Charity Details

Dr. Neils Garden Trust

SC028097Registered charity from 13 February 1998

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Charity Information:

Address 5 Duddingston Park South
Edinburgh

Postcode EH15 3NX

Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee

Website www.drneilsgarden.co.uk

Regulatory Type Standard

Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/

Object:

(a) To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Duddingston Village, Edinburgh and its environs without distinction of political, religious or other opinions, by associating the Local Authority, voluntary organisations and inhabitants in a common effort to provide, or assist in the provision of, facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure-time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants (b) To advance religion by the promotion of Christian principles and, in particular, those which relate to creating and fostering a sense of community (c) To preserve and conserve the natural environment including the flora and fauna and created landscapes within Scotland and in particular those within the environs of Duddingston Village, Edinburgh (d) To advance education (e) To promote, establish, operate and/or support other schemes of a charitable nature for the benefit of the community within Scotland and in particular within and in the envirOns of Duddingston Village, Edinburgh

Operations:

What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:

The charity was set up to maintain and develop, for the enjoyment and education of the public, the garden established in the 1960s by the Drs Neil, being on a site of some 2 and 1/2 acre adjoining Duddingston Loch together with the Historic Thomson Tower situated at the foot of the garden. The aim is to provide a place of beauty of tranquillity away from the hustle and bustle of Edinburgh. The charity employs a full time gardener who, with the assistance of volunteers, some with vulnerabilities, maintain the planting and the hard landscaping and propagate plants for sale to support the work of the charity. The gardener also conducts groups - adults and children - around the garden and organises workshops and other horticultural and educational events. The Tower provides a venue for exhibitions by local artists, photographers, sculptors, jewellers and potters.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Constitutional Form Date: 13 Feb 1998

Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh

Number of Staff: 1

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement", "any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes"

Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations", "It carries out activities or services itself"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
28 Feb 2022	£28,806	£28,578	20 Oct 2022	Yes
28 Feb 2023	£56,882	£36,738	17 Oct 2023	Yes
28 Feb 2024	£59,627	£44,021	08 Nov 2024	Yes
28 Feb 2025	£54,173	£36,218	22 Aug 2025	Yes	Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
28 Feb 2026			No	Annual Information due by 30 Nov 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green . If an annual return is late, the box is red .

Income and Expenditure:

Charity Trustees:

First Name	Last Name
Lucy	Murphy
Dorothy	Blacklock
Stacy	Rowan
Craig	Turner
Janette	Wilson
Rhona	Fitzgerald
Jill	Gilchrist
Barbara	Haward
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