Forest Gate Community Garden

Analysis

Forest Gate Community Garden is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2016, 10 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 provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Forest Gate Community Garden reported income of £45k and spending of £47k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £25k to £45k (+78%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 162%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Forest Gate Community Garden sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Naze Protection Society (£45k), The Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists Limited (£46k) and The Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society (£45k).