ALPINE GARDEN SOCIETY
Charity Number: 207478
Charity reporting is up to date (60 days late)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
To promote an interest in all aspects of alpine plants, their cultivation in rock gardens and plant conservation in natural habitats. We are a membership organisation, publish a quarterly Journal for members, operate a seed exchange, make awards available for horticultural study, operate botanical tours for members to see plants in their natural habitats and publish alpine plant information.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 August 2023
Total income: £411,493
Total expenditure: £608,870
People
8 Trustee(s)
250 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
No information available
Trading
One or more trustees are also directors of the 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
- Education/training
- Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
- Throughout England And Wales
- Denmark
Governance
Registration history:
- 22 September 1962: Standard registration
- 31 March 2022: Funds received from 1096589 ALPINE GARDEN SOCIETY (NORTHAMPTON) GROUP
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
- AGS (Working name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
- Investment
- Paying staff
- 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
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases 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
8 Trustee(s)
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| Dr Robert Amos | Chair | 13 November 2021 |
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| SALLY PETITT | Trustee | 22 March 2025 |
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| David Keith Haselgrove | Trustee | 09 November 2024 |
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| beth marshall | Trustee | 09 November 2024 |
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| Mathew Jeffery | Trustee | 11 November 2023 |
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| Peter Liverman | Trustee | 13 November 2021 |
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| Thomas Freeth | Trustee | 13 November 2021 |
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| PROFESSOR JOHN GALLOWAY | Trustee |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/08/2019 | 31/08/2020 | 31/08/2021 | 31/08/2022 | 31/08/2023 | ||
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Total gross income | £612.20k | £468.70k | £257.82k | £261.73k | £411.49k | |
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Total expenditure | £790.69k | £633.13k | £403.63k | £447.14k | £608.87k | |
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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 | £13.44k | £8.11k | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £398.51k | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Investment | £64.20k | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Other | £149.48k | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £441.03k | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £349.66k | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £3.50k | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £945 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | 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 August 2023 | 29 August 2024 | 60 days late | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2023 | 29 August 2024 | 60 days late | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 August 2022 | 20 June 2023 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2022 | 20 June 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 August 2021 | 25 May 2022 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2021 | 25 May 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 August 2020 | 28 June 2021 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2020 | 28 June 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 August 2019 | 05 March 2020 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2019 | 05 March 2020 | On Time | Download Open in new window |