Friends of Petersfield Physic Garden

Analysis

Friends of Petersfield Physic Garden is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in September 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends of Petersfield Physic Garden reported income of £12k and spending of £14k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £24k to £12k (-51%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Friends of Petersfield Physic Garden sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Iow (Ryde) Lions Club (CIO) (£12k), Rotary Club of Sandown (I.w.) Charity Trust (£12k) and The Gettaway Club (£12k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.