Sustainable Global Gardens

Analysis

Sustainable Global Gardens is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Whitley Bay. It was registered in September 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05733281). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sustainable Global Gardens reported income of £34k and spending of £34k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £16k to £34k (+115%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Sustainable Global Gardens sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kolma Bahakot Samaj UK (£34k), Forever Friends of Uganda (£34k) and Lancaster, Morecambe and District Churches Debt Centre (£34k).