Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 10

Fundraising costs low: +3
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 13

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
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 low relative to funds raised

Established: 38 years

www.rbge.org.uk

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/03/18	31/03/19	31/03/20	31/03/21	31/03/22	31/03/23
Charitable activities	£2,043,000	£2,477,000	£2,315,000	£1,993,000		£1,606,000
Donations & Legacies	£2,830,000	£2,517,000	£2,638,000	£2,224,000		£3,099,000
Other Income	£9,495,000	£11,095,000	£11,879,000	£13,945,000		£22,067,000
Investment Income	£34,000	£38,000	£35,000	£27,000		£48,000
Total income	£15,942,000	£19,396,000	£19,441,000	£19,186,000	£27,396,000	£30,525,000
Charitable activities spending	£15,496,000	£17,140,000	£17,606,000	£17,083,000		£20,585,000
Fundraising costs	21%	16%	19%	19%	6%	27%
Other spending						£84,000
Total spending	£16,835,000	£18,496,000	£19,068,000	£18,089,000	£20,210,000	£22,975,000
Surplus/deficit	-£893,000	£900,000	£373,000	£1,097,000	£7,186,000	£7,550,000

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

Purposes

The advancement of education
The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
The advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Where it operates

UK and overseas, main operating location: City of Edinburgh

Who it helps

Children or young people
Older People
People with disabilities or health problems

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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£500,000
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	£249,845
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	£28,650
Foundation Scotland	£14,039

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
£44	07/08/2023	Donation Ken and Roberta Cameron 9341
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
£11,000	29/05/2023	Donation from The Viewforth Fund Donor Advised. £1000.00 for the Curators' Circle and £10,000.00 for the Edinburgh Biomes project
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
£1,000	09/05/2023	Donation from Gavin Gemmell Fund
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£500,000	30/09/2022	Edinburgh Biomes & The Victorian Palmhouse
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
£44	15/08/2022	Donation from Ken and Roberta Cameron ref 9341
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
£100	02/05/2022	Unrestricted donation from W Scott
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
£700	25/04/2022	Annual patrons donation from Gavin Gemmell
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Reducing commodity-driven forest and biodiversity loss by exploring and filling data gaps for due diligence
£27,255	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE/X016285/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Aonachadh: integrating biodiversity and finance
£1,396	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE/X016293/1
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - DARCC014 Enhancing the capacity and capability of orchid conservation in Armenia
£71,517	01/04/2022	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 - DARCC002 Building capacity and community resilience for grassland conservation in Bhutan
£63,266	04/01/2022	The Darwin Initiative is a UK government grants scheme that helps to protect biodiversity and the natural environment through locally based projects worldwide.
LUND TRUST - Towards core costs
£5,500	15/12/2021	Towards the running costs of the garden
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
£50	14/12/2021	Response Fund 9341. From Ken and Roberta Cameron
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
£44	03/08/2021	Donation from Ken and Roberta Cameron 9341
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
£100	07/07/2021	General charitable donation from W Scott
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
£50	08/04/2021	Donation from Ken and Roberta Cameron. Response Fund 9341.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
£700	22/03/2021	Joint patron donation - Gavin Gemmell
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
£100	03/03/2021	Donation from W Scott
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
£30	30/11/2020	Response Fund 9341, from Ken and Roberta Cameron
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
£25	11/07/2020	Donation from Irene Schofield
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
£42	15/05/2020	Donation from Ken and Robert Cameron - Reference: 2006-9341
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
£10	27/02/2020	General charitable donation from K Cameron
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - 26-010:Know your onions: sustainable plant use in Tajikistan
£115,062	01/07/2019	This project will ameliorate threats to plant biodiversity by reducing unsustainable amounts of wild harvesting.Communities in rural Tajikistan will benefit by developing small-scale ....more This project will ameliorate threats to plant biodiversity by reducing unsustainable amounts of wild harvesting.Communities in rural Tajikistan will benefit by developing small-scale agro-biodiversity plots throughparticipatory marketing of selected threatened species leading to increased and more resilient income, accessto locally grown produce, and increased capacity to cultivate produce. Awareness of the sustainable use ofbiodiversity will be raised through a "National Report on Native Plants for Livelihoods", stakeholder andcommunity capacity development, and education and awareness events.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
£93,500	30/10/2017	Edinburgh's Shoreline
Robertson Trust - the Botanic Cottage Project: A New Home for Hands-on Learning at RBGE
£30,000	19/09/2017	the Botanic Cottage Project: A New Home for Hands-on Learning at RBGE
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Improving agroforestry and silvopastoral systems in Latin America by maximising species and genetic diversity of the multipurpose legume Inga
£235,805	01/05/2017	[Placeholder]
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch - Board Of Trustees Of The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
£4,500	25/10/2016	To fund the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh to work in partnership with BGCI to build the next phases of the Communities in Nature programme.
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Nordeste: New science for a neglected biome
£152,346	01/04/2016	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/projects?ref=NE/N01247X/1

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 01/04/1986, number: SC007983

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20a Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR

Objectives

1. The advancement of education 2. The advancement of arts, heritage, culture, or science 3. The advancement of environmental protection and improvement.

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