Overall GiG Score: 5 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +1

STONEHILL COMMUNITY GARDENS 

We welcome people from all walks of life working on half an acre, producing fruit, vegetables, eggs from our hens and honey from our bees.Our aim is to bring people closer to nature and to share the joys of being outside and gardening together. We hope it will be a place that will be beneficial to all people including those from disadvantaged and/or vulnerable backgrounds.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers, including a Community Foundation, recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender 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
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 6 years
Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£9,225£5,673£3,5520
31/03/22£4,520£9,135£-4,6150
31/03/21£18,732£10,709£8,0231
31/03/20£13,214£12,039£1,1755
31/03/19*£10,501£12,184£-1,6833
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Oxfordshire,

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
National Lottery Community Fund£4,732
Co-Operative Group£1,848
Oxfordshire Community Foundation£1,300
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Stonehill Community Gardens
£1,848 21/10/2023
We would like to increase our community impact by offering more open days whilst working with local groups and NHS prescribers to reach out to more people who could benefit from visiting the garden.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community gardening for stronger and healthier communities
£4,732 23/10/2020
9
The funding will be used to run their weekly community gardening activities. The project aims to improve people’s wellbeing and reduce isolation during Covid-19.
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Stonehill Community Garden Open Days
£1,300 06/10/2020
5
Stonehill provides outdoor learning experiences, bringing together communities from diverse backgrounds and with varying abilities to learn about edible horticulture, reconnect with nature, meet new ....more
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards a sessional worker
£1,000 13/11/2018
Towards a sessional worker.
National Lottery Community Fund - Growing food & eco building for young adults - pilot project
£9,379 02/08/2017
12
This project will offer training courses on topics including garden design, edible horticulture and timber frame building to young people who are not education, employment or training, equipping them ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 32-71
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/01/2018, number: 1176518
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/03/2016, number: 10045681
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR19: 94 days late,
Main office

THE DRIFTWAY
SUTTON WICK LANE
DRAYTON
ABINGDON
OX14 4HJ

Objectives

A) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION BY PROVIDING AN AREA FOR USE AS A COMMUNITY GARDEN AND OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS IN ABINGDON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS. B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ABINGDON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING ABOUT HORTICULTURE, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, SUSTAINABILITY AND CONSERVATION IN AND AROUND THE COMMUNITY GARDEN.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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