Company Regfistration Iyo. 2499(M16
Registered Cbarlty F40. 803428
The FoundAtion and Friends of the
Royal Botanie Gardens, Kew
Trn8tees? Report and Ffin•nclal Ststements
31 Marcb 2021

The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Year ended 31 March 2021
Trustees, Report and Finaneial Statements 2021
Contents
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Reference ￿nIn1¥tratIVe det
Trusteu, report
Trni¢eu' re410D￿bljtdm ilatemen¢
Independent a￿d[tO￿, report
S¢atemettt of ￿1￿¢111 ietfvlde•
Su1nm￿ Income expenditurt v¢oMDt
13
BalaDee iheet
14
St•tement of ¢Mh IIDw•
13
Notu to the flll•nchl rtatements
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The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Garden4 Ke
Year ended 31 March 2021
Reference and administrative details
Mr lan Karet
until 17 Febru 2021
Mrs Kristina K¢nwortb
Mr Jan PethEck- Chairnwi
Jane Reeves
frotry 9 Jul 2020
Mr Nick BaiTd
Mr Ch&r1&5 Sherwood
until 8 Jul 2020
Company regtstered No.
CknArlty regl•tr￿ N
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803428
Key M*D•gemeDt Perw•nel
Re¥istered & prlnelpll offlee
47 Kew Green
Ri¢hmond Surrey
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10 Gresham Street
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F4trer & Co LLP
66 Lincojo's Ir￿ Fi¢lds
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Cazenove Ca ital Mana ement
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London
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Objectives and activities
The TTus*es, WI￿ ar¢ tho Directors of tbe Fouthdation and Friellds of the Royal Botanic Garden& Kew (the
"Foundation") for the purw)ss5 of the Compawes Ael submit their Tn￿tes. R£porL which includes th¢ Directors.
Ryrt and StratrBic Report for CompaDie8 Act ptsrp)w and the audited FI[w￿l41 StatemeDts of the FouTMlation for
th¢ y¢aT ended 31 March 2021.
ObJe¢t
Th¢ Foundation's objeci se¢ out in its Articles of A&4K]atiO￿ is to provide suFwrt for the Royal BotAtiic Gardens.
Kew {"RBG Ke￿.) tti wh manner as the Foulldati(￿ sh•U think fiL The Foundatiim is a Public Benefit Entity.
Publle benefit
RBG Kew's general fimctions are 8¢t out in the National Heritsg¢ Act 1983 and are to".
corry out itivestiga¢ion and research into the ￿lence of plants and r¢Ja*d subject& and dI&￿n￿* the ruults of
the invesii8atioD re8¢arcl4'
proyide odvice, iD8truction education itt Yel•ti(Xk ￿ thoBe awts ofthe 8¢ience of pjaats with whi¢h RBG
provid¢ other services (iocludiD8 qUrnIiDe) ID relatiott ￿ pl￿ts.
cAre for its Collections of plants. preserved pi4n¢ m#*riaL otherobjects ffl*ing to plaDts, lkn)k$ 4ttd record8;
keep the collections ￿ nation41 refeThce collections, ensure that thry are avail*bl¢ to persons for the pu￿$¢8 of
study, and add to and adapt them scientific needs ODd RBG Kew resoUrn￿ ￿lOw. and
afford to membu5 of the public OPPO￿￿¢S to enteraDy land wied or mao88ed by RBG Kew. for th¢
purpose of 8aining knowl*e and eqioym¢nt from BBG Kew'$ wlledioDS.
The Tntstees have reviewed the activiti¢S ofRBG Kew a8aittst the public benefii principl¢8 oullined in the 8uidan¢e
i&sued by th¢ Charities Commt&8ion End th¢ TTr￿ believ¢ thal ￿ theE¢ meet the publi¢ beDefit clwitable aiTns. the
Foundation in turn meets the public benefit requirements.
StrAteglc almi attlvltj
The Foundation for RBG Kew, focusing on legw atsl th¢ ￿￿￿8¢M¢[li of itiv¢8tments. It 8180
holds historic funds which ar¢ intended to supprt th¢ of RBG Kew through the provision of 8rants. Example8
of projects supwrted in the yt4r and the proc￿ for grwni making is sd out below.
