The Exbury Gardens Trust

Registered charity 299534 · since 1988·International·Updated 29 October 2026

At a glance

£255k

Annual giving, year to 31 October 2025

From filed accounts

£127k

Typical grant (median)

2 published grants

Key takeaways

Its work fits best if your project relates to garden preservation or horticultural learning, which are its stated themes, and its geographic focus is any part of the world.
The annual report gives no grant range and publishes no application process, so there is no typical request size to aim for; keep any ask specific to a clear project and get in touch through the contact shown rather than sending a formal application.
Its reported donations have gone to Exbury Gardens Limited and The Society of Botanical Arts, and its giving is directed by trustees at their own discretion, so a request that sits well outside the gardens and botanical arts may be a harder fit.
No exclusions are stated in the charity's published material, so nothing rules out any group, but check how your project connects with the Trust's aims before investing time in an approach.

Overview

The Exbury Gardens Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 299534).

The Exbury Gardens Trust exists to maintain, improve, develop and preserve Exbury Gardens, open the gardens to the public, and advance horticultural science, knowledge and learning. It also makes donations for charitable purposes in any part of the world, at times and in ways its trustees decide. Its charitable donations amounted to £254,720 in its latest reported year, and its reported donations went to Exbury Gardens Limited and The Society of Botanical Arts. Outside sources describe it as the endowment fund supporting the Gardens.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Trust's objects encompass the maintenance, improvement, development and preservation of Exbury Gardens and opening the gardens to the public, as well as advancing horticultural science, knowledge and learning. It also provides donations for charitable purposes in any part of the world, at times and in ways the trustees decide. Its reported donations went to the organisation associated with Exbury Gardens and to a botanical artists' society; an external page describes it as the endowment fund supporting the Gardens. Its approach combines a commitment to the gardens with trustee-directed charitable giving beyond them.

Themes

Garden preservation
Horticultural learning

Geographic Focus

Any part of the world.

How to apply

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

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

International

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to The Exbury Gardens Trust.

The Accomplishment TrustRollingGave £143k The Malcolm Isaac Charitable TrustNo public process The Mallinckrodt FoundationInvitation onlyGave £260k The Crispa (Richard Cahn) Charitable TrustNo public processGave £146k The Cordon Charitable TrustNo public processGave £312k Michael and Sarah Spencer FoundationRollingGave £50,000 The Ardeola Charitable TrustInvitation onlyGave £2.3M The Lister Charitable TrustRollingGave £334k The Netherby TrustNo public processGave £984k The Blakebank TrustRollingGave £362k

Grants

2 published grants analysed · median £127k

The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:

Exbury Gardens Limited
£253,220year to 31 October 2025
The Society of Botanical Artists
£1,500year to 31 October 2025

Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 October 2021	£183,240	£370,533	—	Accounts for year to 31 October 2021
year to 31 October 2022	£108,869	£267,315	—	Accounts for year to 31 October 2022
year to 31 October 2023	£88,727	£260,070	—	Accounts for year to 31 October 2023
year to 31 October 2024	£308,049	£287,260	—	Accounts for year to 31 October 2024
year to 31 October 2025	£127,977	£382,072	£254,720	Accounts for year to 31 October 2025

Grants paid, year to 31 October 2025: grants paid out in the year.

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.