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Registered charity · London

Sydenham Garden

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £659k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 3 more
Where
Bromley, Lewisham
Website
www.sydenhamgarden.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Sydenham Garden
Registered
2005

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£659k£530k
  • 2024£430k£446k
  • 2023£344k£484k
Earlier years
  • 2022£362k£448k
  • 2021£484k£396k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 13% · Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO PROMOTE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THOSE RESIDENTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF SOUTH LONDON, PARTICULARLY BY PROVIDING:(A) A GARDEN WHERE HORTICULTURE IS USED FOR THERAPY AND REHABILITATION; (B) OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAINING FOR WORK AND EDUCATION; (C) OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE EXPRESSION; AND(D) THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE CONSERVATION OR PROMOTION OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY THROUGH : (I) THE PROVISION, CONSERVATION, RESTORATION OR ENHANCEMENT OF THE NATURAL HABITAT IN SYDENHAM GARDEN, THE DE FRENE SITE OR ANY OTHER GARDEN THE CHARITY MAY OWN OR MANAGE; OR (II) THE MAINTENANCE OR RECOVERY OF A SPECIES IN ITS NATURAL HABITAT IN SYDENHAM GARDEN, THE DE FRENE SITE OR ANY OTHER GARDEN THE CHARITY MAY OWN OR MANAGE.

Grants received

38 grants · £2,487,110 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

10 trustees on the board

4.3y median 5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

9
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10General Charitable Purposes 9Disability 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 12Professional services 2Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£659k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

5.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

20
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
18%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1108100
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19/11/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/06/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/08/2013
Companies House
Company number 05291164 · Active
Contact on the register
02082911650 · info@sydenhamgarden.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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