THE FOUNDATION AND FRIENDS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-21 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
-19.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£23M
-7.5% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE FOUNDATION AND FRIENDS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW 1994-12-09 → present
- THE FRIENDS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW 1990-05-03 → 1994-12-09
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £4,388,000 | -£1,875,000 | |
| Cash | £8,044,000 | £6,473,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,052,000 | £23,177,000 | |
| Net assets | £25,052,000 | £23,177,000 | |
| Equity | £25,052,000 | £23,177,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 13.3% | 4.1% | |
| Current ratio | 3.56x | 9.76x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees are confident that the Foundation is a going concern. This assessment is based on budgets and forecasts prepared for 2025/26 financial year and beyond, based on forecasts of legacy and investment income, reserves held, and sufficient cash and liquid investment holdings.”
Significant events
- “From 1 April 2025 the Foundation will no longer engage RBG Kew Enterprises to provide legacy marketing services and RBG Kew Enterprises will provide these activities to RBG Kew, who will receive future legacy income resulting from these activities.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 68 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALMOND, Steve | Director | 2023-11-01 | Mar 1957 | British |
| KENWORTHY, Kristina Louise | Director | 2018-12-18 | Nov 1958 | British |
| KLEIN ROSEBOOM VAN DER VEER, Jantiene | Director | 2021-07-07 | Nov 1961 | Dutch |
| PETHICK, Jan Stephen | Director | 2017-03-13 | Sep 1947 | British |
| REEVES, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2020-07-09 | Jan 1964 | British |
Show 68 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLISS, Jeremy David Bagot | Secretary | 2001-06-26 | 2001-09-19 |
| CHAPMAN, Anthony David | Secretary | 2005-10-31 | 2006-09-26 |
| FISHER, Miranda Katherine | Secretary | 2013-03-19 | 2015-04-14 |
| FOWDEN, Leslie, Sir | Secretary | — | 1993-09-28 |
| GODFREY, Michael Charles | Secretary | 1993-09-28 | 1997-09-16 |
| GRIMSHAW, Andrew Nigel | Secretary | 2006-09-26 | 2012-11-30 |
| LOWTHER, Alan | Secretary | 2001-09-19 | 2005-10-31 |
| MARTIN, Robin | Secretary | 1997-09-16 | 2001-06-25 |
| AGIUS, Marcus Ambrose Paul | Director | 2004-03-17 | 2019-10-25 |
| ATTENBOROUGH, David Frederick, Sir | Director | — | 1994-09-27 |
| BAIRD, Nicholas Graham Faraday | Director | 2019-10-26 | 2023-10-31 |
| BATTEN, John Charles, Sir | Director | — | 1999-09-21 |
| BAUMAN, Robert Patten | Director | 1994-09-27 | 1997-09-16 |
| BLAKENHAM, Michael John, Viscount | Director | 1997-12-02 | 2008-01-16 |
| BOTTING, Louise | Director | 1993-09-28 | 1996-12-04 |
| BURMAN, Tanya Kim | Director | 2004-03-17 | 2011-10-06 |
| COODE-ADAMS, John Giles Selby | Director | 2011-05-17 | 2016-11-08 |
| CRANE, Peter Robert, Prof Sir | Director | 1999-09-21 | 2006-09-20 |
| DAVID-WEILL, Hélène | Director | 2014-07-02 | 2016-11-08 |
| DAVIES, Edwin, Dr | Director | 2018-03-31 | 2018-09-11 |
| DAVIES, Edwin, Dr | Director | 2014-07-02 | 2017-07-04 |
| DAVIS, Barbara | Director | 2011-05-17 | 2017-07-04 |
| DAVIS, Michael Lawrence, Sir | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2017-07-04 |
| DENNIS, Ronald | Director | 1992-03-02 | 1997-09-16 |
