Lettsom Gardens Association

Analysis

Lettsom Gardens Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Lettsom Gardens Association reported income of £17k and spending of £12k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £25k to £17k (-32%), an average of -9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 58% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Lettsom Gardens Association sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rickmansworth and District U3a (£17k), Maidenhead Operatic Society (£17k) and Brent Singers (£17k).