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Contact Details

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If you have any queries please email the secretary at info@wb19.co.uk

If you are a Council Tax-paying resident of Montpelier Square then you are entitled to one key per household. Your postal address must be ‘Montpelier Square’.

There is a non-refundable administrative charge of £100 per key. The key remains the property of the Montpelier Square Garden Committee. Short term tenants must pay an additional, refundable, deposit of £575, to guarantee against damage or loss of key.

Please download and complete the key request form. Then post the completed form together with a copy of a recent Council Tax bill in your name and a cheque payable to ‘Montpelier Square Garden Committee’ through the letter box of Number 26. Email keys@montpeliersquare.org.uk with key-related questions.

Key Request Form

London Square Garden Competition

A message from Janet Marshall:

I am happy to report that at last week’s Award Presentation Evening at the Guildhall the Montpelier Square Garden was awarded Gold and lst Place in the Small Private Squares category.

Standards get higher and competition stronger each year and it is a great accolade to our gardeners that for the past three years in succession they have taken the top spot.

It has not been an easy year in the garden. The hot, dry Summer has necessitated a great deal of extra handwatering and it is very pleasing that their dedication, vigilance and teamwork has been recognised and rewarded.

The competition is administered by the London Gardens Society and is an annual competition open to all the garden squares in London, public or private.

2017 Accounts

The audited final accounts are now available for 2017.

In 2017 we had our railings repainted costing £29,000. This led to a deficit for the year of £16,579. We paint the railings about every 10-12 years.

Our aim is to have a reserve of approximately one year’s expenses on hand to deal with unforeseen expenses such as irrigation, emergency tree surgery or garden shed repairs. At present our reserves cover approximately 5 months of expenditure. At the AGM in November the precept was agreed at £47,000 in an effort to speed the rebuilding of our reserves.

Our accountants are ST Partnership who can be reached at info AT st-partnership.com

2017 Signed Accounts

2017 AGM Report

On Wednesday 22nd we held the AGM of the Montpelier Square Garden Committee. This is a meeting that any council tax-paying resident of Montpelier Square can attend, whether they own or rent their house.

Among the issues discussed at the meeting:

  • We won the Garden Squares Competition in the “Small Private Squares” category for the second year in a row and we also received a RHS gold star.
  • We had our railings repainted this year, costing us almost £30,000
  • The annual precept for the maintenance of the garden will be increased from £45,000 to £47,000. That works out to £998 per house.

Minutes of 2017 AGM

Link to all the minutes of our meetings: http://www.montpeliersquare.org.uk/home/minutes/

2016 Signed Accounts

The audited final accounts are now available for the year ending December 31, 2016.

Our aim is to have a reserve of approximately one year’s expenses on hand to deal with unforeseen expenses such as irrigation, emergency tree surgery or garden shed repairs.

Our accountants are ST Partnership. Their contact details are here.

2016 Signed Accounts

Autumn Colour in Montpelier Square