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William Robinson Gravetye Charity

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1136242East GrinsteadEnvironment and conservation
Income£505k2026-03-31
Spending£515ksame year
Spent / received116%5-year average
Size in its cause90th pctEnvironment and conservation
Registered2010Charitable company
Employees1latest return

Analysis

William Robinson Gravetye Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Grinstead. It was registered in June 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06876284). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, William Robinson Gravetye Charity reported income of £505k and spending of £515k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £168k to £505k (+200%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, William Robinson Gravetye Charity sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Warkworth Harbour Commissioners (£493k), Voice For Nature Foundation Limited (£505k) and Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (£492k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 51%, donations and legacies 42% and investments 6.4%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £121k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.

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.

Income and spending

£0£129k£258k£387k£515k2022 Income: £168,4552022 Spending: £146,72220222023 Income: £217,5412023 Spending: £400,17120232024 Income: £295,2562024 Spending: £305,04920242025 Income: £267,2472025 Spending: £312,92320252026 Income: £504,6722026 Spending: £515,4852026
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 42%
  • Charitable activities 51%
  • Investments 6.4%

In the charity's own words

Our mission is to secure and share the legacy of influential wild gardener William Robinson (1838-1935) with the public through Gravetye Estate, Sussex. Our vision is to improve biodiversity and to develop a Climate Change and disease resilient woodland landscape through exemplary stewardship and experimentation. We will help people to learn from nature through William Robinson's teachings.

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