THE NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDEN OF WALES

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  6 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. THE NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDEN OF WALES 1996-09-12 → present
2. MIDDLETON BOTANIC GARDEN 1994-03-16 → 1996-09-12

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Menzies LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Trustees have reviewed the circumstances of the Garden and Group and consider that adequate resources continue to be available to fund the activities of the Garden and Group for the foreseeable future. The Trustees are of the view that the Garden and Group are a going concern. In auditing the Financial Statements, we have concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the Financial Statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Charitable Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the Financial Statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. THE NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDEN OF WALES · parent
   1. Middleton Garden Limited 100% · UK · commercial catering, conferencing, farm and retail facilities

Significant events

• “A comprehensive review of the Governance of the Charity was finalised in 2024-25. The Charity's Articles of Association were reviewed and new articles were adopted at a general meeting held on 29 November 2024.”
• “A new Strategic Plan 2024-26 was adopted by the Board with the aim of refocusing the National Botanic Garden of Wales, challenging the status quo and putting in place changes to grow as a national institution.”
• “A key highlight late in the year was the development and launch of a dedicated food and craft festival, which formed part of the launch of the Garden's 25th anniversary celebrations in 2025.”
• “The much-anticipated re-fresh of the NBGW's Bee Wild Club was relaunched in February 2025, also as part of start of the 25th anniversary celebrations.”
• “The 1.3m grant from the Julia Rausing Trust received this year is to fund revitalisation works of The Great Glasshouse to be undertaken in 2025-26.”
• “There were several infrastructure projects commenced in 2024-25: Remedial works on Llyn Mawr, Upgrades to Pantwgan Farmhouse and Bryncrwys Farmhouse, Preparation of Allt Goch for selling the barn in 2025-26, Audit of wayfinding for future works in the following two years.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

15

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

6

last 12 months

Officers resigned

6

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  —

  Not reported

• Cash

  +77.2%

  £1,143,537 → £2,026,508

• Net assets

  +2%

  £26,495,904 → £27,021,414

• Employees

  -0.9%

  109 → 108

• Wages

  -7.2%

  £2,126,409 → £1,973,154

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