Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

NORMANDY COMMUNITY THERAPY GARDEN 

The Therapy Garden works to have a positive and significant impact on the lives of people facing challenges in life. Whether by helping to equip young people who have additional learning needs for a future in the workplace or reducing the isolation of a stroke survivor. We change lives for the better and we do that by creating a safe place to enjoy the power of gardening connecting with nature.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 25 years

www.thetherapygarden.org

stella.diamond@thetherapygarden.org

01483 813846

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23*£256£287£-30n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/22£254£227£27n/an/an/an/an/a42
31/03/21£215£168£46n/an/an/an/an/a39
31/03/20£186£227£-41n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/03/19£238£212£26n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/18?£207£225£-19£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/16£111£133£-22£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/15£113£125£-12£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/14£129£119£10£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/13£127£111£16£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/12£116£93£24£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/11£161£85£76£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/10£111£72£39£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/09£66£59£7£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/08£55£52£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/07£68£59£9£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/06*£59£59£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/05*£68£62£6£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/04£51£59£-8£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hampshire, Surrey,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 50 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Community Foundation for Surrey£66,000
The Foyle Foundation£25,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
DCMS£19,327
London Marathon Charitable Trust£7,200
Co-Operative Group£6,943
The Pilgrim Trust£4,300
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundation for Surrey - Crisis Funding
£10,000 07/02/2023
Core funding to support the sustainability of a horticulture and education charity that uses gardening to have a positive impact on the lives of people facing challenges in life.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Horticulturist Salary
£1,000 19/10/2022
Funding for a Horticulturist Salary working with clients who live their lives with a variety of mental health challenges
Community Foundation for Surrey - 'Green School'
£10,000 05/07/2022
Funding towards a project that supports vulnerable young people and helps increase their confidence, whilst learning a skill.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 22/04/2022
Core Revenue Support
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£10,000 03/12/2021
towards core funding over the next twelve months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Therapy Garden
£3,508 23/10/2021
Our aim is to enable young adults with learning difficulties and mental health problems to join our Grow to Work group, so they can partake in a range of horticultural and work experience activities.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Grow To Work Programme
£10,000 30/07/2021
11
Funding towards a horticultural educational and well-being programme for disadvantaged young people aged 16 - 19 in South West Surrey
Community Foundation for Surrey - Social Prescribing Project
£20,000 07/05/2021
11
Funding for a Social Prescribing Project at gardening and education charity.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Therapy Garden
£3,435 24/10/2020
We would like equipment and materials for our garden to support vulnerable teenagers, helping them to learn new skills out in the fresh air.
The Foyle Foundation - Learning
£15,000 30/09/2020
towards core costs to ensure operations can continue whilst complying with COVID-19 safety requirements over 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,327 30/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Community Foundation for Surrey - COVID19 - Mental wellbeing
£15,000 28/09/2020
11
Funding towards core costs for a charity supporting a wide range of disadvantaged people through gardening and well-being activities and support
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£10,000 28/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£10,000 31/07/2020
The Therapy Garden
The Grocers' Charity - 2020 The Therapy Garden
£2,000 18/03/2020
Empowering marginalised and excluded individuals and groups; Purchasing a piece of equipment, printing materials or another tangible project
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Raised Planters Project
£7,200 16/10/2019
Towards 13 raised planters at Normandy Community Therapy Garden making gardening activities accessible for a wide range of individuals including those with physical disabilities, stroke and ....more
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to The Therapy Garden
£4,300 19/09/2019
11
Green School for Girls.; Horticultural education tailored for girls
National Lottery Community Fund - New IT and electrical communication products for The Therapy Garden.
£8,215 07/03/2019
12
The project will use the funding to provide support to adults and teenagers with learning, physical and mental disabilities to receive horticultural therapy by use of updated IT equipment. This will ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Therapy Garden
£20,000 12/12/2018
36
towards three years' running costs of a project in Surrey that uses horticulture to engage and support people with disabilities and mental health problems
Community Foundation for Surrey - Alzheimer’s and Dementia Group
£2,940 12/11/2018
11
Therapeutic horticulture group for people with Alzheimer’s and dementia.
Community Foundation for Surrey - The Counselling Room
£9,101 30/01/2018
3
Funding to build a free-standing garden room to provide a private, quiet and discreet retreat for counselling sessions and one-to-one work with clients.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Counselling Room
£8,808 29/11/2017
12
This project will build a free standing garden room within the therapy garden providing them with a quiet and discreet place to deliver counselling sessions with adults and teenagers with learning ....more
Community Foundation for Surrey - Stroke of Genius
£3,888 08/05/2017
2
'Stroke of Genius' project offering social and therapeutic horticulture to stroke survivors and their carers,
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the Green School for teenagers
£1,000 23/03/2017
Towards the Green School for teenagers with learning and physical difficulties in Surrey.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Outside Wooden Shelter
£3,000 20/02/2017
9
Purchase of a shelter to protect clients and volunteers at a community garden which offers therapeutic horticulture.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Therapy Garden
£17,700 04/12/2014
24
towards two years' running costs of a project that provides therapeutic gardening activities and training to disabled young people and adults with mental health problems in Surrey
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Normandy Community Therapy Garden
£32,200 31/05/2013
A charity working to engage with young people and adults with learning disabilities by providing services and helping improve life skills.
National Lottery Community Fund - Green Shoots
£10,000 14/04/2011
12
This is a project by a voluntary community organisation in Guildford. The group will use the funding to adapt entrance gates and construct a tarmac driveway and patio area. This will improve access ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 45-76
  • ED HUSSEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Hr Director
  • JO WOODHAMS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Project Manager / Local Government
  • REEVE MARTIN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Health & Safety Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/06/1999, number: 1076055
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/11/1998, number: 03665818
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR23: 35 days late, AR06: 23 days late, AR05: 45 days late,
Main office

Normandy Community Therapy Garden
Manor Fruit Farm
Glaziers Lane
Normandy
Guildford
GU3 2DT

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY WITHIN A FIFTY MILE RADIUS OF NORMANDY, SURREY BY THE PROVISION OF THERAPEUTIC EDUCATION IN THE USE OF LAND THROUGH ALL FORMS OF HORTICULTURE AND GARDENING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WITHIN A FIFTY MILE RADIUS OF NORMANDY, SURREY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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