Barracks Lane Community Garden

Analysis

Barracks Lane Community Garden is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in October 2006, 20 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 05945388). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Barracks Lane Community Garden reported income of £33k and spending of £38k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £41k to £33k (-20%), an average of -5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 127%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Barracks Lane Community Garden sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% 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 14th Southampton (Highfield) Scout Group (£33k), Cobham Conservation and Heritage Trust (£33k) and Friends of St Giles Church, Camberwell (£32k).