STANLEY SMITH UK HORTICULTURAL TRUST — grant history

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Latest income
£159k
Grants listed (FY2026)
40
Listed grants total
£126k
Accounts grants total
£133k

Write-backs & cancellations (all years shown): 2 entries, −£4k. These are listed separately below and are not netted off the grant totals or counted as grants.

reconciliation not assessedextracted from its FY2026 accounts

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What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded
Where grantees operate
  • Herefordshire (1 grantee)
  • Liverpool City (1 grantee)
  • Worcestershire (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2024 → FY2026

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings that have counted grants (unverified reads are left out, so a filing whose grants are all unverified is skipped). A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

ChangeGranteeFY2024FY2026
newHampshire County Council - Traineeship—£15k
newEnglish Heritage - Traineeship—£15k
newBroadstone Dell Rejuvenation Project, Dorset—£5k
newRefreshing the Theatrical Border at Strawberry Hill House, London—£5k
newCastle Bromwich Historic Gardens, Birmingham—£5k
newEmbedding Horticultural Skills and Garden-Based Learning in BUC, University of Oxford Botanic Garden—£5k
newRevealing the Enigma: A Survey of English Garden Grottoes and Shell Houses—£5k
newHighGround Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre Loughborough—£5k
not listedFriends of the University of Bristol Botanic Garden Traineeship£15k—
not listedNTS Inverewe Traineeship£15k—
not listedBirmingham Botanical Gardens Traineeship£15k—
not listedWorking for Gardens Association Traineeship£15k—
not listedTeapot Trust’s Elsewhere Garden, Musselburgh, East Lothian£5k—
not listedKelmarsh Hall and Garden, Northamptonshire, Spring in the Woodland Garden Project£5k—
not listedScone Palace, Perth, Rose Garden Project£5k—
not listedPainshill Park Trust, Surrey, Continued Restoration of Walled Garden and Kitchen Garden Exhibition£5k—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
Hampshire County Council - TraineeshipFY2026£15kUnderspent grants returned
English Heritage - TraineeshipFY2026£15kIver Environment Centre, Iver, Buckinghamshire, Garden Development
Broadstone Dell Rejuvenation Project, DorsetFY2026£5kBoleskine House, Inverness. Garden Restoration
Refreshing the Theatrical Border at Strawberry Hill House, LondonFY2026£5kEric Young Orchid Foundation, Jersey
Castle Bromwich Historic Gardens, BirminghamFY2026£5kGarden Organic, Coventry, Heritage Seed Library Cucurbit Collection
Embedding Horticultural Skills and Garden-Based Learning in BUC, University of Oxford Botanic GardenFY2026£5kUniversity of Reading Outdoor Learning Garden
Revealing the Enigma: A Survey of English Garden Grottoes and Shell HousesFY2026£5kEnglish Heritage, London, Gardens and Empires
HighGround Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre LoughboroughFY2026£5kYMCA Exeter, Therapeutic Horticulture Project
Promoting Horticulture as an Essential Tool for Plant Conservation in South Africa, Glasnevin Botanic Garden, DublinFY2026£5kThe Professional Gardens Trust - Traineeship
Horatio’s Garden, Princess Royal Spinal Cord Injuries Centre, SheffieldFY2026£5kLittle Sparta, Lanarkshire. Storm Damage Restoration
Bromeliad Book, Ian Hodgson. Contribution to Travel Costs for ResearchFY2026£5kEllen Willmott book. Support for Production Costs
Fulham Palace, London. Box Hedge Replacement ProjectFY2026£4kPainshill Park Trust, Cobham, Surrey
Phylogeny and Speciation of the Genus Autonoe in the Macaronesian RegionFY2026£4kGlasgow Necropolis, Flower Memorial Summer Planting Scheme
National Plant Collection Holders’ Conference 2024, Kew GardensFY2026£3kV&A, Dundee, Garden Futures: Designing with Nature Exhibition
Brogdale Collection, Faversham, Education for Children and Young PeopleFY2026£3kThe Gardens Trust Early Careers Network, London
The North of England Zoological Society, Chester ZooFY2026£3kHolme for Gardens, Holme Nurseries Ltd, Dorset
Free Range Garden project, HackneyFY2026£3kVolunteering Hebrides, Stornoway, Growing Together Project
Hepworth Wakefield Gallery, Plants and Materials for New Garden AreaFY2026£3kThe Garden Museum, London
Muslim Womens Council, ShipleyFY2026£2kUshaw Historic House, Gardens and Chapels, County Durham
Lingen Davies Cancer Support, ShrewsburyFY2026£2kEuropom 2026, RHS Garden Rosemoor, Devon
Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals Charity, LondonFY2026£2kFydell House Garden Restoration, Boston Preservation Trust, Lincolnshire