Grint-m*kSng
Torai gr¥n¢S Jjth to RBG Kew ￿ supwrt its activities in 2020QI year wett £3.Im (2020: £7.7m), of which £2.4m
{2020: £6.8m) was for specific projects from restric*d funds and £O.?m (2020.. £0.8m) ￿S forprojects from
untestriet¢d destwited fiuth. Key projects swrted by the Foundation inchMIe'.
S¢lence (£1.9M gr*ttted In 2020lll, £5.7M Its 2(119llO): RBG Kew's scicntific Vision is to docutll¢nt and
Jderstand global plant and fungal diversity 8Dd its uses brioging audM)ritativ¢ expertise to bear on tb¢ ulti￿]
hallenges facing humanity today. Grants fft)m Kew Foundation illcjude fi￿￿ for multiple projects at the
Millennium Seed Bank and key strategic oU4￿ts from K¢w's Science Strategy I￿luding the Plant and Fungal
Tree of Life and the Triyical Itnportant Plant Areas (fIpAs).
Famlly KltcheD & Sbop (£O.Om granted ID 2020121): constn￿ti0n of a new f8mily-fo¢ussed restaurattt and
retsil fa¢ility at Kew. The new facility will supwt wth in s¢lf-Eeneratrd itiClXD¢ that enables Kew to d¢liv¢r
on its ¢lwitsble Obj￿11¥cl as w¢ll ￿ imwow and cthncing the experienc£ of Visito￿ kn the Garde
Grant PDMey
In order to 5eqr¢ th¢ consent of the Fowidatioo T[￿stees w release filll￿ RBG Kew submits a grdnl request to the
Foundatioll for a p8rticularpuw. All grants M￿St be in line wlth tbe sttatcgic aims of RBG Kew. confonll to the

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wishes of tbe doth)r wher¢ relevant and conform ￿ the ststement of public beoefit refetffed to above. If 8pprove4
FundraI￿llg approach *nd perforJnaD¢e
The Tn￿le¢S oversee all fundraising actiYiti&s uttdertskrn by the Foundation. The Foundation has engaged RBG Kew
Enterprises Ltd to wbvid¢ lewy fund￿￿1￿8 servicts services to supwjrt the management of grants held by the
Foundation but has noi worked with otherprofe&sioDal fiuthatsing a8ents in the year. RBG Kew Ent¢wises Ltd
adber¢s to the Code of Fundrai￿8 Practice i&sued by the FundTaising Regulator the Trustets ￿¢1v¢ progress
reiK)rt8 on fundraistn8 at each Board meeling tn order to review and oversee &spe£ts of fijndraising UDd¢rt4ken on
their behalf. No fuDdrai8ing mp]aints have been re¢¢ived by the FouDdaiion in 2021>21 re8arth8 its fiuthsin
procti¢u.
A¢hlevements and perforniance
In 2020121. in close ¢ollalKTrrntioD with the sthff And wpwrters of RBG Kew. the FouDd&tion rai8¢d income of £2.OM
(2020.. £5.6M} aThl gave 8r4Dts ￿talling £3.IM {2020: £7.7M) to RBG Kew.
Investments income £0.2M. IDvestsnents r￿)rded ullreaw gains of £1.5M for the fi￿ancIAl ye4r. 88 m8rk¢ts
recovered from the lo&ses seen in early 2020 wb¢D UnCer￿ty the COV￿19 Coronavir￿ pandemic
negatively impacteAI wset values.
Structureg governance and manggement
Th¢ Foundation is a Re8A'Stercd Clwity (number 803428) aDd a Company limited by gpjaraatee (nwnber 2499006). It
1$ governed by its Articles of Ass(xi8tion (revised in July 2017).
Truiteei and Dlre¢ton
The Trnstee$ who held office dwiti8 4ttd 4¢ the elld of the yw listed on pH8e l.
The Board voles on the electtott of Jmv D￿MberS At its r¢Bu]4r meetiogs. Any new Tn￿ is elected for a period of
three years after which lime thty may be re•4￿ID*a.
New Tn￿tee$ are 8iven #n ind￿tiOn to ADtrodue¢ them to the Foundation &$ well as to the WO￿ of RBG Kew at its two
(Kew and Wakehurstl and around the world. Tn￿￿¢5 receive briefings from ttWM8em¢nt and mttt stsff to
uDder8tand and review differ¢nt aspects of the oT¥anI￿10n. New projects that are being Unde￿en by RBG Kew are
explained and visits mad¢ to projects where prathicable.
tknring 2020121, th¢ FoundatioD Board of beld thrtt mtttiti88.
OrganlsatioDAI ¥tru¢ture
Th¢ Foundation bas no enJployee8 and the trustees we cotisidered the Kry Man8gem¢nt Per&xmel. Setviees und
support to rnanage legacy, 8t¥nt and investment income &re purchased from RBG Kew and RBG Kew Enterprises
P•y #nd reJDuneradon *rrng¢mellts
The Ttustees are Dot remuneratrA for their role.
Related partles
The Foundation Board has a maxitnum of T•. up to two Trustees Can be re¢On￿end￿ foraw>ititment by
RBG Kew, and up to fow trusttts are indqxthL Formost of tb¢ 2020121 financial year, Nick Baird and Iatt Kar¢i
were Trusiees of both RBG Kew and the Foundaticq4 tffior to Jan K•r¢t's resignation in Febnwy 2021. In addition.
Following th¢ ¢hang¢s ID goven]att￿ outlined aknv< it is deert￿d that the Foundation hos an &8sociate relationship
with RBG Kew, b&s¢d on the nvmber of TnLs¢ees who ue ap￿]nted by RBG Kew. As SUC￿ in accordance with
a¢￿untillg standards, a slwe of the Fourtd#ti¢)n's net assets are cons01idat¢d into the accA)UDts of RBG Kew reflectiti8
the prowtrrtion of T[￿te¢S app)iDtable by RBG K¢w. which is 40% as ￿ 31 MaTch 2021 fillancial year (31 March

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2019.. 40V•). RBG Kew drt5 not have the ability to exucise Control over the Det ￿ recogni￿& v￿1¢h remain
subjwt to decision.mtiking by the FoundatioEt's indeputhii Board of TTUStee5. and a￿ets are thttefore sbown
L8 rcstricted ossets in RBG K¢w's finallcial statanents.
The Foutida¢ion h85 related pary with RBG Kew and 819) with RBG Kew Enterpris¢s Ltd (a wbolly
owned subsidiary of RBG Kew). RBG Kew Enterprises Ltd PTovides leycy fiukning services 4nd services to
support tbe m3Dag¢meni of grnnts and investments ￿ the RBG K¢w provides iwk siiiwt
8ernces to th¢ Foundation including r]n8nce services.
The following Kew Foutidation Tr￿ste¢S {Jall Pdbi¢K laD K2Tet and Charles Sbenvwj) were a150 members of the
Foundation Council in the year. Th¢ Council promo*s and wports RBG Kew's SUCC￿ in fillm￿1nS attd provides
advieL ¢)n all aspects ofRBG K¢w's fundraisin8 8nd menibership activitiu.
Kew Foundation Am¢rica and The Joseph Bonks Society wer¢ registered 501(c}13) nol.for.profit eorryjralions in the
United Ststes. u￿11 their closure in Decembtr 2019. Neithtt orgallis￿ l￿d Trust￿5 in common with the Kew
Foundation.
The Kew Asia Foundation Limited in¢Ory￿1ed on 4 Ma￿h 2015 in Hott8 K¢mg lo support and promote
educaiion. scientifi¢ res¢ar¢b in the scienc¢ of plan(s and rel4*d subjects through horticultt￿c coll4iK)ration between
the community of Hong Kollg. attd RBG Kew by inspiring #nd deliYerAn8 seien¢e.based plant conservation
worldwide. The Kew Asia Foundation Limit&1 does twi have Tn￿ in C4)mmon with tbe K¢w Found&tion.
Syitem• of Illtern￿ eontrol
The SyS*ms of internal control Ire degi8n&l to pmvide reasonabk, Dot absolute, &$8urw 4gaill￿ mawial
misstht¢men¢ or loss. Thry iticlude:
an anllual budgd approved by the Trus￿.
re8ular consideration by the Trusl¢¢s of finarKial rtwlls TrnriaDcL8 from bud8ets ar#1 notrfinthcial perform8n¢¢
indicators,.
delegation of authoTity and se8r¢gition of thitit4 wber¢ WTopri&te' aNI
the identification and maD¥gemenl of risks.
