FRIENDS OF THE SWISS GARDEN
Charity number: 1015724
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
Maintenance and support of Historic Garden with access to public
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025
Total income: £32,156
Total expenditure: £22,355
People
5 Trustee(s)
47 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No information availableFundraising
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:
- General Charitable Purposes
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
- Provides Other Finance
- Provides Human Resources
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
- Central Bedfordshire
Governance
Registration history:
- 17 December 1992: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
No other names
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management 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
5 Trustee(s)
| Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||
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| LADY JANE WHITBREAD | Chair |
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| Christine Ann Hill | Trustee | 23 July 2024 |
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| Hilary Anne Davidson | Trustee | 23 July 2024 |
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| Enid Elizabeth Vallery | Trustee | 23 July 2024 |
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| Marion Maule | Trustee | 01 November 2018 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | 31/03/2025 | ||
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Total gross income | £15.88k | £28.96k | £29.42k | £23.72k | £32.16k | |
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Total expenditure | £3.87k | £13.80k | £53.58k | £7.99k | £22.36k | |
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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 March 2025 | 28 August 2025 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2025 | 28 August 2025 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 29 July 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 19 January 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 19 January 2024 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 03 January 2022 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | Not required |