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THE NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDEN OF WALES

Registered charity 1036354 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MIDDLETON BOTANIC GARDEN

Botanic Garden

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Latest income
£5.4m
Latest spending
£4.9m
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £525,510 for the year, with total unrestricted reserves of £7.2 million. The trustees consider adequate resources are available for the foreseeable future, noting no material uncertainties regarding going concern despite difficult trading conditions.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: around £1,000,000 (held: £7.2m)
“The Trustees have an aspirational target level of free reserves of around £1,000,000.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Menzies LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — National Botanic Garden of Wales (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

12 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold); recorded price paid £191k. 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
£4.9m
Total spending
£4.9m
Cost of raising funds
£1.5m
Reserves (reported)
£433k
Employees
83

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (67% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 31.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Carmarthenshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£5.4m£4.9m
31/03/2024£4.4m£5.3m
31/03/2023£5.3m£5.2m
31/03/2022£6.1m£5.3m
31/03/2021£5.0m£4.4m

Common questions

Is THE NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDEN OF WALES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £525,510 for the year, with total unrestricted reserves of £7.2 million. The trustees consider adequate resources are available for the foreseeable future, noting no material uncertainties regarding going concern despite difficult trading conditions. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Menzies LLP.

Who funds THE NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDEN OF WALES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDEN OF WALES as a grant recipient include THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST, COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1.3mAdvancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science
COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5kA grant of £5,000 was offered towards their sculpture Park project.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery08/09/2025£80kMillionaire Street 2025 09w2
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/06/2023£250k"#DYC – Plants Past, Present and Future"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund13/07/2020£248k"COVID19 The National Botanic Garden of Wales"
The National Lottery Community Fund12/06/2018£10kGarden Explorers
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/07/2014£3.9m"Middleton: Paradise Regained"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund13/07/2011£45k"Middleton - A Paradise Lost"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
King Charles III Charitable Fund1—
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION1£335k
THE EUREKA CHARITABLE TRUST1£164k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION1£100k
MOONDANCE FOUNDATION1£50k
THE PRUDENCE TRUST1£30k
NEWBY TRUST LIMITED1£25k
SWIRE 27651£21k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FRIENDS OF OXFORD BOTANIC GARDEN & ARBORETUM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDEN OF WALES£5.4m——unclear—no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF OXFORD BOTANIC GARDEN & ARBORETUM FY2025£242k—0above—not going concern
ASSOCIATION OF FRIENDS OF BRISTOL UNIVERSITY BOTANIC GARDEN FY2025£116k—0above—no doubt
Gardening with Disabilities Trust FY2025£122k—0above42.4%no doubt
BRID GARDENS FY2025£106k—0above—no doubt
UK NATIONAL PARKS CHARITY FOUNDATION FY2025£193k—0unclear—no doubt

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