WALWORTH GARDEN

Registered charity 1060863 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WALWORTH GARDEN FARM

Training and Employment Programmes City & Guilds QCF Practical Horticulture Skills,Garden Services (Social Enterprise), Horticultural Therapy,Adult Learning: Introduction to Gardening;Horticulture; Beekeeping;Herbal Medicine and others, Community Garden Centre

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Latest income

£700k

Latest spending

£694k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of £5,202 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £699,692 against expenditure of £694,490. Total unrestricted free reserves stood at £60,823, which is below the stated policy target of £220,000. The charity holds significant cash reserves of £194,148 and has been assessed as a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four months operating costs or £220,000 (held: £61k)

“The board considers it appropriate to have free reserves sufficient to cover a period of unforeseen difficulties and consider this to be equivalent to a minimum of four months operating costs or £220,000.” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Walworth Garden Trading Ltd

“Income of £5,572 (2024 - £292,455) was generated by plant and honey sales, landscaping services, management charges and administration charges to Walworth Garden Trading Ltd.” — page 42

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 03312510

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

ANOKUTE, Siobhan Marion — director, appointed 29/05/2026on trustee list
BENBOW-WYKE, Oliver Llewelyn — director, appointed 26/11/2025on trustee list
BROWN, Joanna — director, appointed 26/11/2025on trustee list
PEDDER, Arran James — director, appointed 24/09/2025on trustee list
BUESO RIOS, Belen — director, appointed 23/07/2025not on trustee list
ALALOUF, Diane — director, appointed 23/07/2025on trustee list
LONG, Henry Charles Robert — director, appointed 29/01/2025on trustee list
JACK, Caroline Hannah Louise — director, appointed 05/10/2021on trustee list
SMITHURST, Kishma Ann-Marie — director, appointed 18/03/2020on trustee list
WU, Sui-Te — director, appointed 18/03/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income

£700k

Total spending

£694k

Cost of raising funds

£18k

Reserves (reported)

£61k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Belen Bueso Rioschair
Arran James Pedder
Caroline Hannah Louise Jack
Diane Alalouf
Henry Long
Joanna Brown
Kishma Smithurst
Oliver Benbow-Wyke
Siobhan Anokute
Sui-Te Wu

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

Operates in: Lambeth · Lewisham · Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£700k	£694k
31/03/2024	£585k	£632k
31/03/2023	£506k	£524k
31/03/2022	£634k	£616k
31/03/2021	£627k	£581k

Common questions

Is WALWORTH GARDEN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of £5,202 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £699,692 against expenditure of £694,490. Total unrestricted free reserves stood at £60,823, which is below the stated policy target of £220,000. The charity holds significant cash reserves of £194,148 and has been assessed as a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WALWORTH GARDEN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WALWORTH GARDEN as a grant recipient include KUSUMA TRUST UK, WALCOT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST, CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GARDENERS OF LONDON CHARITY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
KUSUMA TRUST UK	FY2024	£97k	Environmental Learning Hub
KUSUMA TRUST UK	FY2025	£97k	Walworth Gardens- Environmental Learning Hub
WALCOT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION	FY2022	£25k	Walworth Garden Level 2 Work Based Horticulture
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST	FY2023	£5k	Mount Fund - Mental Health
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST	FY2022	£5k	The Mount Fund - Mental Health
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GARDENERS OF LONDON CHARITY	FY2023	£549
Notting Hill Genesis Community Foundation	FY2024	£171	Community Garden - provision of materials

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
London Borough of Southwark	31/03/2024	£10k	Grant to Walworth gardens
City Bridge Foundation	05/05/2023	£4k	Grant to Walworth Garden
London Borough of Southwark	01/04/2020	£2k	Grant to Walworth Garden
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/09/2006	£10k	Walworth Garden Farm
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/03/2006	£4k	Horticultural Training/Contract Garden Services/Environmental Education