THE LAKELAND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 259847 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity promotes the science, practice and art of horticulture with special reference to the conditions pertaining in the Lake District. It also aims to promote and facilitate co-operation between horticultural organisations and serve the interests of all horticulturalists.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF HORTICULTURE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE CONDITIONS OBTAINING IN LAKELAND AND WITHIN THE ABOVE AREA TO PROMOTE AND FACILITATE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN ALL HORTICULTURAL ORGANISATIONS AND TO SERVE THE INTERESTS OF ALL HORTICULTURISTS.

Area of benefit: LAKELAND

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 the charity reported a modest surplus of £29,000 for the 16-month period, with unrestricted reserves standing at £863,572. The trustees note that significant capital expenditure is planned, which will result in a substantial reduction in these cash reserves. The charity confirms it is a going concern and has no material uncertainties regarding its financial position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan John Gerrardchair
• Alison Jane Sutherland Sanford · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anthony Edward Willey · trustee of 1 other charity
• Hayley Davidson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lorna Patricia Hillmann
• Pauline Aldous · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Hoben Burgess
• Stephen Sharp · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Margaret Buckingham · trustee of 1 other charity
• Wendy Thwaites · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cumbria

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