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Description
The purpose of the charity is to support the objects of the royal botanic gardens, kew.it raises voluntary income from two principal sources for the royal botanic gardens, kew: funds raised through its legacy programme; and returns from its endowment via invested funds.
Also known as
- The Foundation and Friends of the Rbgkew
- The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens,kew
- Friends of Kew
- The Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- The Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens,kew
- The Foundation and Friends of The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Kew Foundation
- Kew Royal Botanic Gardens
- The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Foundation
- Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
...and 1 other names
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
TW9 3AE
Website
Domain
kew.org
Latest income
£5,458,000 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens,kew
GB-CHC-803428Locations
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Areas of operation in the UK
Area of operation outside the UK
- Brazil
- Madagascar
Registered Office in the UK
The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens,kew
GB-CHC-803428Linked records
Back to contentsThis 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.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
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Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 803428 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens,kew
GB-CHC-803428Themes and activities
Back to contentsThis 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.
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Grant-making foundations
H10
UK Charity Activity Tags
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Associations
AS» League of FriendsAS104 -
Facilities
FA» Green spaceFA104
Theme (CCEW)
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Environment/conservation/heritage
112
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
-
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
205 -
The General Public/mankind
207
Activities (CCEW)
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Makes Grants To Organisations
302
Scale of operation
- National and Overseas
The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens,kew
GB-CHC-803428Charity financial history
Back to contents| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1990-09-20 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2004-03-31 | 3,183,111 | 2,896,040 |
| 2005-03-31 | 5,174,810 | 5,603,407 |
| 2006-03-31 | 7,542,323 | 7,184,749 |
| 2007-03-31 | 9,559,310 | 5,098,726 |
| 2008-03-31 | 9,970,000 | 10,871,000 |
| 2009-03-31 | 8,347,000 | 8,538,000 |
| 2010-03-31 | 8,308,000 | 7,783,000 |
| 2011-03-31 | 7,495,000 | 5,851,000 |
| 2012-03-31 | 10,678,000 | 6,400,000 |
| 2013-03-31 | 11,928,000 | 12,694,000 |
| 2014-03-31 | 15,853,000 | 14,079,000 |
| 2015-03-31 | 28,840,000 | 14,576,000 |
| 2016-03-31 | 25,167,000 | 21,450,000 |
| 2017-03-31 | 21,921,000 | 24,955,000 |
| 2018-03-31 | 13,697,000 | 25,105,000 |
| 2019-03-31 | 6,057,000 | 8,486,000 |
| 2020-03-31 | 5,575,000 | 7,950,000 |
| 2021-03-31 | 2,009,000 | 3,353,000 |
| 2022-03-31 | 4,328,000 | 8,739,000 |
| 2023-03-31 | 5,458,000 | 3,581,000 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens,kew
GB-CHC-803428Charity people
Back to contents| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | - | - |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | - | - |
| Volunteers | - | - |
| Trustees | 5 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens,kew
GB-CHC-803428Statement of Financial Activities
Back to contentsStatement 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 £m |
2022
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | - | 0.4 |
| Legacies | 5.3 | 3.8 |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 5.3 | 4.2 |
| Income from charitable activities | - | - |
| Income from other trading activities | - | - |
| Income from investments | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Other income | - | - |
| Total | 5.5 | 4.3 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Other spending on raising funds | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Spending on raising funds | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Grants to institutions | 3.3 | 8.4 |
| Other charitable activities | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Charitable activities | 3.3 | 8.4 |
| Other spending | 0.1 | - |
| Total | 3.6 | 8.7 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | 1.9 | (4.4) |
The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens,kew
GB-CHC-803428Balance sheet
Back to contentsBalance 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 £m |
2022
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | - | - |
| Investment assets | 14.1 | 11.4 |
| 14.1 | 11.4 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | - |
| Cash | 3.2 | 11.0 |
| Other current assets | 3.9 | 1.0 |
| 7.1 | 12.1 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (0.5) | (3.8) |
| Net current assets | 6.6 | 8.2 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 20.7 | 19.6 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | - | - |
| Net assets | 20.7 | 19.6 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| Restricted funds | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| Unrestricted funds | 10.5 | 9.0 |
| 20.7 | 19.6 | |
The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens,kew
GB-CHC-803428Income from government
Back to contentsAccording to data returned to the Charity Commission, this charity did not receive income from government grants or contracts in 2023 (the latest year with data available) or 2022.
The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens,kew
GB-CHC-803428Grants received
Back to contentsReceived 13 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.
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| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Garfield Weston Foundation
Environment |
£5,000,000 | Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award | ||
|
Richmond Parish Lands Charity
Project Funding |
£81,000
3 years |
To Kew Royal Botanic Gardens | ||
|
John Lyon's Charity
Main Grant |
£90,000
3 years |
Main grant to Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Oct 2021 to Oct 2024 |
||
|
ARCADIA
Environmental |
US$3,250,980 | Millennium Seed Bank Partnership – Threatened Biodiversity Hotspots Programme | ||
|
Garfield Weston Foundation
Environment |
£3,000,000 | Major Grants award | ||
| Nuffield Foundation |
£15,000
5.901639344262295 months |
Education grant
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 |
||
| Monument Trust |
£100,000
Jun 2016 |
New Visitor Attraction
Jun 2016 |
||
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ARCADIA
Environmental |
US$2,000,000 | Millennium Seed Bank Partnership | ||
|
John Ellerman Foundation
Environment |
£75,000
2 years |
Core costs - aicos Pine in the Turks and Caicos Islands
Mar 2014 to Mar 2016 |
||
|
The National Lottery Community Fund
Single Grants |
£10,505,123
5 years |
Grow Wild
Apr 2012 to May 2017 |
Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- ARCADIA (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- John Ellerman Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Gatsby Charitable Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Garfield Weston Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- John Lyon's Charity (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Monument Trust (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Nuffield Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Richmond Parish Lands Charity (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Community Fund (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens,kew
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