# BOTANIC GARDENS CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1098834
- **Other names:** BOTANIC GARDENS CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, BGCI, PLANTS FOR THE PLANET
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Aug. 1, 2003
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1098834


## Contact

- **Address:** Botanic Gardens Conservation, International, 199 Kew Road, RICHMOND
- **Postcode:** TW9 3BW
- **Phone:** 02081755105
- **Email:** info@bgci.org
- **Website:** www.bgci.org



## Activities

**Objects:** (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

**Activities:** 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.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- 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
- South Africa
- Spain
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- United States
- Vietnam
- Zimbabwe
- Cambridgeshire
- Richmond Upon Thames



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £3131824 | £3368385 | £405647 | 31 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £3172528 | £3653013 | £627029 | 31 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £2950433 | £2889341 | £1101413 | 28 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £2344202 | £2012652 | £1075461 | 24 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £2019262 | £1960112 | £716469 | 21 |



## Trustees

- Carmel Helene Mbizvo — appointed Jan. 28, 2021
- Dr CHARLOTTE ANNE GREZO
- Dr Harry David Cooper — appointed Aug. 7, 2025
- Dr Maricela Rodriguez-Acosta — appointed Jan. 26, 2021
- Dr Nicole Cavender — appointed March 7, 2023
- Dr Nikolaus Franz Xavier Schoenenberger — appointed Nov. 21, 2025
- Dr PETER WYSE JACKSON
- Dr Ren Hai — appointed Nov. 22, 2022
- Grainne Brankin Goar — appointed Oct. 9, 2025
- HRH Princess Basma Fatima bint Ali bin Nayef — appointed Nov. 28, 2017
- Jonathan Ilan Drori — appointed Nov. 19, 2024
- Karen Fawcett — appointed March 7, 2023
- Martin Gibson
- Michael Todd Murphy — appointed Sept. 12, 2017