Lady Garden Foundation

Analysis

Lady Garden Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Lady Garden Foundation reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.1m, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £418k to £1.8m (+341%), an average of +45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2025, when income rose by 208%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Lady Garden Foundation sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sarabande (£1.8m), The Aurum Charitable Trust (£1.8m) and Rothesay Foundation (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 75% and donations and legacies 24%. Charitable activities took 52% of spending and raising funds 48%. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 14 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.