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Activities & Mission

BGCI was founded in 1987 to link botanic gardens as a co-operating global network for effective plant conservation. BGCI aims to do this in four ways byleading and advocacy,leading innovative and strategic projects achieving outcomes in plant conservation policy, practice and education,building plant conservation capacity in botanic gardens and broader society,and by providing funding.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£3,131,824
Latest Expenditure
£3,368,385

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 105.0%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 97.6%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 2.9%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £133,481
Charitable Activities £2,981,798
Other Trading £0
Investments £16,545
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £3,287,332
Raising Funds £81,053
Governance £16,539
Grants to Institutions £1,289,301
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£3,131,824£3,368,385£3,287,332£405,647£362,82631 / 0
2023£3,172,528£3,653,013£3,564,797£627,029£419,15431 / 0
2022£2,950,433£2,889,341£2,800,972£1,101,413£500,23528 / 0
2021£2,344,202£2,012,652£1,941,098£1,075,461£449,86524 / 0
2020£2,019,262£1,960,112£1,890,150£716,469£383,11721 / 1

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers

Details

Address
Botanic Gardens Conservation
International
199 Kew Road
RICHMOND
TW9 3BW
Website
www.bgci.org
Registration Date
1 August 2003
Status
Registered

Registry Information

Organisation Number
4000883
Charity Number
1098834

Trustees

Martin Gibson
Dr CHARLOTTE ANNE GREZO
Dr PETER WYSE JACKSON
STUART JEROME CLENAGHAN
Michael Todd Murphy
HRH Princess Basma Fatima bint Ali bin Nayef
Kirtida Makani
Dr Maricela Rodriguez-Acosta
Carmel Helene Mbizvo
Dr Ren Hai
Dr Nicole Cavender
Karen Fawcett
Dr Harry David Cooper
Jonathan Ilan Drori
Grainne Brankin Goar

Sectors & Classifications

Also Known As

  • BGCI
  • BOTANIC GARDENS CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
  • PLANTS FOR THE PLANET