Key risks for the Fowthtson are discu8￿ on pa8e 6.
GoiD8 ¢0￿Cern
Th¢ TTu8tee8 are confident that the Foundation is a going ¢4)n¢￿. Thi$ 4ss¢ssmeni is ba8¢d on..
budgets and forecasts pr¢pared for 2021n2 fitiaDcl￿ year aod based on foreeth of legacy and
Anv¢stm¢nt income
res¢rv¢5 held which allow the FouDdation to graDt arml other ex￿dIts￿e Con￿￿trIeD￿. with healthy
Cash and liquid investsDent bol¢Jings are sufficienl to me¢t (W8tin8 e&th rtyuirements for the next twelve
months
The possible on.goin8 impact of the Covid.19 LW0n8￿ pand¢mi¢ has been w￿8¢d and is not expect￿1 to have a
signifi¢allt impact on the Foundation's operntioTrs. oron thi% 80iti8 Concern a&se&sm¢n4 given the Foundation's low
risk operw m(4JeL al￿ its healthy rueTreg ￿1 casb posltxons.

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Flnancial revlew
for 2020nl
The results for the yearore w out ID the Ststemeni of FitiatKial A¢tivAiits (SOFA).
Income r¢¢¢ived in the year ended 31 March 2021 w&% £2.OM (2020: £5.6M).
Grants and donatiojts income dttrca8¢d to £0. IM (2020: £1.4M) which was in line with expectstions. reflecting the
fts)al receipts of income pl&J8ed to the Foundation prior ￿ July 2017 when most fithing activity was integrated
into RBG Kew. Ltgacy income decreas￿ ￿ £1.7M (2020: £3.8M, which iticludrAI £2.5m from two individual high-
valu¢ legacies), artd below exp￿￿tion& with Some therse Èmpact from COVID-19 llot¢d, includin8 del8ys to
estste thinistratiort. The Foundation's pipeline of Icgacy Doiifications is, however. relatively Strong. supAxirtin8
expeetatsons for le8acy income in yeaT&
Net SU￿luS for the year a0￿ull￿a to £0.2M (2020.. £3.IM n¢¢ deficit) After RBG Kew 8rants of £3.IM (2020..
£7.7M).
At 31 Mor¢h 2021. the Fouttdation's tothl ruth amoutt*d kn £23.9M {2020.. £23.7M),' eonsith8 of £4.8M (2020:
£4.OM) in endowments, £5.OM12020.. £6.8M} in donor restri¢*d fiJrwJs, £3.5M (2020: £4.5M) in 8etternl unTe5trict¢d
fiwd5, and £10.6M {2020.. £8.3M) ID Iinrestrictal futh designated w proj&ts. The fi￿d balatt￿ Me￿ the
Foundation's Re4¢rves Poliey.
Rewyrf Pomey
Th¢ Foundation'$ policy is to hold •t le￿ £0.3M of reserve•. This is the gnticip**d annual expenditure bud8¢t of the
Foundation goin8 forward. Giv¢n thai legacy income is variabl¢. r¢Krve8 will be held at a level to eDSUT¢ all ¢ost8 con
be ¢overed even if no legaci&s arr rK¢ived in atty one year.
Unrestrlc￿d reserv￿ are currenuy £3.2M ID ¢x¢as of £0.3M. This bHJanc¢ be reYi¢wed duriD8 2021122
detsn￿ if fimd4 8hcwJd be 8r4n*d to RSG Kew.
Invmtmettt Pollfy and St*temeDt ofknvejthient Prlttdpla
The Foundation holds funds for the short and medium-*rni to ensure liquidity 8nd to meet the requirements for
specifi¢ projects and purposes. fimds aye itiv&5t¢d in short ¥nd medium.ternL deposits and other short and
medium.l¢nn I￿￿7￿¢ntS ￿cOrdIng to the guidelitie$ 5¢¢ out by th¢ Borf reviewed annually.
