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

Latest income

£2.2m

Latest spending

£2.6m

Registered

1983

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

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

Total income

£2.2m

Total spending

£2.6m

Cost of raising funds

£450k

Reserves (reported)

£5.4m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~24.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£2.2m	£2.6m
31/12/2024	£2.5m	£2.6m
31/12/2023	£2.6m	£2.5m
31/12/2022	£3.1m	£2.1m
31/12/2021	£3.6m	£1.7m

Common questions

Who funds THE CHELSEA PHYSIC GARDEN COMPANY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CHELSEA PHYSIC GARDEN COMPANY as a grant recipient include THE JAMES & SHIRLEY SHERWOOD FOUNDATION, SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE JAMES & SHIRLEY SHERWOOD FOUNDATION	FY2024	£25k
THE JAMES & SHIRLEY SHERWOOD FOUNDATION	FY2025	£18k
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST	FY2022	£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/11/2018	£1.1m	"Chelsea Physic Garden Glasshouses Restoration: preserving London's botanical heritage for future discovery"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	11/01/2005	£5k	"This Organisation Rpvides A Horticultural Resource To London. It Provides A Living Archive Of The Plants Which Have Transformed Cities Over"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	04/12/2000	£50k	"Cool Fernery at Chelsea Physic Garden"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	14/02/2000	£13k	"1773 Rock Garden Restoration, Chelsea"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/11/1995	£100k	"Chelsea Physic Garden, Chelsea, London"