Sydenham Garden

Analysis

Sydenham Garden is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05291164). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sydenham Garden reported income of £659k and spending of £530k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £484k to £659k (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sydenham Garden sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cambridge United Foundation Limited (£659k), My Wish Charity (£660k) and The Duchenne Research Fund (£659k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 73%, donations and legacies 22%, trading 3.7% and investments 1.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £17k. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 7.9%. Reserves of £252k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.