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THE HENRY DOUBLEDAY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 298104 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GARDEN ORGANIC, HDRA · also registered in Scotland as SC046767 (OSCR)

Garden Organic promotes organic gardening. Our focus is on individual, community and school gardens throughout the UK. We use innovative practices to inspire and encourage people to grow organically. We collaborate with others to achieve the greatest impact.

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

Latest income
£3.2m
Latest spending
£2.4m
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £874,245 and unrestricted reserves of £1,276,584, which significantly exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of £500,000. The trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient resources to continue as a going concern, although they note that payments towards the defined benefit pension scheme liability put significant pressure on the annual budgeted expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: over £70,001 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“During the period, one employee received total emoluments over £70,001 (2023 one over £70,001).” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“During the period, one employee received total emoluments over £70,001” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months unrestricted, non-trading expenditure (held: £1.3m)
“The trustees annually review the charity's reserves policy and agree that a general reserve of £500,000 is required, which is approximately equal to three months unrestricted, non-trading expenditure”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Organic Enterprises Limited
“The charity has a wholly owned subsidiary, Organic Enterprises Limited. The subsidiary carries out trading activities to raise funds which it gift aids to the charity”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

ORGANIC ENTERPRISES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

    Leadership, per the charity’s website

    Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

    Company officers (Companies House)

    Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

    Official officers record.

    Property (HM Land Registry)

    1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

    Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

    Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

    Total income
    £3.2m
    Total spending
    £2.4m
    Cost of raising funds
    £878k
    Reserves (reported)
    £1.3m
    Employees
    43

    Reported reserves equal ~6.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

    Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 27.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

    Trustees · trustee networks

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

    Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

    Income and spending

    Financial year endIncomeSpending
    31/03/2025£3.2m£2.4m
    31/12/2023£2.1m£2.1m
    31/12/2022£1.5m£1.9m
    31/12/2021£1.7m£1.8m
    31/12/2020£1.7m£1.8m

    Common questions

    Is THE HENRY DOUBLEDAY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

    Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £874,245 and unrestricted reserves of £1,276,584, which significantly exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of £500,000. The trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient resources to continue as a going concern, although they note that payments towards the defined benefit pension scheme liability put significant pressure on the annual budgeted expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

    What does the highest-paid employee of THE HENRY DOUBLEDAY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION earn?

    Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the over £70,001 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

    Who funds THE HENRY DOUBLEDAY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION?

    Funders whose own accounts filings name THE HENRY DOUBLEDAY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION, THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATION, THE SAINTBURY TRUST, THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST, ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST.

    Known funders

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

    FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
    THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATIONFY2024£10k
    THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATIONFY2025£4k
    THE SAINTBURY TRUSTFY2025£3kAdvancement of Heritage or Science
    THE SAINTBURY TRUSTFY2023£3kThe Advancement of Arts, Culture, Heritage or Science
    THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
    THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUSTFY2025£2kConservation and the Environment
    THE SAINTBURY TRUSTFY2024£2kAdvancement of Arts, Culture, Heritage or Science
    ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1kCharitable Donation
    THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUSTFY2023£1kConservation and the Environment
    ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1kCharitable Donation
    ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1kCharitable Donation
    ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1kCharitable Donation

    Government & lottery funding

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

    FunderDateAmountPurpose
    The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/12/2024£174k"Sowing your seeds – heritage crops for a resilient future"
    The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/02/2015£72k"Growing from your roots"
    The National Lottery Heritage Fund01/08/2000£1.0m"Vegetable Kingdom"

    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.

    FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
    KUSUMA TRUST UK2£188k
    THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GARDENERS OF LONDON CHARITY2£16k
    THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST2£14k
    CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST2£10k
    THE AURUM CHARITABLE TRUST1£485k
    King Charles III Charitable Fund1£480k
    THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION1£352k
    CALISEN IMPACT CHARITABLE TRUST1£293k

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

    Side by side with its peers

    CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
    THE HENRY DOUBLEDAY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION£3.2mover £70,0011above—no doubt
    SOCIAL FARMS AND GARDENS FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
    THE SOIL ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£24.9m——within—no doubt
    BRIDEWELL ORGANIC GARDENS FY2025£378kUnder £60,0000above—no doubt
    THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GARDENERS OF LONDON CHARITY FY2024£109k—0unclear—no doubt
    ASSOCIATION OF FRIENDS OF BRISTOL UNIVERSITY BOTANIC GARDEN FY2025£116k—0above—no doubt

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