| ECCLES, John Dawson, Viscount | Director | — | 2004-03-17 |
| ELIASCH, Johan | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2016-03-08 |
| FORD, Anna | Director | 1992-03-02 | 2002-12-03 |
| FOWDEN, Leslie, Sir | Director | 1994-09-27 | 1998-05-20 |
| FOWDEN, Leslie, Sir | Director | — | 1993-09-28 |
| GARSTON, Eric Michael | Director | 1994-09-27 | 2009-09-26 |
| GNODDE, Kara Jane | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2017-07-04 |
| GNODDE, Richard John | Director | 2010-04-26 | 2017-07-04 |
| HARRISON, William Robert | Director | 1998-05-20 | 2000-09-19 |
| HERBERT, Robin Arthur Elidyr | Director | 1994-09-17 | 1997-12-02 |
| HESTER, Stephen Alan Michael | Director | 2006-03-14 | 2015-11-03 |
| KARET, Ian | Director | 2015-11-03 | 2021-02-17 |
| KESWICK, Henry Neville, Sir | Director | 2009-11-01 | 2017-07-04 |
| KHAW, Kenneth | Director | 2015-06-30 | 2017-07-04 |
| LAING, John | Director | 1996-12-03 | 1998-05-20 |
| LALVANI, Anish | Director | 2014-11-06 | 2017-07-04 |
| LALVANI, Tasha | Director | 2014-11-06 | 2017-07-04 |
| LAPTHORNE, Richard Douglas | Director | — | 2004-03-17 |
| LOUDON, George Ernest | Director | 2009-11-01 | 2017-07-04 |
| LUCAS, Grenville Llewellyn, Professor | Director | — | 1994-09-27 |
| LYNCH, Angela | Director | 2012-11-20 | 2017-07-04 |
| LYNCH, Michael Richard, Dr | Director | 2012-11-20 | 2017-07-04 |
| MARSHALL, Peter John Dixon | Director | — | 1993-09-28 |
| MIMPRISS, Peter Hugh Trevor | Director | 2004-08-04 | 2008-07-08 |
| MURDOCH, James | Director | 2011-05-17 | 2012-07-04 |
| MURDOCH, Kathryn Ann | Director | 2011-05-17 | 2012-07-04 |
| OAG, Iain Davie Mackenzie | Director | 1999-03-16 | 2000-09-19 |
| PRANCE, Ghillean Tolmie, Sir | Director | 1994-09-27 | 1999-09-21 |
| REGAN, Marion Frances | Director | 2002-12-03 | 2006-09-26 |
| ROSEN, Marjorie Grad | Director | 1999-09-21 | 2011-10-06 |
| SELBORNE, John Roundell, The Earl Of Selborne | Director | 2004-03-17 | 2009-10-12 |
| SHAFRAN, Hélène Marie | Director | 2014-03-20 | 2017-07-04 |
| SHAFRAN, Jacob Baruch | Director | 2014-03-20 | 2017-07-04 |
| SHAW, Neil Mcgowan, Sir | Director | 1994-09-27 | 1998-03-17 |
| SHERWOOD, Charles Nigel Cross | Director | 2011-05-17 | 2020-07-08 |
| SHERWOOD, Shirley Angela Masser, Dr | Director | 1994-09-27 | 1999-09-21 |
| STOREY, Richard, Hon Sir | Director | 1994-09-27 | 2004-03-17 |
| SWANNELL, Patricia Ann | Director | 2011-05-17 | 2017-03-19 |
| SWANNELL, Robert William Ashburnham | Director | 2011-05-17 | 2017-03-19 |
| SYKES, Richard Brook | Director | 2000-12-05 | 2004-12-01 |
| WALSH-KNUTSON, Carol Susan Philippa | Director | 2014-03-20 | 2017-07-04 |
| WATEROUS, Johanna Elizabeth Martin | Director | 2011-05-17 | 2018-03-13 |
| YEOH, Ruth | Director | 2015-06-30 | 2017-07-04 |
| THE FOUNDATION & FRIENDS OF ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, | Corporate Director | 2009-05-01 | 2009-12-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 240 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-10-20 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-10-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-10-18 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-10-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-10-18 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2022-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-19.5%
£8,044,000 £6,473,000
-
Net assets
-7.5%
£25,052,000 £23,177,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers