Meanwhile Gardens Community Association

Analysis

Meanwhile Gardens Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02134343). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Meanwhile Gardens Community Association reported income of £352k and spending of £230k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £192k to £352k (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Meanwhile Gardens Community Association sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Flic-Flac Gymnastics Club (£351k), Bishop's Stortford Rugby Football Club 2015 (£353k) and The Scaramouche Sailing Trust (£351k).