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The Wild Flower Society

RegisteredRegistered charity number 271694PrestonEnvironment and conservation
Income£17k2025-12-31
Spending£22ksame year
Spent / received117%5-year average
Size in its cause55th pctEnvironment and conservation
Registered1976Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Wild Flower Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in July 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Wild Flower Society reported income of £17k and spending of £22k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £15k to £17k (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Wild Flower Society sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% 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 Burton and Neston History Society (£17k), Just One Ocean (£17k) and The Taplow and Hitcham Recreation Grounds Association Limited (£17k).

Income and spending

£0£6,440£13k£19k£26k2021 Income: £14,6642021 Spending: £15,14720212022 Income: £14,9902022 Spending: £22,22820222023 Income: £25,7582023 Spending: £22,21520232024 Income: £18,2732024 Spending: £23,98420242025 Income: £16,6722025 Spending: £22,1862025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Promotion of a greater knowledge of the field botany of the British Isles by encouraging people to identify and record wild plants, the publication of a magazine, the organisation of field meetings and the making of grants to support education about field botany and the publication of relevant material.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Burton and Neston History SocietyNeston£17k
Just One OceanSouthsea£17k
The Taplow and Hitcham Recreation Grounds Association LimitedBerkshire£17k
St Kyneburgha Building Preservation TrustPeterborough£17k