Lower Central Gardens Bournemouth

Analysis

Lower Central Gardens Bournemouth is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bournemouth. It was registered in July 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lower Central Gardens Bournemouth reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.8m, spending 168% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £712k to £1.1m (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 138% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Lower Central Gardens Bournemouth sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Town and Country Planning Association (£1.1m), Knepp Wildland Foundation (£1.1m) and River Action UK (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 48%, donations and legacies 36% and trading 15%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 7.0%.

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.