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Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society

SC040180Registered charity from 09 January 2009
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By Perennial
Address 115 - 117 Kingston Road
Leatherhead
Surrey
Postcode KT22 7SU
Website www.perennial.org.uk
Regulatory Type Cross-Border
Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/
Object:
The objects of the Charity (the "Objects") shall be:- 3.1.1 the relief and assistance by such means as the Trustees shall determine to be appropriate in each case of gardeners or persons who are or who have been in like employment or occupation of those closely involved in gardening or related activities or those training to be gardeners or persons of like occupation and their spouses or widows/widowers or unmarried partners and/or immediate dependants (the "Beneficiaries") in necessitous circumstances or in circumstances of poverty, illness, disability (whether mental or physical) old age; and/or 3.1.2 the advancement for the public benefit of education and training in or relating to horticulture or gardening; and/or 3.1.3 the provision, maintenance or assistance in the provision and maintenance of gardens and open space for training, rehabilitation and other charitable purposes for public benefit and in particular the preservation and maintenance of gardens of historic and/or aesthetic importance to be enjoyed by and made available to the public at large; and/or 3.1.4 to further such other exclusively charitable purposes according to the law of England and Wales as the Trustees in their absolute discretion from time to time determine.
Operations:
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Constitutional Form Date: 31 Dec 2013
Previous Constitutional Form: Registered Society
Previous Constitutional Form Date: 09 Jan 2009
Main Operating Location: Outwith Scotland
Number of Staff: 72
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"
Beneficiaries: "Older People", "People with disabilities or health problems", "Other defined groups"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals", "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
31 Dec 2021 £5,191,750 £4,315,218 06 Jul 2022 Yes
31 Dec 2022 £4,032,661 £5,066,096 23 Aug 2023 Yes
31 Dec 2023 £4,614,296 £5,997,215 17 Jul 2024 Yes
31 Dec 2024 £4,335,482 £5,556,491 12 Sept 2025 Yes Published accounts can be found on the Charity Commission website
31 Dec 2025 No Annual Information due by 30 Sept 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
Julia Collins
Steven Palmer
Richard Lawton
David Buchanan-Cook
Guy Moreton
Helen Seal
Susan Burgess
Lilidh Matthews
Barbara Segall
Richard Capewell
Neville Stein
Paul Rochford
Cindy Peck
James Sinclair Taylor
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