HORATIO'S GARDEN — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 2 April 2013
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 May 2025 – 30 April 2026
Latest income: £3,617,726
Latest expenditure: £2,608,443
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: 2 Throope Down Office, Blandford Road, Coombe Bissett, Salisbury, SP5 4LN

Website recorded by the regulator: www.horatiosgarden.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

After the devastation of a spinal injury, the future can seem bleak. Horatio's Garden creates and runs beautiful vibrant gardens beside NHS spinal injury rehabilitation centres. places where people can begin to find connection, enjoyment and calm. Where life goes on.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2025
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2026
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Reporting Due Date: 28 February 2027
Date Annual Return Received: 14 September 2026
Date Accounts Received: 14 September 2026
Total Gross Income: £3,617,726
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,608,443

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 28 February 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 28 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 28 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £3,281,346
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,311,556

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 28 February 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 21 October 2024
Date Accounts Received: 21 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £2,976,353
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,145,453

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 29 February 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 31 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 31 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £2,268,367
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,838,533

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 28 February 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 15 October 2022
Date Accounts Received: 15 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £2,608,054
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,957,106

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2025
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2026
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2027
Ar Received Date: 14 September 2026
Total Gross Income: £3,617,726
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,608,443
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 2
Count Salary Band 140001 150000: 1
Count Volunteers: 168

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2025
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2026
Ar Received Date: 28 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £3,281,346
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,311,556
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 120001 130000: 1
Count Volunteers: 206

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2024
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2025
Ar Received Date: 21 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £2,976,353
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,145,453
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 217

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2023
Ar Due Date: 29 February 2024
Ar Received Date: 31 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £2,268,367
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,838,533
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 176

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2022
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2023
Ar Received Date: 15 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £2,608,054
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,957,106
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: Yes
Charity Agreement Commerical Participator: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £1,750
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 159

05 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2025
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2026
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2027
Ar Received Date: 14 September 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 3238859
Income Other Trading Activities: 332334
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 46533
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 3617726
Income Legacies: 16875
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £550,583
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £2,057,860
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 2608443
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 32031
Expenditure Support Costs: 705573
Expenditure Depreciation: 12911
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £976,376
Assets Total Fixed: 25934
Assets Own Use: 25934
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £3,382,959
Assets Total Liabilities: £179,277
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £3,229,616
Creditors One Year Total Current: 179277
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £3,059,116
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 2147230
Funds Restricted: 1082386
Funds Total: 3229616
Count Employees: 45
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2025
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2026
Ar Received Date: 28 October 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 2988670
Income Other Trading Activities: 222963
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 69713
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 3281346
Income Legacies: 97771
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £409,812
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £2,901,744
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 3311556
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 27561
Expenditure Support Costs: 656402
Expenditure Depreciation: 10253
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £710,757
Assets Total Fixed: 31844
Assets Own Use: 31844
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £2,387,965
Assets Total Liabilities: £199,476
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,220,333
Creditors One Year Total Current: 199476
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £2,070,142
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1558150
Funds Restricted: 662183
Funds Total: 2220333
Count Employees: 43
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2024
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2025
Ar Received Date: 21 October 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 2598991
Income Other Trading Activities: 343253
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 34109
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2976353
Income Legacies: 12192
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £536,689
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £2,608,764
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 3145453
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 34003
Expenditure Support Costs: 470884
Expenditure Depreciation: 11881
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £710,203
Assets Total Fixed: 21546
Assets Own Use: 21546
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £2,404,186
Assets Total Liabilities: £175,189
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,250,543
Creditors One Year Total Current: 175189
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £2,261,819
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1738787
Funds Restricted: 511756
Funds Total: 2250543
Count Employees: 39
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2023
Ar Due Date: 29 February 2024
Ar Received Date: 31 October 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 2091490
Income Other Trading Activities: 162729
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 14148
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2268367
Income Legacies: 1244
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £355,877
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,482,656
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1838533
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 35958
Expenditure Support Costs: 352598
Expenditure Depreciation: 4315
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £936,005
Assets Total Fixed: 22461
Assets Own Use: 22461
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £2,946,348
Assets Total Liabilities: £549,166
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,419,643
Creditors One Year Total Current: 549166
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £2,618,401
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1840709
Funds Restricted: 578934
Funds Total: 2419643
Count Employees: 30
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2022
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2023
Ar Received Date: 15 October 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 2438733
Income Other Trading Activities: 168939
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 382
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2608054
Income Legacies: 714092
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £266,918
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,690,188
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1957106
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 15630
Expenditure Support Costs: 319594
Expenditure Depreciation: 10020
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £779,374
Assets Total Fixed: 19304
Assets Own Use: 19304
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £2,394,468
Assets Total Liabilities: £423,963
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,989,809
Creditors One Year Total Current: 382475
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 41488
Assets Cash: £2,073,251
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1774792
Funds Restricted: 215017
Funds Total: 1989809
Count Employees: 25
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Northern Ireland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Scotland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: HORATIO'S GARDEN
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2013-04-02T00:00:00

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 02 APR 2013AMENDED ON 23 APR 2024 as amended on 19 Sept 2023
Charitable Objects: To meet the particular, but not exclusively, the needs of people with spinal injuries by:3.1 Creating outdoor spaces called Horatio’s Gardens which are places of tranquillity and beauty at spinal treatment centres 3.2 Maintaining and improving Horatio’s Gardens 3.3 Supporting people with spinal injuries and their friends and relatives to enable them to use Horatio's Gardens 3.4 Facilitating events especially in Horatio’s Gardens for people with spinal injuries their friends' relatives and carers and for volunteers and staff at the spinal treatment centres 3.5 Training and supporting staff and volunteers who care for people with spinal injuries 3.6 Conducting research, gathering and disseminating information and working to raise awareness and further understanding as to the benefits of gardens and accessible design in health care settings, including consulting with and for third parties.

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures