Friends of the Swiss Garden

Analysis

Friends of the Swiss Garden is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedfordshire. It was registered in December 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends of the Swiss Garden reported income of £32k and spending of £22k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £16k to £32k (+102%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Friends of the Swiss Garden sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chipping Norton Theatre Trust (£32k), Klingen Choir and Cultural Association (£32k) and The Speldhurst Village Hall Foundation (£32k).