Sheffield Botanical Gardens Trust

Analysis

Sheffield Botanical Gardens Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in July 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage, recreation and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Sheffield Botanical Gardens Trust reported income of £131k and spending of £51k, leaving 61% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £98k to £131k (+34%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 376%. Over the whole period it spent 26% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Sheffield Botanical Gardens Trust sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Campaign to Protect Rural England Wiltshire (£131k), Share (Portsmouth) (£133k) and Exeter Historic Buildings Trust (£131k).