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The Merlin Trust

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
803441
Status
Registered
Registered
May 16, 1990
Legal form
Trust
Area of benefit
Not Defined

Address

Address
The Merlin Trust
c/o Head of Horticulture
Cambridge University Botanic Garden
1 Brookside
CAMBRIDGE
CB2 1JE

Activities

The aim of the Trust is to give financial assistance to keen young horticulturists, and those new to horticulture, enabling them to further their knowledge of plants in the wild, or in gardens. This study could take any of the following forms - photography, painting, written observations, seed collecting or help with conservation projects, especially involving garden plants.

Objects: A. For The Advancement Of Education By Providing Grants For Students To Endable Them To Travel Both Abroad And In The United Kingdom To Study Plants In The Wild And In Gardens; Or B. For The Advancement Of Education By Promoting Generally The Study Of Plants In The Wild But Not So As To Promote Research Into Or Breeding Of Plants; Or C. For The Benefit Of Suh Charitable Institutions Or The Furtherance Of Such Charitable Purposes In Such Manner As The Trustees Shall From Time To Time Think Fit.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations
What
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Who
Children/young People, Other Defined Groups

Areas of operation

Country
Northern Ireland, Scotland
Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Accounts
April 5, 2025 £27,478 £47,812 PDF
April 5, 2024 £24,096 £38,576
April 5, 2023 £30,405 £19,922 PDF
April 5, 2022 £28,089 £16,426 PDF
April 5, 2021 £38,118 £13,210 PDF

Trustees

Name Appointed
David Gilchrist Knott April 12, 2018
Jim Jermyn
Jonathan Theodore Miller Oct. 31, 2011
Kit Strange Feb. 20, 2018
Lee Daren Hale Oct. 8, 2022
Paul Cook July 5, 2016
Sally Petitt