Hammersmith Community Gardens Association

Analysis

Hammersmith Community Gardens Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05499362). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hammersmith Community Gardens Association reported income of £646k and spending of £608k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £348k to £646k (+85%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Hammersmith Community Gardens Association sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Scotswood Natural Community Garden Limited (£641k), Kew Bridge Engines Trust and Water Supply Museum Limited (£650k) and Painted Wolf Foundation (£640k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.4%. Reserves of £20.8m would cover about 407 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.