Preservation of Borde Hill’s Historic Rhododendron CollectionFY2026£2kHaddington Garden Trust, St Mary’s Pleasance
Bath Park Activator Programme. Purchase of Plants and Tree SupportsFY2026£2kSt Christopher’s Hospice, Sydenham, London. Purchase of Plants
Minstead Trust, Hampshire, Furzey GardensFY2026£2kBirmingham Botanical & Horticultural Society, Edgbaston, Birmingham
PROJECT Fritillaria.GR II – Botanical expeditions and germinationFY2026£2kEndemic Plants of Mediterranean Chile. Contribution to distribution costs
The Mavers Foundation Orchid Pod Project, PulboroughFY2026£2kGilbert White’s House & Gardens, Selborne, Hampshire
Biodiversity Collections of Threatened Plant Species in Central-South ChileFY2026£2kPaul Bartlett, Plant Study Trip to Labrador, North-East Canada
The UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum & Montserrat National Trust, Montserrat Botanic GardenFY2026£2kPlant Heritage, RHS Wisley
Auchterarder Horticultural Society, Perth and KinrossFY2026£2kBeannachar Camphill Community, Banchory, Aberdeenshire
Plant Study Trip, South Africa, Desert to Temperate RainforestFY2026£1k
Mark Bobin, Study Tour of Native Flora, Sichuan, ChinaFY2026£1kJamie McCormack, Study Tour of Native Flora, Sichuan, China
Warneford Hospital, Oxford. Redevelopment of Asylum GardenFY2026£1kEverton Pool Garden, Everton Park, Liverpool
Revealing the Enigma: A Survey of English Garden GrottoesFY2026£1kVirtuous Landscapes: Little Sparta at War
WASLER, Women’s Aid South Lanarkshire and East RenfrewshireFY2026£1kNorthern Roots, Oldham, Urban Farm and Market Garden
Roots to Branches Forest School, PrestonFY2026£1kOptimising Growing Conditions in the Palace Glasshouse, Wells, Somerset
British Library Garden Exhibition. Contribution to Exhibition CostsFY2026£1kNorth Wales Wildlife Trust, Invasive Plants Interpretation
St. Augustine’s High School, London, Eco & Garden Project ProposalFY2026£900Leeds Castle Foundation, Kent, Cascade Garden
Pocket Mushroom Garden, Myco ManchesterFY2026£750Up the Garden Path, Helmsley Walled Garden, Yorkshire
GrowNotts, Nottingham, Wild About Sneinton: Autumn Greening ProjectFY2026£500Cambo Garden, Fife, Garden Redevelopment Project
Enham Trust Community Orchard and Walled Garden, AndoverFY2026£200Garden Organic, Coventry, Development of National Collection
Friends of the University of Bristol Botanic Garden TraineeshipFY2024£15kAdvancing horticultural education
NTS Inverewe TraineeshipFY2024£15kAdvancing horticultural education
Birmingham Botanical Gardens TraineeshipFY2024£15kAdvancing horticultural education
Working for Gardens Association TraineeshipFY2024£15kAdvancing horticultural education
Teapot Trust’s Elsewhere Garden, Musselburgh, East LothianFY2024£5kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Kelmarsh Hall and Garden, Northamptonshire, Spring in the Woodland Garden ProjectFY2024£5kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Scone Palace, Perth, Rose Garden ProjectFY2024£5kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Painshill Park Trust, Surrey, Continued Restoration of Walled Garden and Kitchen Garden ExhibitionFY2024£5kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Belsay Awakes, Upper Terrace Planting, MorpethFY2024£5kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Sandra LawrenceFY2024£4kExpeditions to collect and protect valuable plants
Size of Wales Chelsea GardenFY2024£4kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Richard Moore, Christopher Parsons, Lawrence Wright and Edward Shaw Plant Study Trip to Kanchenjunga Conservation Area, NepalFY2024£4kStudy visits
Brogdale Collections Publication, Faversham, KentFY2024£4kPromoting horticulture
Birmingham Botanical & Horticultural Society Ltd (Birmingham Botanical Gardens), Development of Mediterranean GlasshouseFY2024£4kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Peterborough Cathedral, Restoration of South Entrance GardenFY2024£4kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society, Saughton Park, EdinburghFY2024£4kPromoting horticulture
Project Fritillaria GR Wild Collections and Ex-situ Conservation of Prioritised Fritillaria Spp. Of Greece for Horticultural EvaluationFY2024£4kPromoting biological conservation and diversity
Field Trip to Investigate Cacti of Jamaica and Cayman IslandsFY2024£4kStudy visits
