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Registered charity · Oxford

The Friends of Oxford Botanic Garden & Arboretum

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £242k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Oxfordshire
Website
www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk/support-us-join-friends (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Friends of Oxford Botanic Garden & Arboretum
Registered
2005

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£242k£169k
  • 2024£226k£94k
  • 2023£292k£137k
Earlier years
  • 2022£284k£359k
  • 2021£230k£120k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO SUPPORT AND ASSIST THE WORK OF THE OXFORD BOTANIC GARDEN (WHICH TERM SHALL CONNOTE THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD BOTANIC GARDEN, THE HARCOURT ARBORETUM AND ANY OTHER PARK OR GARDEN OWNED OR MANAGED BY THE OXFORD BOTANIC GARDEN) AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT PURPOSE:3.1 TO PROMOTE THE GATHERING, EXCHANGE AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION CONCERNING THE OXFORD BOTANIC GARDEN;3.2 TO SEEK FINANCIAL SUPPORT BY WAY OF SUBSCRIPTION, VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION, SPONSORSHIP, GRANT, ADVERTISING, LEGACIES AND SUCH OTHER MEANS AS SHALL SEEM CONDUCIVE TO THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY;3.3 TO ORGANISE VISITS TO THE OXFORD BOTANIC GARDEN AND OTHER PARKS, GARDENS AND LANDSCAPES OF EDUCATIONAL, BOTANIC, HISTORIC OR AESTHETIC INTEREST;3.4 TO ARRANGE AND PROVIDE FOR EXHIBITIONS, TRAINING COURSES, CLASSES AND SEMINARS;3.5 TO PRINT, PUBLISH, SELL, SPONSOR AND DISTRIBUTE NEWSLETTERS, BOOKS, MAGAZINES AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS (INCLUDING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION) RELATING TO THE OXFORD BOTANIC GARDEN;3.6 TO PROMOTE AND PUBLISH RESEARCH INTO THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE OXFORD BOTANIC GARDEN.

Grants received

1 grant · £25,000 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.

5 trustees on the board

3.6y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

4
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 5Environment/conservation/heritage 5Arts/culture/heritage/science 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.

Other services 6Professional services 3Education 2

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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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£242k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1111939
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26/08/2005AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 22/12/2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 16 APR 2018 as amended on 25 Jan 2021
Companies House
Company number 05547805 · Active
Contact on the register
01865 610303
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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