# PLANT HERITAGE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1004009
- **Other names:** THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE CONSERVATION OF PLANTS AND GARDENS, NCCPG, PLANT HERITAGE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Aug. 28, 1991
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1004009


## Contact

- **Address:** First Floor Offices, Stone Pine House, Wisley, WOKING
- **Postcode:** Surrey
- **Phone:** 01483447540
- **Email:** info@plantheritage.org.uk
- **Website:** www.plantheritage.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (I)FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION AND THE PUBLIC AS A WHOLE TO ENCOURAGE THE CONSERVATION OF ENDANGERED OR RARE PLANTS OF SPECIES HYBRIDS AND CULTIVARS WHICH CAN BR GROWN IN GREAT BRITAIN AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTS WHICH HAVE CHARACTERISTICS WORTHY OF PRESERVATION IN THE INTERESTS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR HORTICULTURE BOTANY AND OTHER NATURAL SCIENCES MEDICINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES TO ENSURE THE AVAILIBILITY OF SUCH PLANTS FOR ANY PURPOSE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. (II)TO CONDUCT CARRY OUT AND ENCOURAGE RESEARCH INTO RARE OR ENDANGERED PLANTS OR THEIR ENVIRONMENTS AND THE COLLECTION AND RECORDING OF SUCH PLANTS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTS AND ALL INFORMATION RELATING TO THEM AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH AND TO ESTABLISH ONE OR MORE SOURCES PROVIDING PLANTS FOR EXHIBITS AND FOR PROPAGATING MATERIAL. (III)TO ENCOURAGE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN HORTICULTURAL SKILLS PARTICULARLY IN THE FIELD OF PLANT AND GARDEN CONSERVATION AND TO ENCOURAGE THE CULTIVATION IN GARDENS OF RARE OR ENDANGERED PLANTS. (IV)TO ENCOURAGE THE INTRODUCTION INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE PROPAGATION OF RARE PLANTS NOT REPRESENTED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

**Activities:** Plant Heritage is the accreditation body for the National Plant Collection Scheme, responsible for cultivated plant conservation. It is also responsible for the Threatened Plants Project, the only research project investigating the availability of cultivated plants in the UK. Plant Heritage was formerly known as The National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens (NCCPG).

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Ireland
- Jersey
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 31, 2024 | £405188 | £461922 | — | — |
| Oct. 31, 2023 | £639115 | £452244 | £851850 | 6 |
| Oct. 31, 2022 | £498189 | £392776 | — | — |
| Oct. 31, 2021 | £410095 | £341747 | — | — |
| Oct. 31, 2020 | £400213 | £347870 | — | — |



## Trustees

- David Mathers — appointed Dec. 4, 2024
- Della Weight — appointed Dec. 4, 2024
- Dr Claire Farrer — appointed Dec. 4, 2024
- Emma Crawforth — appointed July 26, 2018
- Gareth Morgan — appointed July 10, 2020
- James Marshall — appointed April 26, 2018
- Jasmine Jahromi — appointed Dec. 4, 2024
- John Humphreys — appointed Dec. 4, 2024
- Kavita Kapoor — appointed Sept. 14, 2022
- Sally Flatman — appointed Dec. 4, 2024
- Sir Roderick Newton — appointed Dec. 4, 2024


