The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Royal Horticultural Society

Registered charity 222879 Registered since 1963

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

18 trustees on the board

3.4y median 3.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (16)

Portfolio (2)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 18Education/training 18Environment/conservation/heritage 18

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

Finance 4Other services 3Business services 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£124.8m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

1267 from 1010 in 2021
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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.rhs.org.uk
Emailsecretary@rhs.org.uk
Phone020 3176 5800
AddressTHE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 80 VINCENT SQUARE, LONDON, SW1P 2PE

Finances

£124,804,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£67,359,000£66,867,000
2022£110,516,000£102,893,000
2023£122,096,000£120,423,000
2024£120,496,000£124,815,000
2025£124,804,000£132,971,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE SCIENCE, ART AND PRACTICE OF HORTICULTURE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 10 NOVEMBER 1987, AND BYE LAWS ADOPTED 28 APRIL 1987 AS AMENDED 21 FEBRUARY 1995, 17 FEBRUARY 1998, 30 JUNE 2005 AND 1 JULY 2008 AND ORDER OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS DATED 20 APRIL 2005.AS AMENDED ON 27 JUN 2016 null as amended on 19 Feb 2021 null

Trustees (18)

18trustees
63median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Royal Horticultural Society · RC000480 · Active

Royal Charter Company · incorporated 01/01/1981

Connected charities (2)

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