Garden Museum, London, New Healing GardenFY2024£4kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Winterbourne House & Garden, University of BirminghamFY2024£4kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Fauna and Flora International, Conserving Threatened Fruit and Nut Trees and Associated Species, TajikistanFY2024£4kPromoting biological conservation and diversity
Whitaker Park Regeneration, LancashireFY2024£4kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Benmore Botanic Garden, Dunoon, Giant Redwood Avenue Geo-injection ProgrammeFY2024£3kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Garden Organic, Development of Comfrey CollectionFY2024£3kPromoting horticulture
Hestercombe Garden Trust, Somerset, Gotton Copse restorationFY2024£3kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Teapot Trust (based in Musselburgh, East Lothian). Elsewhere Garden, Royal Hospital for Children, GlasgowFY2024£3kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Sheringham Park (National Trust), Norfolk, Plant Identification ProjectFY2024£3kPromoting horticulture
The Community Allotments, RBG KewFY2024£3kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Plant Heritage, National Collection Holders Conference, Chester ZooFY2024£3kPromoting horticulture
Chelsea Physic Garden, Xerophytic Garden ProjectFY2024£3kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Preservation of Borde Hills Historic Rhododendron Collection, West SussexFY2024£3kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
St Fagans Castle Carden Glasshouses, Cardiff, Restoration ProjectFY2024£3kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Trees for Cities Tree Planting at Racecourse Estate in NortholtFY2024£3kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Woodstock Chapel Memorial Garden Restoration Project, OxfordshireFY2024£3kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Trees for Cities Tredegar Square Project, East London, Purchase of TreesFY2024£3kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
RHS New Shoots Project, Bridgewater Practical Training HubFY2024£3kAdvancing horticultural education
Homerton HospitalFY2024£2kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Improving Knowledge and Labelling of the Living Collections and St Andrews Botanic GardenFY2024£2kPromoting horticulture
Fay Davies, Kew Diploma Student, Plant Study Trip to BoliviaFY2024£2kStudy visits
Grow for Life Therapeutic Horticulture Project, BathFY2024£2kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Study trip Dr Bui Hong Quang and Dr Nguyen Van Du to RBG Edinburgh and KewFY2024£2kStudy visits
Hannah Hall, Monocots Conference, Costa RicaFY2024£2kStudy visits
Climate Friendly Food, Lancashire, Bog Plants for WellbeingFY2024£2kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Talemos Seta, Ethiopia, Botanic GardenFY2024£2kStudy visits
St Anna Allotments, Nottingham, Renovation of Oliver’s GardenFY2024£2kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Beds for Bees by RepollinateFY2024£2kPromoting biological conservation and diversity
ASCape Garden Club, West DorsetFY2024£1kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Royal Trinity Hospice, ClaphamFY2024£1kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Rise 61 Sensory Garden Project, SalisburyFY2024£1kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Family Action’s Escape project, NorfolkFY2024£1kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Celia Aceae, International Botanical Congress, 2024, MadridFY2024£1kStudy visits
Cohn Jones, Plant Study Trip, Mt Meili and Biluo YunnanFY2024£1kStudy visits
Jonathan Hutchinson, Fieldwork trip to Tanzania to Study ScadoxusFY2024£1kExpeditions to collect and protect valuable plants
Upton in Bloom, Growing for Gold ProjectFY2024£1kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Spitalfields Crypt Trust, LondonFY2024£1kPromoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Paul Bartlett, Sone Lane Gardens, Devon, Plant Study Trip to MongoliaFY2024£1kStudy visits
Margie Phillips, Plant Study Trip, Mt Meili and Biluo YunnanFY2024£1kStudy visits
Seamus O’Brien, Plant Study Trip, Mt Meihi and Biluo YunnanFY2024£1kStudy visits
Westbury Town Council, Wiltshire, Bulb PlantingFY2024£870Promoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Plant heritage 45th Sapphire Celebration Event, RHS WisleyFY2024£800Promoting horticulture
The Library Bank Garden Regeneration Project, Broadstairs, KentFY2024£600Promoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
The Gardens’ Community Garden on Doncaster GardensFY2024£500Promoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
