BRUNSWICK ORGANIC NURSERIES LTD

Registered charity 1010178 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRUNSWICK ORGANIC NURSERY AND CRAFT WORKSHOP

Brunswick offers purposeful work and training to people with learning difficulties. They have the chance to work in horticulture, cooking and crafts, and are supported to produce goods which are sold on site.

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Latest income
£984k
Latest spending
£1.0m
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a consolidated net deficit of £17,262 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by rising staff costs and inflationary pressures that outpaced income increases from local authority contracts. Despite this deficit, the charity maintained free reserves of £287,420, which exceeded its stated policy target of approximately £230,000, and the trustees confirmed adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (£230,000) (held: £287k)
The aim is to have free reserves which equate to approximately three months of unrestricted expenditure, which at current levels of expenditure amounts to £230,000 for BON and CIC combined. — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Brunswick of York CIC
The wholly owned trading subsidiary, Brunswick of York CIC (company number 07582220) — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£984k
Total spending
£1.0m
Cost of raising funds
£247k
Reserves (reported)
£443k
Employees
41

Reported reserves equal ~5.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: City Of York · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£984k£1.0m
31/03/2024£865k£916k
31/03/2023£824k£861k
31/03/2022£857k£809k
31/03/2021£856k£783k

Common questions

Is BRUNSWICK ORGANIC NURSERIES LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a consolidated net deficit of £17,262 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by rising staff costs and inflationary pressures that outpaced income increases from local authority contracts. Despite this deficit, the charity maintained free reserves of £287,420, which exceeded its stated policy target of approximately £230,000, and the trustees confirmed adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund16/11/2005£2kNew Life for Old Orchards

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BRUNSWICK ORGANIC NURSERIES LTD£984k0unclearno doubt
PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORT FY2024£1.2m0belowno doubt
JENNYRUTH WORKSHOPS LTD FY2025£561k0unclearno doubt
NORTHCLIFFE ENVIRONMENTAL ENTERPRISES TEAM FY2025£715k0aboveno doubt
THE MULBERRY BUSH ORGANISATION LTD FY2025£8.0mbelowno doubt
BRUNTS CHARITY FY2025£1.0munclearno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.