THE CHELSEA PHYSIC GARDEN COMPANY

Registered charity 286513 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHELSEA PHYSIC GARDEN COMPANY, CHELSEA PHYSIC GARDEN ENTERPRISES LTD

The Charity maintains and provides public access to and interpretation of a historic botanic garden. It provides formal and informal opportunities for all people to learn about plants, their use and their history.

Objects

A) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF BOTANY AND RELATED SCIENCES; TO PROMOTE AND FURTHER RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS OF THE SAME, AND TO PUBLISH OR PROCURE THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF ALL SUCH RESEARCH.B) PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND IN PARTICULAR BOTANICAL BIODIVERSITY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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

Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £316,495 for the year ended 31 December 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £272,264 are within the recommended policy range of £200,000 to £300,000, and forecasts indicate the group will maintain liquidity for at least one year following the signing of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~24.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 20.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Woodward
• Anna Villar do Valle · trustee of 1 other charity
• Bernadette O'Sullivan · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Richard Mathers
• Dr Helen Charman
• Dr Philippa Simpson
• Jennie Veronica Younger · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lucinda Frances Clark
• Matthew George Pottage · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Jane Anderson
• Sarah Elisabeth Flannigan
• Simon Major
• William Graham Victor Kenney

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

Operates in: Kensington And Chelsea · Surrey

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COWBRIDGE PHYSIC GARDEN TRUST LIMITED.

• COWBRIDGE PHYSIC GARDEN TRUST LIMITED income £30k
• THE PHOENIX GARDEN income £90k
• HEREFORD CENTRE FOR NATURAL HEALTH income £32k
• CULPEPER COMMUNITY GARDEN ASSOCIATION income £70k
• CHELSEA FC FOUNDATION income £4.5m
• FULL FACT income £3.1m

Side by side with its peers

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