BETHNAL GREEN NATURE RESERVE TRUST

Registered charity 1166648 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BGNR TRUST

THE MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE BETHNAL GREEN NATURE RESERVE IN EAST LONDON, IN TERMS OF ECOLOGY, ARTS AND EDUCATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£118k
Latest spending
£102k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £16,825 for the year, resulting in total funds of £47,191. The trustees confirmed that unrestricted reserves are adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The filing was subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£118k£102k
31/03/2024£45k£45k
31/03/2023£71k£94k
31/03/2022£92k£66k
31/03/2021£38k£9k

Common questions

Is BETHNAL GREEN NATURE RESERVE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £16,825 for the year, resulting in total funds of £47,191. The trustees confirmed that unrestricted reserves are adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The filing was subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BETHNAL GREEN NATURE RESERVE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BETHNAL GREEN NATURE RESERVE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, LONDON CATALYST, THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST, CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k37% of the salary costs for a charity providing community education at a nature reserve in the LB of Tower Hamlets.
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£8k50% of the salary costs for a charity providing traineeships for young people and community education at a nature reserve in the LB of Tower Hamlets.
LONDON CATALYSTFY2023£5kTo support the volunteer led Aggie’s Café for isolated older people.
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k50% of the running costs of a mobile community apothecary service in the LB of Tower Hamlets.
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£4k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery30/09/2024£11kUnrestricted Funding
City Bridge Foundation11/05/2024£100kGrant to Bethnal Green Nature Reserve Trust (BGNRT)
The National Lottery Community Fund05/01/2024£9kBethnal Green Nature Reserve Community Activities
Postcode Lottery27/05/2022£17kSalaries of Forest School Leader, Community Gardner, costs of Access audit and
The National Lottery Community Fund07/05/2021£10kPhytology: Community Gardener
Greater London Authority01/12/2020£15kGrant to Bethnal Green Nature Reserve Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund15/06/2018£10kCommunity Forest School
The National Lottery Community Fund16/11/2016£9kThe Bethnal Green Nature Reserve - 'BREATHING SPACE'

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ECOLOGY TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BETHNAL GREEN NATURE RESERVE TRUST£118k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ECOLOGY TRUST FY2025£2.0m—0below—no doubt
Greenacre Trust Limited FY2025£1.6m—0above—no doubt
BRISTOL NATURAL HISTORY CONSORTIUM FY2024£451k—0unclear—no doubt
LONDON HISTORIC PARKS AND GARDENS TRUST FY2024£269k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF OXFORD BOTANIC GARDEN & ARBORETUM FY2025£242k—0above—not going concern

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