Friends of Jerusalem Botanical Gardens

Analysis

Friends of Jerusalem Botanical Gardens is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Edgware. It was registered in March 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of Jerusalem Botanical Gardens reported income of £154k and spending of £142k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £23k to £154k (+575%), an average of +61% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 434%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Friends of Jerusalem Botanical Gardens sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Climate Ed (£154k), Kempton Great Engines Trust Limited (£154k) and Dirt - the Foundation for the Regeneration of Earth (£154k).