The Trus*e8 bav¢ d¢le8ated the itive8ftnetrt mana8emenl Tole over its ill•Kstmeni wrfolios to:
Cazenove Capital for the Sallthury Orchid Fund enth)wm
Handelsbanken Inv¢stmeDi Mana8¢f5 for other end1)Wm￿t WHI unspeni le￿Y fun&%.
Goldman SaclL4 lttt¢rnauonal for mallagem¢nL
Funds invested by Cazeoove Capitsl have an ittvestDent obJ￿tIve to D]Aintain the real value of e4Jitsl while
8encrating a sustainable level of income to support the Rese4r¢h Fellowships at Kew. The wjrtfolio is xnvated
piirnarily in the Charity multi.knet Fund with som¢ k)wer nsk holdiDgs of knds and c&sh investh)ents. The tsrget
ieturn is CPI plus 31IA per annum, Det of few over th¢ long terni.
recognising the inveslment return from income Jr41 capitsl gaiDs or lo&ses. The ovaajl illvestri¢nt objeetive of the
furtds managed by Hande15banken is lo achieve pisitive real reiums of CPI plus 3Y• over the long t¢rni. while
niainitiining a medium tolera￿¢ ￿ ri
Funds inv¢s*d by Goldmon Sachs Inten￿100￿1 are all h¢id in tbe Sterling Mcrfy Matket Fund. The Tn￿te¢S hav¢
decAded not ￿ Teinvest holdings in non-C&sh holdings at th¢ present time. to pre*rve liquidity.
The Tn￿le¢S review annuAlly th¢ [￿rn￿nee aDd service of fixn&inv&stment mal￿gerS. itiveslmeDt Pri￿1p]eS alld
guidelines for product iiivesiment. ID late 2020r21 the Tnjstees d￿ideAl to transfer the Cazenove investtnents and
most of the Halldelsbanken porfolio tO"SUStsI￿bAe fiuth". The $￿s￿l￿1e funds reduce the Foundation's

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been a￿lOn￿l in early 2021122.
Ethlei
The T￿$t￿S do not wish ￿ impose any S[￿]fiC ethical itivestment poltcy, INt the as6ets sbould be invested tti line
witb the charity's ain￿ aDd conforni to the En8agem¢n¢ Pokn'cy.
IDvegtm¢nt performall¢¢
perfonnance.
The 2020121 fmancial year saw recovery in wrfolio T4alu¢s followiti8 the 6i8llificant V0￿1]1ty and decitn¢ in the final
months of the 2019120 year when markets Degatively reacted ￿ the Covid-19 coronavinLS pandemic and oil price
Bhcth. The totyl investment gAill5 for the Fowldatl(￿'s investment wJrtfoJios in the ye•r were £1.5M.
The Hand¢lsbw&en portfolios retsUn￿ ￿ts1 anttuai gain8 of betwe<n 13% and 25°h in the fjnancial yw {2020.. 1088¢8
between 4% *MI.8%}. vthile fiM)ds invested with Cazel￿ve returned a gain in yah￿ of 20% (2020.. 10&4 6Y•).
Fundrthlng
Th¢ Trustres thank the following for their generous supwi of our vitAi wrt:
IndividualB and Trusts.. Kirby L4ing Foundatio￿ Steven Lansdown CBE aod Ma88ie IaDsd
Lt8aeie8.' Mr John Balson, Ms Jennifer Barrie-murray. Mrs Frao¢¢s Brenll￿, Miss and Mr Jean olld Arthur
Davenport. Dr Mary Foxwortby, Ms Mary Hill, Mr Ath Jobbing$. Mr Anthony Johnston, Mrs Caroline Kenward.
Ms Mar8aret Kerr, Mi&s Moureen McKelvey. Mr John Palleo Mrs Dilys Pinioll, Ms BarbaTa Pwvis. Mrs Paula
Rogers, Mrs Jean Rose, Miss Ami Sayer, Mrs Jmo8¢n Stnallwood Mr Jeremy Sianley.Smith.
Rlok maD*8emtnt
The Foundation h&s a robuyt risk mana8¢ment framework which is update4 pr¢s¢DteA ￿ and reviewed by Tntstres
once a year. Each risk h#s an assigned risk owner who wiu coordi￿* actions to mitt'gate the risk and record progres
mad¢ and actiODS conwl¢ted. The currtnt 8i8Dificatti riqk8 for the Foundation are detsiled below..
