSON TRUST CIO.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BOOTS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£40k
THE ASDA FOUNDATIONFY2024£10kInvesting in Spaces and Places
BOOTS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10kMiscellaneous
Advance NottinghamFY2022£7kRestricted
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2024£5kOther grants
THE MARY ROBERTSON TRUSTFY2022£3k
Advance NottinghamFY2023£2k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2023£2k
THE MARY ROBERTSON TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITYFY2025amount not statedDonations made during the year

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund03/02/2026£20kWindmill Community Gardens

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ARKWRIGHT MEADOWS COMMUNITY GARDENS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WINDMILL COMMUNITY GARDENS£50k—0unclear—no doubt
ARKWRIGHT MEADOWS COMMUNITY GARDENS FY2025£143k—0unclear—no doubt
MEANWHILE GARDENS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£352k—0above—no doubt
WINDMILL COMMUNITY GARDENS MARGATE FY2025£341k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF STREATHAM COMMON FY2025£35k—0unclear—no doubt
SYDENHAM GARDEN FY2025£659k—0unclear—no doubt

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