# THE GREAT DIXTER CHARITABLE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1134948
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 15, 2010
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1134948


## Contact

- **Address:** The Great Dixter Charitable Trust, Great Dixter House and Gardens, Northiam, Rye, East Sussex
- **Postcode:** TN31 6PH
- **Phone:** 01797254048
- **Email:** office@greatdixter.co.uk
- **Website:** www.greatdixter.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 2.1 TO CONSERVE, MAINTAIN, AND ENRICH THE GARDEN (IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LONG HONOURED GARDENING SPIRIT AND TRADITION OF THE SETTLOR AS EVIDENCED IN THE CONSIDERABLE BODY OF HORTICULTURAL LITERATURE PRODUCED AND PUBLISHED BY THE SETTLOR THROUGHOUT HIS WORKING LIFE) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC;2.2 TO CONSERVE, MAINTAIN AND RESTORE THE HOUSE (IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSERVATION PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES APPLICABLE THERETO AS A GRADE I LISTED AND REGISTERED HERITAGE PROPERTY), AND WHERE APPLICABLE GREAT DIXTER IN ITS ENTIRETY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC;2.3 TO MANAGE THE WOODLANDS, MEADOWS AND FIELDS IN A MANNER THAT ENCOURAGES THEIR BIODIVERSITY AND SERVES THE OBJECTS IN CLAUSES 2.1 AND 2.2 ABOVE;2.4 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN HORTICULTURE AND BIO-DIVERSITY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOTEXCLUSIVELY BY CONSERVING, CATALOGUING, MAINTAINING AND MAKING ACCESSIBLE TO THEPUBLIC THE EXTENSIVE ARCHIVAL MATERIAL IN THE HOUSE RELATING TO THE HOUSE, THE GARDEN AND THE SETTLOR'S FAMILY FOR ITS HERITAGE AND HISTORICAL VALUE.

**Activities:** The primary aim of the Great Dixter Charitable Trust is to ensure the conservation of the Great Dixter estate and public access to the house and gardens as developed by the Lloyd family over the 20th and 21st centuries. The approach will be driven by Christopher Lloyd's belief in challenging and experimenting while striving for horticultural excellence.

**Area of benefit:** EAST SUSSEX




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- East Sussex



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £2644144 | £2415459 | £8920661 | 65 |
| March 31, 2024 | £2220563 | £2166601 | £8700213 | 56 |
| March 31, 2023 | £2065912 | £2001002 | £8619760 | 66 |
| March 31, 2022 | £1799868 | £1771633 | £8552815 | 52 |
| March 31, 2021 | £1710320 | £1526807 | £8524580 | 44 |



## Trustees

- **GEOFFREY DYER** (Chair)
- Adrian James Colin Cooper — appointed Nov. 8, 2022
- CHARLES HIND — appointed Jan. 18, 2012
- GYR KING — appointed Nov. 11, 2014
- JOHN PRIER WOTTON — appointed Feb. 8, 2019
- Jonathon Charles Ringer — appointed March 28, 2023
- Judith Anne Felicity Cligman — appointed Nov. 8, 2022
- MR J FRENCH
- OLIVIA ELLER — appointed Nov. 11, 2014
- Pascal Garbe — appointed July 5, 2019
- THOMAS COOPER — appointed Jan. 18, 2012