THE ANNALS OF BOTANY COMPANY

Registered charity 237771 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Company delivers public benefit by publishing original plant science in its journals Annals of Botany, AoB Plants, and in silico Plants. It operates on a not-for-profit basis and applies any surpluses to the creation and free distribution world-wide of the botanical media Botany One and The Week in Botany. It also makes selective grants and donations in pursuit of plant science more generally.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of negative £173,450 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £3,721,547. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of preparation. The charity does not undertake any fundraising activities and relies on journal revenues, investment income, and gains.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00078001

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.

• DONNISON, Iain Simon, Professor — director, appointed 04/06/2025on trustee list
• TAYLOR, Gail, Professor — director, appointed 04/06/2025on trustee list
• GILMARTIN, Philip Mark, Professor — director, appointed 15/12/2021on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (87% 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: 5.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• PROFESSOR HUGH GORDON DICKINSON DScchair
• PROFESSOR GAIL TAYLOR
• Professor Iain Simon Donnison · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Philip Mark Gilmartin
• Professor Roderick Hunt · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Australia · Belgium · Canada · Chile · China · Czech Republic · Denmark · France · Germany · Ireland · Japan · Malaysia

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST FOUNDATION.

• THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST FOUNDATION income £2.2m
• THE COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS income £8.4m
• BRITISH SOCIETY FOR PLANT PATHOLOGY income £405k
• ASSOCIATION OF FRIENDS OF BRISTOL UNIVERSITY BOTANIC GARDEN income £116k
• THE FRIENDS OF OXFORD BOTANIC GARDEN & ARBORETUM income £242k
• BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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