Bishop's Waltham Gardening Club

Analysis

Bishop's Waltham Gardening Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in September 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Bishop's Waltham Gardening Club reported income of £23k and spending of £17k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £7,653 to £23k (+194%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bishop's Waltham Gardening Club sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include S and R Charitable Trust (£23k), Nigerian Muslim Association in Coventry (Nimac) Welfare Trust (£23k) and Still I Rise (£23k).