THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1154867 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST TRUST

TO PROMOTE PLANT SCIENCE BY PUBLISHING LEARNED JOURNALS, INCLUDING NEW PHYTOLOGIST. FUNDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE BROAD AREA OF PLANT SCIENCES. SUPPORTING DEFINED GROUPS AND MAKING GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS THAT FALL WITHIN THE GENERAL REMIT OF THE TRUST.SPONSORING SYMPOSIA AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS WITH THEMES RELEVANT TO THE WORK OF THE TRUST.

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Latest income

£2.2m

Latest spending

£1.8m

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £4,660,117, which is significantly above the trustees' stated policy target of a minimum £1,837,156 (representing 1-2 years of expenditure). The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to meet liabilities for at least 12 months, despite noting risks related to the transition from subscription to Open Access income models.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: over £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“One employee earned more than £60,000.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One employee earned more than £60,000.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: 1-2 years of expenditure (minimum £1,837,156) (held: £4.7m)

“The Trustees’ reserves policy is to hold total reserves to meet 1-2 year's expenditure which, based on the 2024 accounts, is a minimum of £1,837,156.” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Riverside Accountancy Lancaster Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Keith Lindsey — Chair (source)
Maarja Öpik — Editor-in-Chief (source)
Simon Hiscock — Editor-in-Chief (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£2.2m

Total spending

£1.8m

Cost of raising funds

£17k

Reserves (reported)

£4.7m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~30.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (05/05/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

PROF KEITH LINDSAYchair
Dr RICHARD JAMES NORBY
Leslie Ross
Miriam Maus
PROFESSOR ANNE ELISABETH OSBOURN
PROFESSOR SIMON HISCOCK · trustee of 1 other charity
Prof Maria Harrison
Prof. Wenbo Ma
Prof. YOSELIN BENITEZ ALFONSO
Professor Dale Sanders · trustee of 1 other charity
Professor Maarja Opik
Professor Peter Atkinson

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£2.2m	£1.8m
31/12/2023	£2.0m	£1.8m
31/12/2022	£1.6m	£1.5m
31/12/2021	£1.4m	£1.1m
31/12/2020	£1.4m	£1.1m

Common questions

Is THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £4,660,117, which is significantly above the trustees' stated policy target of a minimum £1,837,156 (representing 1-2 years of expenditure). The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to meet liabilities for at least 12 months, despite noting risks related to the transition from subscription to Open Access income models. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Riverside Accountancy Lancaster Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST FOUNDATION earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the over £60,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH SOCIETY FOR PLANT PATHOLOGY.

BRITISH SOCIETY FOR PLANT PATHOLOGY income £405k
THE ANNALS OF BOTANY COMPANY income £578k
JOHN INNES FOUNDATION income £1.7m
THE PALAEONTOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION income £589k
HUMAN PRACTICE FOUNDATION UK income £184k
THE EXETER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION income £352k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST FOUNDATION	£2.2m	over £60,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY FOR PLANT PATHOLOGY FY2024	£405k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE ANNALS OF BOTANY COMPANY FY2024	£578k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
JOHN INNES FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.7m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PALAEONTOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION FY2024	£589k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HUMAN PRACTICE FOUNDATION UK FY2025	£184k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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