Highdown Tower Garden and Pleasure Ground

Analysis

Highdown Tower Garden and Pleasure Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worthing. It was registered in April 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Highdown Tower Garden and Pleasure Ground reported income of £11k and spending of £43k, spending 378% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9,500 to £11k (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Highdown Tower Garden and Pleasure Ground sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dummer Reading Room (Known Locally As Dummer Village Hall) (£11k), Middle Wood Centre (£11k) and 3rd Tewkesbury Scout Group (£11k).