Reputatio￿1 risk from engag¢ment with third parts¢s whose activities could lle8atively impact the
Foundation's reputstiotL To mitigate this iisK DonoT Third Party Eoga8ement policies are ill pl&¢e.
which iticlud¢$ 4s%s5ment of poteDtial risks from enpg¢tnents.
Failure to proee88 Pe￿0a1 dath ID wmpliance WAth r¢l¢valli iegislatithL To mitigate thi% risk. a data
fTrmework i8 iti pla￿ that ensurn doDor dats held is in con￿1101￿ with data protection requirements.
performance monxtored thrwgh the year, with any Tisks hwbli8btryJ kn the Trustee5. The Foundation holds
reserves at a level to mc¢t i(s operatio8 cojnmitments aDd any fuh￿¢ 8rant coii)Illt¢try¢nts.
Pl•n¥ for fvture perRod
due from existsng donor pl* is deliv¢reAI The Fthllulati(￿ will also eoniiDU¢ ￿ mana8e its investment portfolio.

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Trnstees, responslbllfities statement
The Tn￿tr¢s (who are also directors of the F(Mmdati¢)n for the of ¢oMp￿Y law) are rwsthle for
prepari￿ the Tn￿le¢s, Annual Report and the finan¢i4t stslen)ents tn accord#nc¢ with applicable law and Utiited
Kingdom Accounling Standatth (United Kmgdom G¢Dernlty Accepted Act4)untsn8 Practice) includm8 FRS 102 'The
Financial Reporting Stsndard applicable in the UK 4Dd R¢pub]ic of Ireland".
Company law requir￿ the to prepare fllY8ti¢j￿ sta*ments for eacb financial yeaT wbicb give a ttue ond tsir
view of the state of affairs of the djaritsble conwy and of the incoming resowets 8nd application of resourc¢4
includin8 the iticorne ¢xperydihue, of the cFthritsbk wmpaDy for pttl￿ In prepwiD8 the8e fjnallcial
statements. the Trustffs ar¢ required to:
selfft suithble accoutttiti8 N)Ji¢iu Ind then aFyly them co￿ls￿Y.
observe the method$ 4Dd principles in the Chariti&% SORP.
make jud8ements estimates that are re&qonknle and pnthnL
state whether applicable UK Accountin8 Standards have been follorf Athject to any material departures
disclosed and explained in the financial ststrments,. and
prepare the fllwicial statements on the going ci)ncern basis unltss li i8 iDappropriate to presume thai the ¢lwitAble
The Trustees •r¢ T¢Sw￿l¢ for keepin8 a¢¢crtmtin8 rKord8 that di*lose with re4sonable accurw at any
time the fllwi¢iaJ W￿ltion of the charitsble compatty •Dd eD&ble them ￿ ettwJre th&t the fuwA¢ial statements Comply
with the Compmtiiu Act 2006. They are also resp)nsibl¢ for safeguorth8 the a&s¢ts of the charitable compgny 4nd
hence for takiti8 rewnable steps for the prevention {1￿110￿ of fraud and oth¢r irregularities.
In so far the tru$*e¥ are aware:
there is DO relevant audii infornution of which the cbaritsble compan￿$ Judi￿r is unaw and
¢b¢ Trusttts bave taken all st¢P5 that they ou8hi to bave tsk¢n to make then￿1Ve$ awar¢ of any ￿levant audit
inforniation aDd to establi$lL th•¢ the auditor is aw&Te of that itiforma¢iotL
The Ttustee8 Are respo￿￿￿le forthe ma1￿¢£nanCe aDd iDte8rity of the and fjnancial infornw¢ioD included on
the ¢haritable ¢omp8ny's website. Legis]ation in the Unityj Kingdotn govetlling the preparation and difjsemination of
rllwLci41 slatemeDts ll￿Y differ from1¢8islatsoJ) ID other jutksdictions.
Th¢Tn
Report and the Strat¢gic Re[￿rt were approved by the Tn￿ aDd Si8Ded on their behalf by..
