THE HIGH BEECHES GARDENS CONSERVATION TRUST

Registered charity 299134 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as H B G C T

The historic Gardens are maintained for the enjoyment of the public, for the growth and propagation of trees and plants, for the furtherance of the study and science of botany, and for the promotion of the conservation of nature, especially those rarer species of plants and trees in danger of loss of cultivation.

Objects

USE OF TRUST LAND FOR A GARDENS AND ARBORETUM FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF THE PUBLIC AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF RESEARCH BY THE GROWTH AND PROPAGATION OF TREES AND PLANTS WITH A VIEW TO THE FURTHERANCE OF THE STUDY AND SCIENCE OF BOTANY AND THE INCREASE AND DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN RESPECT THEREOF AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE METHODS AND PRACTICE OF HORTICULTURE AND THE PROMOTION OF THE CONSERVATION OF NATURE AND ESPECIALLY THOSE RARER SPECIES OF PLANTS AND TREES IN DANGER OF LOSS TO CULTIVATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net outgoing of resources of £57,969 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,135,179 to £1,077,210. Per the trustees' report, the charity remains an unincorporated entity with unrestricted funds covering its net assets, and no restricted funds are held. The filing does not disclose any material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jeremy Mark Bray · trustee of 1 other charity
• Philip Robert Eastell
• SARAH KATHLEEN BRAY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sir Philip Warner Bt
• Timothy Roger Bacon

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Kent · Surrey · West Sussex

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