The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Birmingham Botanical and Horticultural Society Limited

Registered charity 528981 Registered since 1963

Operates: Birmingham City

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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.

13 trustees on the board

3.5y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (1)

12
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 13Education/training 13General Charitable Purposes 12Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Arts and leisure 15Retail and trade 8Education 5

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£2.0m 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.

1.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.9 in 2021

44 from 25 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.birminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk
Emailadmin@birminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk
Phone01214541860
AddressBIRMINGHAM BOTANICAL GARDENS, WESTBOURNE ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B15 3TR

Finances

£2,011,835 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,573,552£1,432,591
2022£1,698,639£1,737,680
2023£2,490,150£1,781,395
2024£2,117,539£2,067,795
2025£2,011,835£2,109,386

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceAnimalsEnvironment/conservation/heritageRecreation

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO FURTHER PUBLIC EDUCATION IN BOTANY, HORTICULTURE AND ZOOLOGY AND TO ENCOURAGE AND PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR SCIENTIFIC STUDY AND RESEARCH THEREIN AND TO INCREASE AND DIFFUSE KNOWLEDGE THEREOF AND INTEREST THEREIN AND TO PROVIDE, MAINTAIN AND PRESERVE GARDENS, GROUNDS, BUILDINGS AND LANDS IN OR ABOUT THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM FOR THE SAID PURPOSES AND FOR THE RECREATION OF THE PUBLIC

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 18 JUNE 1930, AS ALTERED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED 27 MARCH 1957, 15 NOVEMBER 1960, 20 MARCH 1962,12 SEPTEMBER 1984 AND 26TH SEPTEMBER 2005 as amended on 07 Dec 2018 as amended on 05 Oct 2022

Trustees (13)

13trustees
57median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Birmingham Botanical and Horticultural Society Limited · 00248827 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 18/06/1930

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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