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BIRMINGHAM BOTANICAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED

Company no. 00248827 · PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
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BIRMINGHAM BOTANICAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED is an active 96-year-old company. One to note: 1 outstanding charge. On the plus side, accounts filed and up to date.

Risk indicatorsNo adverse signals found
1 outstanding charge — secured debt registered
Active on the Companies House register
Accounts filed and up to date
Established — 96+ years on the register

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Company details
Established 10+ years1 charge
StatusActive
Company number00248827
TypePRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated18 Jun 1930 · 96 yrs
Registered officeWestbourne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 3TR
Nature of business91040 - Botanical and zoological gardens and nature reserves activities
Next accounts due31 Dec 2026
Confirmation statement due25 Oct 2026

Contact

Contact from the Charity Commission (official public register).

Charity Commission

Charity number
528981
Charity status
Registered
Registered charity since
18 Feb 1963
Charity type
Charitable company
Latest income
£2,011,835 · year to 31 Mar 2025
Latest expenditure
£2,109,386

What BIRMINGHAM BOTANICAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED does

The current activities are to further public education in botany,horticulture and zoology and provide facilities for research. In addition the charity maintains and operates the Birmingham Botanical Gardens and Glasshouses for the above purpose and for the recreation of the public.

Charitable objects and activities as declared by the charity to the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Charity income & expenditure

Financial year endingIncomeExpenditureNet
31 Mar 2025 £2,011,835 £2,109,386 −£97,551
31 Mar 2024 £2,117,539 £2,067,795 £49,744
31 Mar 2023 £2,490,150 £1,781,395 £708,755
31 Mar 2022 £1,698,639 £1,737,680 −£39,041
31 Mar 2021 £1,573,552 £1,432,591 £140,961

Figures as filed in the charity's annual returns to the Charity Commission — last 5 reported years. Net is income less expenditure; a negative figure means the charity spent more than it received that year.

Trustees (13)

Carol King
Trustee · appointed 25 Mar 2024
Caroline Clutton-Brock
Trustee · appointed 20 Jun 2020
Daniel Murphy
Trustee · appointed 25 Mar 2024
Fiona Taylor
Trustee · appointed 28 Jun 2021
Helen Fowweather
Trustee · appointed 11 Jun 2025
James Michael Brown
Trustee · appointed 28 Sep 2019
Lynsey Rutter
Trustee · appointed 24 Mar 2024
Pamela Smith
Trustee · appointed 27 Sep 2021
Philip Chapman
Trustee · appointed 3 Feb 2025
Rita McLean
Trustee · appointed 27 Mar 2023
Rob Macpherson
Trustee · appointed 28 Jun 2021
Susan Beardsmore
Trustee · appointed 28 Feb 2022
William Holden
Trustee · appointed 23 Sep 2024

Trustees as recorded on the Charity Commission register. For a charitable company the trustees are normally also its Companies House directors, so this list and the Directors & officers list below should broadly agree — a large discrepancy is worth asking about.

Property & land holdingsPremium

PropertyTenureArea
Botanical Gardens, Westbourne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham (B15 3TR) Leasehold Birmingham, West Midlands

Freehold and leasehold titles registered to this company in the HM Land Registry Commercial & Corporate Ownership Data. This covers registered land in England and Wales only, and reflects the register at the date of the extract — recent transactions may not appear.

Directors & officers

BEARDSMORE, Susan Rita
Director · appointed 28 Feb 2022 · British
BROWN, James Michael
Director · appointed 28 Sep 2019 · British
CHAPMAN, Philip Richard
Director · appointed 3 Feb 2025 · British
CLUTTON-BROCK, Caroline Mary
Director · appointed 29 Jun 2020 · British
FOWWEATHER, Helen
Director · appointed 11 Jun 2025 · British
HOLDEN, William Mark
Director · appointed 23 Sep 2024 · British
KING, Carol Anne
Director · appointed 25 Mar 2024 · Irish
MACPHERSON, Robert John Felix
Director · appointed 28 Jun 2021 · British
MCLEAN, Rita Helen
Director · appointed 27 Mar 2023 · British
MURPHY, Daniel
Director · appointed 25 Mar 2024 · British
RUTTER, Lynsey Anne
Director · appointed 24 Mar 2024 · British
SMITH, Pamela Kaye
Director · appointed 27 Sep 2021 · British

Ownership & control (PSC)

Statement filed — no individual PSC named
Persons with significant control statement
Filing status
AccountsUp to date
Last accounts made up to31 Mar 2025
Next accounts due31 Dec 2026
Confirmation statementUp to date
Last statement11 Oct 2025
Next statement due25 Oct 2026
Accounts typeGroup accounts

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