THE SOUTH LONDON BOTANICAL INSTITUTE

Registered charity 214251 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Institute - Library, Herbarium & Garden - are open weekly to members & the public. We run botanical courses for adults, workshops for children & one-off lectures & field trips. We have a series of open days/evenings & occassional other events. We participate in local environmental, ecological & botanical events.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND FACILITATE THE STUDY OF THE SCIENCE OF BOTANY AND RELATED SCIENCES AND THEIR PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.

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

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £108,857 for the year ended 31 March 2026, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,159,899 to £1,010,655. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £74,085, which exceeds its stated policy target of £50,000, and the trustees confirm the organization is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The South London Botanical Institute (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Cherry Ann Simpkin · trustee of 5 other charities
• Dr Maria Sergeevna Vorontsova
• EMMANUEL ASAMOAH · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARLOWE PAULINE RUSSELL
• Maria Gabriela Avendano Vargas
• Oliver Henry Parsons
• Paul Bodley
• Susan Anne Ella Simmonds

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

Operates in: Throughout London

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