Goscote Greenacres Community Garden

Analysis

Goscote Greenacres Community Garden is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Walsall. It was registered in June 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10168064). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Goscote Greenacres Community Garden reported income of £14k and spending of £26k, spending 189% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £82k to £14k (-83%), an average of -36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 128% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Goscote Greenacres Community Garden sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Barling Magna Primary Academy (£14k), Friends of Melksham Hospital and Community (£14k) and Kids in Crisis (£14k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.