# NATIONAL FRUIT COLLECTIONS TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 328674
- **Other names:** THE BROGDALE HORTICULTURAL TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** June 20, 1990
- **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=328674


## Contact

- **Address:** FARM ADVISORY SERVICES TEAM, BROGDALE ROAD, OSPRINGE, FAVERSHAM
- **Postcode:** ME13 8XZ
- **Phone:** 01795533225



## Activities

**Objects:** FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF HORTICULTURE, AND MORE PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE UNDERTAKING OF RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS OF THE GROWTH CULTIVATION UTILISATION AND NUTRITIONAL PROPERTIES OF FRUIT TREES AND BUSHES AND ALL OTHER PLANTS PRODUCING EDIBLE PRODUCTS AND THE DISSEMINATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH

**Activities:** the trust was established for the advancement of the educaiton of the public in the art and science of horticulture, research into fruit husbandry,  and the conservation and evaluation of cultivars of fruit

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Kent



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | £13051 | £6113 | — | — |
| June 30, 2024 | £2631 | £7157 | — | — |
| June 30, 2023 | £11114 | £0 | — | — |
| June 30, 2022 | £7649 | £109775 | — | — |
| June 30, 2021 | £6666 | £55881 | — | — |



## Trustees

- ADRIAN BARLOW — appointed Sept. 29, 2011
- Dr Graham Fraser Collier — appointed Feb. 27, 2020
- Dr Matthew Ordidge — appointed Sept. 7, 2021
- PROFESSOR PAUL HADLEY