Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 5

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 15

HITCHIN COMMUNITY GARDENS

Hitchin Community Gardens runs the Triangle Garden, a community garden created and cultivated by people of all ages and abilities and run on permaculture principles.Our activities include community gardening, social and therapeutic horticulture and healthy living support (for adults with learning disabilities), workshops on food growing, crafts and sustainable living, and community events.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
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

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
31/08/23		£66	£64	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	45
31/08/22		£51	£42	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/08/21		£56	£41	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	47
31/08/20		£42	£37	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/08/19		£44	£40	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	52
31/08/18	*	£39	£38	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/17		£35	£35	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/16	*	£38	£39	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/15		£48	£56	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/14	*	£34	£36	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/13		£23	£20	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/12		£38	£23	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 13 years

www.trianglegarden.org

info@trianglegarden.org

07887 725962

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Cambridgeshire, Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Luton,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Forest School
£4,930	20/09/2022 11	Grant to Triangle Community Garden
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Grant to Triangle Community Garden
£10,000	29/03/2021	• Building confidence and self-esteem-sowing seeds and tending plants seeing them grow will develop confidence and feeling of control. • Feeling of self and rediscovery of own identity • 1:1 ....more • Building confidence and self-esteem-sowing seeds and tending plants seeing them grow will develop confidence and feeling of control. • Feeling of self and rediscovery of own identity • 1:1 Reintegration, leading to small group and then social inclusion within the larger group and community . • Resilience building and support; learning and developing coping strategies . • Coming to terms with what has happened over the year • Physical and muscle development –walking and using tools to strengthen muscle, balance and physical confidence . • Re- normalising through grounding techniques through gardening . • Self- care –hands, space wearing masks within our setting . • Additional communication needs- virtual and within sessions.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Triangle Community Garden incorporating Growing Ability Projects
£4,946	19/11/2020	Grant to Triangle Community Garden

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-73

ADRIAN PETER STONES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Hr Manager

ANDREW DANGER GREEN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Civil Servant

GARETH HILLS Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Civil Servant

HILARY JEAN OUGHTON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired Business Manager

ISABELLE ROBINSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Charity/ Professional Association Manager

JOHN ANTHONY WYER Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Landscape Architect

KATHERINE MARIA HUGHES Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Senior Head Of Prospect & Funding Development

VICTORIA MARY WYER (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Landscape Architect

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/01/2012, number: 1145243
Registered at Companies House on 21/06/2011, number: 07676360

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
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

12 returns made; AR18: 28 days late, AR16: 10 days late, AR14: 19 days late,

Main office

23 Priory Way
Hitchin
SG4 9BJ

Objectives

TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY GARDEN FOR THE RECREATION AND EDUCATION OF PEOPLE LIVING IN HITCHIN AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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