Greenfingers Charity

Analysis

Greenfingers Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in July 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03716044). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Greenfingers Charity reported income of £985k and spending of £1.2m, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £664k to £985k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Greenfingers Charity sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Young Lives Foundation (£984k), Society Without Abuse (£987k) and Lord Leverhulme's Charitable Trust (£965k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 59%, charitable activities 19% and investments 4.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1,302. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 16%. Reserves of £1.0m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.