The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Chelsea Physic Garden Company

Registered charity 286513 Registered since 1983

Operates: Kensington And Chelsea, Surrey

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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.

2.5y median 1y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
9.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (4)

13
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 13Arts/culture/heritage/science 12Environment/conservation/heritage 11The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Disability 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.

Business services 13Education 7Health and social care 6

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£2.2m 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.

24.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 38.3 in 2021

42 from 30 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

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Contact

Websitewww.chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk
Emailsmedway@chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk
Phone02073525646
AddressCHELSEA PHYSIC GARDEN, 66 ROYAL HOSPITAL ROAD, LONDON, SW3 4HS

Finances

£2,243,361 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,550,431£1,681,388
2022£3,061,397£2,063,199
2023£2,585,010£2,545,201
2024£2,479,979£2,628,731
2025£2,243,361£2,628,394

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

A) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF BOTANY AND RELATED SCIENCES; TO PROMOTE AND FURTHER RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS OF THE SAME, AND TO PUBLISH OR PROCURE THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF ALL SUCH RESEARCH.B) PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND IN PARTICULAR BOTANICAL BIODIVERSITY.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13TH JANUARY 1983 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 18 SEPTEMBER 1984 AND 12 JULY 2006.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17 MAY 2018AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 06 JUN 2018

Trustees (13)

13trustees
56median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Chelsea Physic Garden Company(the) · 01690871 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 13/01/1983

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

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