THE HARDY PLANT SOCIETY
Charity number: 208080
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
The advancement of the culture, study and improvement of hardy herbaceous plants; the preservation of older rarer and lesser known hardy plants; to advance knowledge of hardy plants; to organise visits to places of interest in connection with the study of hardy plants.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024
Total income: £139,773
Total expenditure: £204,230
People
11 Trustee(s)
20 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
No information available
Trading
This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.
Trustee payments
No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.
What, who, how, where
What the charity does:
- Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
- The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
- Throughout England And Wales
- Scotland
Governance
Registration history:
- 07 April 1964: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
No other names
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
11 Trustee(s)
| Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||
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| Steven David Bustin | Chair | 07 September 2024 |
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| Robert Mark Swallow | Trustee | 20 January 2026 |
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| Samantha Jane Cook | Trustee | 13 September 2025 |
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| Carolyn White | Trustee | 13 September 2025 |
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| James Michael Miller | Trustee | 07 September 2024 |
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| Maliya Ann Price | Trustee | 07 September 2024 |
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| David Reginald Peter Gorman | Trustee | 07 September 2024 |
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| Ann Franks | Trustee | 07 September 2024 |
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| Janice Vaughan | Trustee | 07 September 2024 |
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| Martin David Leigh | Trustee | 07 September 2024 |
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| Nicholas Hales | Trustee | 16 May 2023 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/12/2020 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2023 | 31/12/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £115.35k | £110.24k | £112.13k | £120.52k | £139.77k | |
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Total expenditure | £106.31k | £100.29k | £127.62k | £199.41k | £204.23k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Accounts and annual returns
This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
| Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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| Annual return | 31 December 2024 | 15 October 2025 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2024 | 15 October 2025 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 December 2023 | 25 September 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2023 | 25 September 2024 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 December 2022 | 01 July 2023 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2022 | 01 July 2023 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 December 2021 | 18 May 2022 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2021 | 18 May 2022 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 December 2020 | 09 September 2021 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2020 | 09 September 2021 | On time | Download Open in new window |