Sandringham Estate Cottage Horticultural Society Trust

Registered charity 1037268 · since 1994sandringhamflowershow.org.uk·Norfolk·Updated 29 October 2026

Key takeaways

Sandringham Estate Cottage Horticultural Society Trust publishes no application process, and its annual report, register entry and website give no grant range or annual giving figure, so the sources do not show what size of request would suit.
Its main work is an annual flower show, and it donates the show's profits and its surplus funds to local charities that it chooses each year, so the sensible first step is to contact the Trust through the contact shown and ask how it selects recipients and when it makes its choices.
The sources give no timing, so do not assume there is an open round or a fixed deadline, and ask about this directly.
Nothing stated here sets out who may or may not apply, so judge your fit by asking the Trust rather than assuming you are ruled out.

Overview

Sandringham Estate Cottage Horticultural Society Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1037268).

Sandringham Estate Cottage Horticultural Society Trust is a registered charity whose purpose is to promote horticulture and floriculture through an annual show on the Sandringham Estate, where flowers, fruit and vegetables are exhibited. It also exists to distribute to charities, chosen annually by the Society, all funds it holds that are surplus to requirements. Its public work therefore pairs the show with charitable distributions of its proceeds.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Trust promotes horticulture through its annual Sandringham Flower Show, which brings together displays and competitions in flowers, fruit and vegetables, horticultural exhibits, gardens and trade stands. It organises and runs the event, with unpaid volunteer officers and committee members. Profits from each show are donated to local charities. Its public-facing work therefore combines a horticultural event with charitable distributions of the proceeds, with recipients described by the Trust as local charities. The show features regional nurseries and horticultural specialists, entries by local residents and gardening clubs, alongside open classes and wider trade and entertainment displays.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)

Norfolk

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Sandringham Estate Cottage Horticultural Society Trust.

Edenbridge & Oxted Agricultural ShowNo public processGave £6,000 Suffolk Agricultural AssociationNo public processGave £1,000 The Aylsham Agricultural Show Association LimitedRollingGave £32,680 The Felix Thornley Cobbold Agricultural TrustFixed deadlinesGave £23,000 Alresford and District Agricultural SocietyNo public processGave £40,000 Shropshire Horticultural SocietyNo public processGave £17,000 The North of England Horticultural SocietyRolling Three Counties Agricultural SocietyNo public processGave £49,300 The Ian Askew Charitable TrustRollingGave £127k The Barratt Family Charitable TrustInvitation onlyGave £27,000

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£392	£2,722	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£294,681	£255,180	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£312,129	£271,970	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£328,792	£283,381	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£264,353	£301,701	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.