THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 222879 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as R H S, RHS · also registered in Scotland as SC038262 (OSCR)

Latest income
£124.8m
Latest spending
£133.0m
Registered
1963

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Total income
£124.8m
Total spending
£133.0m
Cost of raising funds
£32.3m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
1,267

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2025£124.8m£133.0m
31/01/2024£120.5m£124.8m
31/01/2023£122.1m£120.4m
31/01/2022£110.5m£102.9m
31/01/2021£67.4m£66.9m

Common questions

Who funds THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY as a grant recipient include THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION, ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851, THE BAND TRUST, KUSUMA TRUST UK, THE CADOGAN CHARITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATIONFY2023£3.1m
THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATIONFY2024£1.1m
ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851FY2023£500k
THE BAND TRUSTFY2023£250k
KUSUMA TRUST UKFY2025£200k
KUSUMA TRUST UKFY2024£200k
THE CADOGAN CHARITYFY2025£200k
THE TOMLINSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£180k
H M SASSOON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£138k
THE TOMLINSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£100k
THE TOMLINSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£75k
JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£60k
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£50k
THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATIONFY2022£50k
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2022£50k
THE STEVENSON FAMILY'S CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£25k
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£25k
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUSTFY2023£25k
TOBY AND REGINA WYLES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£22k
H M SASSOON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£17k
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£17k
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£17k
THE CADOGAN CHARITYFY2023£15k
AMAR-FRANSES AND FOSTER-JENKINS TRUSTFY2025£10k
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE D'OYLY CARTE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10k
TOBY AND REGINA WYLES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10k
THE BROWNSWORD CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
THE ROSS WARBURTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10k
ROCKCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
THE BORROWS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£9k
THE ROSS WARBURTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£9k
AMAR-FRANSES AND FOSTER-JENKINS TRUSTFY2024£7k
THE PHILIP MARSDEN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE DASHLIGHT FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k
H M SASSOON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE SHROPSHIRE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETYFY2023£5k
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUSTFY2022£5k
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE PHILIP MARSDEN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£4k
THE PHILIP MARSDEN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£4k
THE STEVENSON FAMILY'S CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£4k
THE MILLICHOPE FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS)FY2023£2k
THE STEVENSON FAMILY'S CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUSTFY2022£2k
SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/03/2026£247k"From Roots to Records: Empowering communities to create, preserve and celebrate South-West Plant Heritage via the RHS Herbarium"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/12/2022£25k"Explore: The Royal Horticultural Society"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/11/2021£67k"#Digital8 The Digital Dig: Uncovering BritainÂ’s Lost Plant Nurseries"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/01/2019£99k"Public Engagement with the heritage of RHS Garden Bridgewater – Potting Sheds Gallery"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/07/2016£4.1m"Inspiring People to Grow - RHS Garden Wisley"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund19/11/1998£1.8m"RHS Lindley Library Rehousing"