Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 7

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

12+ Trustees: -1

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 7

BOTANIC GARDENS CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL

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.

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Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

Established: 21 years

www.bgci.org

info@bgci.org

02081755105

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22	£2,950	£2,889	£61	£88	£1,101	£500	2.1	28	0
31/12/21	£2,344	£2,013	£332	£72	£1,075	£450	2.7	24	0
31/12/20	£2,019	£1,960	£59	£70	£716	£383	2.3	21	1
31/12/19	£2,005	£2,419	£-415	£66	£646	£404	2	21	16
31/12/18	£3,019	£2,476	£543	£64	£1,038	£323	1.6	18	18
31/12/17	£1,444	£1,428	£15	£58	£509	£299	2.5	17	0
31/12/16	£2,982	£2,781	£201	£59	£493	£209	0.9	15	0
31/12/15	£1,081	£1,192	£-111	£69	£292	£163	1.6	14	0
31/12/14	£1,277	£1,075	£202	£19	£403	£149	1.7	12	0
31/12/13	£1,125	£1,026	£100	£25	£201	£72	0.8	11	0
31/12/12	£1,014	£989	£24	£40	£102	£58	0.7	10	0
31/12/11	£855	£862	£-7	£62	£77	£-51	-0.7	11	0
31/12/10	£564	£1,026	£-462	£48	£85	£-120	-1.4	12	0
31/12/09	£972	£1,194	£-222	£27	£547	£222	2.2	14	0
31/12/08	£599	£1,270	£-671	£47	£768	£430	4.1	13	0
31/12/07	£1,109	£1,849	£-740	£16	£1,440	£397	2.6	17	0
31/12/06	£1,521	£2,209	£-688	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05	£1,833	£1,936	£-103	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04	£2,264	£1,219	£1,044	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 22%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 45%
Reserves/Spending: 2.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 3.6

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Environment/Conservation/Heritage

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambridgeshire, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Richmond Upon Thames, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States, Vietnam, Zimbabwe,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

28 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	£914,727
Garfield Weston Foundation	£50,000
CHK Foundation	£10,000
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	£2,953

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - 29-014 Improving community sustainable natural resource management of Mount Mulanje
£114,243	01/06/2022	The Darwin Initiative is a UK government grants scheme that helps to protect biodiversity and the natural environment through locally based projects worldwide.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - 29-004 Kaya Connect: Restoring the Eastern Africa Coastal Forest biodiversity hotspot
£188,319	01/06/2022	A UK government grants scheme that helps to protect biodiversity and the natural environment through locally based projects worldwide.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - 29-006 People, Primates, Plants: Co-managing Biodiversity and Improving Livelihoods in Vietnam
£171,469	01/06/2022	A UK government grants scheme that helps to protect biodiversity and the natural environment through locally based projects worldwide.
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Beyond Xylella, Integrated Management Strategies for Mitigating Xylella Fastidiosa impact in Europe (BeXyl)
£2,953	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10047997
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - DARNV005 Understanding Ugandan native plant species role in innovative sustainable landscapes
£120,912	01/04/2022	The Darwin Initiative is a UK government grants scheme that helps to protect biodiversity and the natural environment through locally based projects worldwide.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000	16/07/2021	BGCI's Sustainability Challenge in the UK
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£10,000	22/10/2020	to support specified work
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - GRANT: Darwin Main - 27-015: Farms and Forests: Boosting biodiversity and livelihoods in Northern Cambodia
£91,971	01/07/2020	Degradation of dry forest in northern Cambodia has intensified over the last decade due to expanding population, wild species collection and agriculture. Various socio-economically valuable trees ....more Degradation of dry forest in northern Cambodia has intensified over the last decade due to expanding population, wild species collection and agriculture. Various socio-economically valuable trees essential for ecological restoration are threatened including rare rosewoods and legumes. This project will build capacity of Sra-aem Commune members in diversifying farm-forestry practices and developing new market value chains. Together with the development of mechanisms for linking forest recovery with employment opportunities, this will generate new incomes and restore biodiversity in the long-term.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - GRANT: Darwin Main - 27-016: Responsible exchange of plant genetic resources for research and development
£108,742	01/07/2020	Foresters, agronomists and plant conservationists in developing countries are prevented from exchangingplant material because of poor quality collections, incomplete data, poor knowledge of access ....more Foresters, agronomists and plant conservationists in developing countries are prevented from exchangingplant material because of poor quality collections, incomplete data, poor knowledge of access and benefitsharing, biosafety, CITES and other compliance requirements, and uncertainty about how material ishandled and tracked. Under this project, we will develop unique tools that enable researchers andpractitioners to access and share plant material and data with international collaborators responsibly andsafely, leading to positive impacts on biodiversity conservation and sustainable development.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Grant:Darwin Main 25-020:Supply and Demand: Restoration in Uganda for people and biodiversity
£119,071	01/04/2020	More than 100 people will be trained and employed to ensure Ugandas Bonn Challenge pledge benefits biodiversity and livelihoods. An innovative national network of seed collectors will be created, ....more More than 100 people will be trained and employed to ensure Ugandas Bonn Challenge pledge benefits biodiversity and livelihoods. An innovative national network of seed collectors will be created, and four high diversity nurseries will be established close to high opportunity areas for forest restoration identified in the Restoration Opportunities Assessment for Uganda. The use of native species for ecological restoration will be promoted by government and NGO project partners to create a strong, long term market for indigenous species.
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch - Botanic Gardens Conservation International
£4,000	25/10/2016	To fund the BGCI to build the next phase of the Communities in Nature Programme.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (13)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 50-71

DR MARICELA RODRIGUEZ-ACOSTA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Plant Conservation Research Consultant

DR REN HAI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

KIRTIDA MAKANI Appointed: 2021

CARMEL HELENE MBIZVO Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Head Of Biodiversity Science And Policy Advice

DR NICOLE CAVENDER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director Botanic Garden

DR PETER WYSE JACKSON

HRH PRINCESS BASMA FATIMA BINT ALI BIN NAYEF Appointed: 2017

KAREN FAWCETT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Board Member

DR CHARLOTTE ANNE GREZO, Occupation: Corporate Responsibility Advisor

MARTIN GIBSON Appointed: 2003, Occupation: Accountant, Other trusteeships: THE DUCHESS OF SOMERSET'S HOSPITAL, THE REVEREND CHARLES MAYO'S TRUST, THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND HEREFORD BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION, THE G C GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST, ACTION FOR THE RIVER KENNET,

MICHAEL TODD MURPHY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Administrator

PROFESSOR STEPHEN BLACKMORE (Chair), Occupation: Botanic Garden Director

STUART JEROME CLENAGHAN Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Principal

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/08/2003, number: 1098834
Registered at Companies House on 20/02/2003, number: 04673175

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE FRIENDS OF BEDGEBURY PINETUM on 26/01/2022

Main office

Botanic Gardens Conservation
International
199 Kew Road
RICHMOND
TW9 3BW

Objectives

(I) TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF PLANT SPECIES OF THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING THE PROMOTION OF THE CULTIVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SUCH PLANTS BY BOTANIC GARDENS THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN RELATION TO SUCH PLANTS AND THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH CONCERNING SUCH PLANTS AND THEIR CONSERVATION PROVIDED THAT ALL THE USEFUL RESULTS SUCH RESEARCH SHALL BE PUBLISHED

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE

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