The Ancient Techology Centre, Dorsent, Medieval Herb GardenFY2024£500Promoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Crampton Tower Bank Garden Renovation Project, Broadstairs, KentFY2024£480Promoting creation and maintenance of public gardens
Nepal Botanical Study Trip, Misako KasaharaFY2024£425Study visits
New Wellbeing Garden at RHS Garden WisleyFY2022£5kApproved September 2020
New Horatio's Garden, University Hospital, LlandoughFY2022£5kApproved March 2022
Bloomin' Marvellous ProjectFY2022£5kApproved March 2022
Arbeia Herb Garden Restoration, South ShieldsFY2022£5kApproved September 2021
Atlantic Flowers, New Arcadian Journal of the ancestral species of the "albiflors" group of Tradescantia cultivarsFY2022£5kApproved March 2022
Chelsea Physic Garden, History Beds Interpretation ProjectFY2022£5kApproved September 2021
RHS Wisley, Interpretation in Old LaboratoryFY2022£5kApproved September 2021
Fauna and Flora International, Cambridge, Conserving Threatened Fruit and Nut Trees, TajikistanFY2022£5kApproved September 2021
Cambo Heritage Trust, FifeFY2022£4kApproved March 2022
Horatio's Garden, LondonFY2022£4kApproved September 2020
Arduaine, near Oban, restoration & replacement of wind shelter plantingFY2022£4kApproved September 2020
Horticultural practice to conserve threatened fruit & nut trees in TajikistanFY2022£4kApproved September 2020
Fourth Reserve Foundation, Brockley, LondonFY2022£4kApproved March 2021
Deep Green Space, DumfriesFY2022£4kApproved March 2021
Garden Organic, CoventryFY2022£4kApproved September 2021
Minehead Museum Celebrating Minehead's Environmental HeritageFY2022£4kApproved March 2022
Hadlow College, Kent, Physic Garden DevelopmentFY2022£4kApproved March 2022
Painshill, Cobham, Surrey, Restoration of fruit bays in large garden wallFY2022£4kApproved September 2021
Winterbourne House & Garden, University of BirminghamFY2022£4kApproved March 2021
Museum of North Craven Life, Settle, North YorkshireFY2022£3kApproved March 2021
Rectory Park, Houghton-le-SpringFY2022£3kApproved March 2022
Marble Hill Revived, Flower Bed Planting, RichmondFY2022£3kApproved September 2020
Dr Philip Cribb, reintroduction of Cypripedium calceolus into the Swiss Jura Mountains using horticultural expertiseFY2022£3kApproved September 2020
Lemon Tree Trust, creation of community garden in the Duhok's Zakho region of IraqFY2022£3kApproved September 2020
Backhouse Rossie, Fife, development of historic daffodil collectionFY2022£3kApproved September 2020
Online 2021 PlantNetworkFY2022£3kApproved March 2022
Glasgow Seed LibraryFY2022£3kApproved March 2021
Tagsa Uibhist, Isle of BenbeculaFY2022£3kApproved March 2021
House Trust, StirlingFY2022£3kApproved March 2022
Turner's House Trust, LondonFY2022£3kApproved March 2021
Food Behand Bars, HMP Swinfen Hall, Lichfield, StaffordshireFY2022£2kApproved March 2022
Jonathan Hutchinson, AETFAT Conference Livingstone Zambia 2022FY2022£2kApproved September 2021
Belsay Awakes, Belsay Garden Restoration Project, MorpethFY2022£2kApproved September 2021
Publication of 'Complete Guide to Ginkgo biloba and cultivars'FY2022£2kApproved March 2022
'Engaging with Nature', Selly Manor Museum Garden, Bournville, BannockburnFY2022£2kApproved March 2022
The Royal National College for the BlindFY2022£2kApproved March 2022
Liverpool CathedralFY2022£2kApproved March 2021
Publication of Napoleon's Garden Island: Lost and old gardens of St HelenaFY2022£2kApproved September 2021
Westonbirt Gardens Revealed, GloucestershireFY2022£2kApproved March 2021
Rise:61, Salisbury, Community Garden projectFY2022£2kApproved March 2021
Castle Bromwich Historic Gardens, BirminghamFY2022£1kApproved March 2021
Cluny House Gardens, PerthshireFY2022£1kApproved March 2022
Howes Primary School Coventry, new Japanese Peace GardenFY2022£1kApproved September 2020
Chiltern Open Air Museum, Chalfont St GilesFY2022£1kApproved September 2020
Shree Swaminarayan Mandlr OldhamFY2022£1kApproved March 2021
Young Propagator's SocietyFY2022£750Approved March 2021
Evesham Abbey TrustFY2022£350Approved March 2022

Write-backs & cancellations

2 entries totalling −£4k in this funder’s accounts are negative amounts, such as the write-back of an accrued grant or a cancelled grant. They are shown here on their own and are not netted off the grants total or counted as grants above. They are in the CSV with amount_note “write_back”.

RecipientYearAmountPurpose
Valerie Boujard, Plant Study Trip to Araça Project, BrazilFY2026−£720Martin Ammann, Study Tour to Nepal
Helsinki UniversityFY2022−£3kApproved September 2020

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