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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland

A Registered Charity based in England

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The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-1152954 .
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Description

The botanical society of britain and ireland is the successor body of the botanical society of the british isles (charity no 212560) and commenced activities on 1 november 2013. its purpose is to support and encourage amateur and professional botanists to participate in research into the taxonomy, ecology, biogeography and conservation of the british and irish flora.

Also known as

  • Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland
  • Bsbi
  • Botanical Society Of Britain And Ireland
  • Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland (BSBI)

CCEW Charity number

1152954

Company number

08553976

Registered

Postcode

AL1 3RD

Website

bsbi.org

Latest income

£538,427 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland

GB-CHC-1152954

Locations

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Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.

Area of operation outside the UK

  • Guernsey
  • Ireland
  • Isle of Man
  • Jersey

Registered Office in the UK

Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland

GB-CHC-1152954

Linked records

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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-1152954 .
What is an organisation identifier?

An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.

Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.

Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.

Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.

GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1152954 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland

GB-CHC-1152954

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Environment conservation and animal welfare advocacy G12

UK Charity Activity Tags

These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.

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  • Environment EN » Wildlife EN104
  • Research RS

Theme (CCEW)

  • Education/training 102
  • Environment/conservation/heritage 112
  • Recreation 116

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Other Defined Groups 206
  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • Makes Grants To Individuals 301
  • Provides Human Resources 304
  • Provides Services 306
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research 308

Scale of operation

  • National and Overseas

Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland

GB-CHC-1152954

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
2013-07-18 Registered as a charity
2014-03-31 1,511,648 211,585
2015-03-31 340,915 516,755
2016-03-31 398,156 526,578
2017-03-31 359,587 505,732
2018-03-31 401,050 461,609
2019-03-31 474,915 478,583
2020-03-31 459,865 503,604
2021-03-31 396,354 421,899
2022-03-31 459,438 500,828
2023-03-31 538,427 622,466
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland

GB-CHC-1152954

Charity people

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2023
£
2022
£
Employees 12
Employees paid more than £60,000 - -
Volunteers 350 300
Trustees 11
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland

GB-CHC-1152954

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£000s
2022
£000s
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 72.9
Legacies 0.3
Endowments -
Donations and legacies 73.2
Income from charitable activities 207.6
Income from other trading activities -
Income from investments 20.6
Other income 237.1
Total 538.4 459.4
Expenditure
Investment management 5.5
Other spending on raising funds 89.9
Spending on raising funds 95.4
Grants to institutions -
Other charitable activities 527.1
Charitable activities 527.1
Other spending -
Total 622.5 500.8
Net income / (expenditure) (84.0) (41.4)

Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland

GB-CHC-1152954

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£000s
2022
£000s
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 694.8
Investment assets -
694.8
Current assets
Current investment assets -
Cash 276.0
Other current assets 89.5
365.6
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (226.0)
Net current assets 139.6
Total assets less current liabilities 834.4
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year -
Net assets 834.4
Funds
Endowment funds -
Restricted funds 3.5
Unrestricted funds 831.0
834.4

Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland

GB-CHC-1152954

Income from government

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2023
£
2022
£
Contracts with government
Income from government contracts 74,336 54,048
Government contracts as % of total income 13.8% 11.8%
Number of government contracts 2 2
Government grants
Income from government grants 72,782 82,682
Government grants as % of total income 13.5% 18.0%
Number of government grants 4 4

Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland

GB-CHC-1152954

Grants received

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View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.

Date Funder Amount awarded Description
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Heritage Emergency Fund
£8,800 Grant to Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland (BSBI)
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Resilient Heritage
£60,000 Grant to Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland (BSBI)

Data source

Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.

Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland

GB-CHC-1152954

Data sources

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