SYDENHAM GARDEN

Registered charity 1108100 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote the physical and mental health of residents of the boroughs of Lewisham and Bromley by providing -A community garden where horticulture is used for therapy and rehabilitation.Opportunities for training for work and educationOpportunities for artistic and creative expressionThe protection and preservation of the environment for the benefit of the public.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO PROMOTE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THOSE RESIDENTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF SOUTH LONDON, PARTICULARLY BY PROVIDING:(A) A GARDEN WHERE HORTICULTURE IS USED FOR THERAPY AND REHABILITATION; (B) OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAINING FOR WORK AND EDUCATION; (C) OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE EXPRESSION; AND(D) THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE CONSERVATION OR PROMOTION OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY THROUGH : (I) THE PROVISION, CONSERVATION, RESTORATION OR ENHANCEMENT OF THE NATURAL HABITAT IN SYDENHAM GARDEN, THE DE FRENE SITE OR ANY OTHER GARDEN THE CHARITY MAY OWN OR MANAGE; OR (II) THE MAINTENANCE OR RECOVERY OF A SPECIES IN ITS NATURAL HABITAT IN SYDENHAM GARDEN, THE DE FRENE SITE OR ANY OTHER GARDEN THE CHARITY MAY OWN OR MANAGE.

Area of benefit: LEWISHAM AND BROMLEY.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lewisham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a small surplus of £4,857 before a restricted gift, with unrestricted reserves of £251,812 against a policy target of approximately £263,000. The trustees note that securing replacement funding for substantial grants ending in Spring 2026 is anticipated to be highly challenging, creating a dependency on future fundraising success.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05291164

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sydenham Garden (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Henry Smith Charity — “Our current main funders include: Henry Smith Charity” (source page)

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.

• ST OMER, Reece — director, appointed 12/02/2026not on trustee list
• FEWINS, Gillian Katharine — director, appointed 12/02/2026on trustee list
• EDWARDS, Christopher Robert — director, appointed 12/02/2026on trustee list
• SAKSENA, Laura — director, appointed 19/07/2023on trustee list
• REYNOLDS, Laura Elizabeth — director, appointed 07/11/2022on trustee list
• ADEOGUN, Kehinde Olamide — director, appointed 05/08/2020on trustee list
• GORDON, Jullen Elaine — director, appointed 05/08/2020on trustee list
• SHERMAN, Jonathan Isaac — director, appointed 05/09/2019on trustee list
• SYKES, Anne — director, appointed 05/07/2018not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~5.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anne Skyes
• Christopher Robert Edwards
• Gillian Katharine Fewins
• Jonathan Isaac Sherman
• Jullen Elaine Gordon
• Kehinde Olamide Adeogun
• Laura Elizabeth Reynolds
• Laura Saksena
• Reece St Omer

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

Operates in: Bromley · Lewisham

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LINDENGATE.

• LINDENGATE income £434k
• HAYGROVE COMMUNITY GARDENS income £96k
• SYDENHAM ARTS LTD income £34k
• FARNCOMBE COMMUNITY GARDEN income £64k
• SUNNYSIDE COMMUNITY GARDENS income £134k
• THE GROWING SPACE (WINCANTON) LIMITED income £61k

Side by side with its peers

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