THE GARDEN MUSEUM
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£656K
+60.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
-3.2% vs 2024
Employees
61
+17.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- THE GARDEN MUSEUM 2008-12-09 → present
- THE MUSEUM OF GARDEN HISTORY 2001-06-11 → 2008-12-09
- TRADESCANT TRUST(THE) 1979-02-07 → 2001-06-11
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,628,217 | £2,117,613 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£62,874 | £214,147 | |
| Cash | £409,631 | £656,154 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,974,899 | £5,746,380 | |
| Net assets | £5,313,674 | £5,142,026 | |
| Equity | £5,313,674 | £5,142,026 | |
| Average employees | 52 | 61 | |
| Wages | £1,352,905 | £1,543,128 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -3.9% | 10.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.80x | 1.19x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Armstrong & Co
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- THE GARDEN MUSEUM · parent
- Tradescant Trading Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In April 2023 the Museum was awarded National Portfolio Organisation (NPO) status and an annual grant of £122,250 p.a. from Arts Council England (ACE) and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). In March 2025, we received the news from ACE that this support would be extended by a further year until March 2028.”
- “In December 2024, the Garden Museum successfully acquired the archives of William Andrews Nesfield (1793-1881) and his sons, one of the most significant collections of historic British landscape design.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
16 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLAY, Jeremy | Director | 2021-12-01 | May 1961 | British |
| COMPTON, Tania, Lady | Director | 2001-10-23 | Oct 1963 | British |
| EGREMONT, Audrey Caroline, Lady | Director | 2004-05-01 | Jan 1949 | British |
| GARDINER, Hazel Ann | Director | 2021-12-01 | Jun 1978 | British |
| GATENBY, Christopher Jason | Director | 2024-09-18 | Jun 1969 | British |
| MCMULLAN, Edward Brownlow | Director | 2021-03-03 | Aug 1960 | British |
| PINCHBECK, Bridget Ann | Director | 2022-06-08 | Jun 1950 | British |
| RITBLAT, Jillian Rosemary, Lady | Director | 2026-02-20 | Dec 1942 | British |
| RUFFER, Jane Mary | Director | 2023-09-20 | Mar 1956 | British |
| SANDERSON, Bryan | Director | 2013-12-06 | Oct 1940 | British |
| SASSOON, Edwina Valentine | Director | 2022-06-08 | Feb 1951 | British |
| SAUMAREZ SMITH, Charles Robert, Sir | Director | 2018-04-25 | May 1954 | British |
| SPICER, Charles Alexander Evan, Dr | Director | 2024-09-18 | Jan 1965 | British |
| STUART-SMITH, Thomas Richard Stephen Peregrine | Director | 2008-06-18 | Feb 1960 | British |
| SULMAN, Nicola, Marchioness Of Normandy | Director | 2012-12-01 | Feb 1960 | British |
| TYLER, Rupert David | Director | 2023-06-07 | Jan 1962 | British |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANNREUTHER, Ion Alexander | Secretary | — | 1996-11-06 |
| HALFORD, Roger, Dr | Secretary | 2006-07-26 | 2007-04-24 |
| NORRIS, Melanie Francesca | Secretary | 2001-10-23 | 2006-07-26 |
| OGILVY, James Donald Diarmid, The Hon | Secretary | 2000-09-30 | 2001-10-23 |
| WILKINSON, Henry Russell | Secretary | 1996-11-06 | 2000-09-30 |
| ANGLESEY, George Charles Henry Victorpaget, 7th Marquess | Director | — | 1999-02-04 |
| BURLINGTON, Laura, Lady | Director | 2018-02-28 | 2024-02-05 |
| CAMPBELL-PRESTON, Colin Arthur | Director | 1999-10-27 | 2018-04-25 |
| CARRINGTON, Peter Alexander Rupert, The Rt Hon The Lord | Director | — | 2006-12-31 |
| CORMACK, Patrick Thomas, Sir | Director | — | 2000-07-20 |
| DANNREUTHER, Ion Alexander | Director | — | 1996-11-06 |
| DAVIDSON, James | Director | 2003-11-12 | 2011-03-01 |
| FANE, Mark | Director | 2010-12-15 | 2023-06-07 |
| FITZROY, Hugh Denis Charles, The Duke Of Grafton | Director | — | 1999-02-04 |
| FORTESCUE, Alexander Jan | Director | 2023-09-20 | 2024-05-17 |
| FURNESS, Sarah, Dr | Director | 2014-12-13 | 2015-09-16 |
| HALCROW, Michael David | Director | 2021-03-03 | 2022-10-20 |
| HAMBRO, Richard Alexander | Director | 2002-12-12 | 2006-12-31 |
| HOLT, Frederick Terence | Director | 1999-10-27 | 2001-03-08 |
| INNESS, Anthony Paul Adrian | Director | 1994-11-16 | 1999-03-12 |
| KAUFMANN, Michael | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2012-12-15 |
| KESWICK, Emma | Director | 2010-12-15 | 2022-06-08 |
| LESTER, Jonathan Robert | Director | 2019-09-25 | 2020-11-18 |
| LEWIS-CROWN, Peter | Director | 1999-10-27 | 2017-04-20 |
| MAGAN, George Morgan, Lord | Director | 2001-09-11 | 2006-12-31 |
| MORRISON, David | Director | 2018-02-28 | 2020-11-07 |
| NEWTON, Barry John | Director | 2015-03-15 | 2022-06-08 |
| NICHOLSON, Lorna Rosemary | Director | — | 2000-07-20 |
| OGILVY, James Donald Diarmid, The Hon | Director | 2000-09-30 | 2001-10-23 |
| OGILVY, James Donald Diarmid, The Hon | Director | 1999-10-27 | 2001-10-23 |
| RITBLAT, Jillian Rosemary, Lady | Director | 2010-12-15 | 2025-12-30 |
| ROTHERMERE, Claudia Caroline Viscountess, Viscountess | Director | 2008-06-18 | 2017-04-20 |
| SAATCHI, Maurice | Director | 2001-09-11 | 2006-12-31 |
| SALISBURY, Marjory, The Dowager Marchioness Of | Director | — | 2017-01-09 |
| SAUNDERS, Nicola Jane | Director | 2021-06-23 | 2022-10-11 |
| SIMMS, Barbara Ann | Director | 2002-12-12 | 2015-09-16 |
| THACKER, Christopher John Charles, Dr | Director | 1999-10-27 | 2003-11-12 |
| THOMSON, David Richmond | Director | 2001-04-24 | 2003-10-31 |
| TITCHMARSH, Alan | Director | 2009-11-01 | 2020-06-24 |
| WATERFIELD, Giles | Director | 2010-02-28 | 2016-12-13 |
| WHITE, Christopher, Dr | Director | — | 1997-07-31 |
| WILKINSON, Henry Russell | Director | 1996-11-06 | 2000-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 198 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company | |
| 2026-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+30.1%
£1,628,217 £2,117,613
-
Cash
+60.2%
£409,631 £656,154
-
Net assets
-3.2%
£5,313,674 £5,142,026
-
Employees
+17.3%
52 61
-
Wages
+14.1%
£1,352,905 £1,543,128
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers