METROPOLITAN PUBLIC GARDENS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 303330 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

We support the protection, preservation and enhancement of gardens and open spaces which are open to the public, particularly in disadvantaged parts of London. We also assist gardens in schools. We do this by giving modest grants and providing advice and information.

Objects

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, WITH THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA OF GREATER LONDON. IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS OBJECT THE CHARITY DIRECTS ITS ENDEAVOURS TOWARDS: (A) THE PROTECTION, PRESERVATION, SAFEGUARDING, ENHANCING, ACQUIRING, PROMOTING, SUPPORTING AND ASSISTING IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC GARDENS, DISUSED BURIAL GROUNDS, CHURCHYARDS AND OPEN SPACES WITHIN THE SAID AREA; (B) THE PROVISION OF SEATS AND THE PLANTING OF TREES WITHIN PLACES OF PUBLIC RESORT AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE SAME; AND (C) THE PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF BIODIVERSITY WITHIN THE SAID AREA.

Area of benefit: COUNTY OF LONDON AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT

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Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

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• ALISTAIR THOMAS FREDERICK GOULD BSC MRICS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nicholas Clive Evans
• REX MICHAEL THORNBOROUGH

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Operates in: Throughout London

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