7 July 2021

Independent auditor's report to the Members and Trnstees of
The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
OpADion
We bave audited the fllwjci￿ stat¢D)ents of The Foundation and Frlends of the Royal Botanic Garde￿ Kew for th¢
year ¢nded 31 Ma￿h 2021 wbi¢h comprfftse the Ststement of Financial Activities. the Balance Sheel the Sutnmary
Income and ￿￿dItuTe Aceounl the Ststemenl of Cash Flows and notes to the fin2nei81 ￿atc￿tttts. ]￿lUding
sunllnary of sigttffjwit accounting wTrli¢ies. The finaDcid ryrting framework thai has been applied in their
preporation is applicable jaw and UnitrAJ Kio8dotn Accounting Siandard4 illcluding Finawial Reporting Standard
102 The FinonciolReponingSiondordapplieable in ihe uK¢u￿Republ￿0flrelQlld (United Kingdom GeDeTaJly
Accepted Accountin8 Practice).
In ouropinion. the finattciai statrments:
give a trthe and fair view of th¢ ststr of the charithbl¢ c{￿Y'S affairs as at 31 March 2021 and of the
cboritabl¢ compally's nel movement in fimds. iti¢luding the iticome and expenditur¢ for the year then end¢d,.
have been properly preptred in accordfince with Uni*d KiDgdom Genernuy Aecepted Accounting Practice.
Balts for opknlon
We condu¢ied our audit in accordw¢ ￿ lnwwi(￿ SiaDdards Audititi8 (UK) OSAS (UK)) and app]i￿b]e
law. Our re4ponsibiliti¢s under those Stsndards are further described in the Audilor's reskM)tLsibilitses for the audit of
the fu￿1￿1 ststemen¢8 5Xtion of our reporL We ar¢ indeptht of the chaTity ID accordance with the ethical
requirements that are relevant ￿ our wdit of the fin&￿tal statements ID the UL iDcludi08 th¢ FRC'S Ethi¢a]
Sta￿, and we bav¢ fulfilled our other ethical resE￿51b11Iti&q ID accordance with these requirements. We believe
that the audi¢ evidence we b8Ye obtAin¢d is sufficient and appropii4* to pmvid¢ a basis for our opinion.
Con¢jU￿OnI relitkng 1• 8olDg eoneern
In audt¢ing the fjnattcial Statemen￿ we have con¢luded that the tru8*<4' Ug¢ of 8OiD8 C(rfK¢rn basis of a¢¢ountin8 in
the preparalion of th¢ fuwKial stht¢ments is appropTia*.
Based on the work we haveperformed, we have noi identified atty [tt4terI￿ utteertsinties relating to events or¢onditio
thaL tndividually or colle¢iively. olay e&5t significani doubt on the ehari¢able cmpany's ability to wntinue as • goiDg
¢oncem for a pericd of w k481 twelve months from when the finallei41 statements are authorised for issue.
Ow rnponsibilitie8 arml the Te￿￿￿*111tie8 of the trustees with respxt lo goin8 ¢x)ncern aT¢ dwribed in the rel￿allt
8xtioL8 of this report.
Other Inforniatlon
The tystees are r¢4ponsible for other inforniatiorn The other inforni￿10ll compTises the inforn￿tion in¢luded in the
Tntst¢&8' Report. Our opinion on th¢ 5ts1¢ments the5 JJo¢ cover the other inforniation an￿ exeepi ¢0 the exteot
othenvise explicitly Stat￿ in ourrem we th noi express atty fonn of conclusiim themn.
In connection with our audii of the fi￿ancIal statements. ow respoJJsiThility is to tead the otheritifonnation and. iti doing
so. consider whether the other Inforn￿tion is materially iDCOLSi8tent with the finawial statements or our knowledge
obtaxned iti the audit or otherwise 8ppe#TS to be nTr8tetially misststed. If we identify such D￿terIal inconsistencies or
apparent nMteTial misststrments, we are rwiireA to dcierniine whether there is a materia] mi&statem¢nl in the f￿a￿l
tatements or a material ￿l￿teMent of the other inforn￿tioll. If, b&4ed on the work w¢ have perfoTmeiL we eon¢lude
that there is a rnaterial mi&4tst¢ment of this other infornwti(KL we ate rwiTed to reN)rt that facL W¢ have nothing to
re5￿ ID this re88r
Oplttlonl on other m*tten preseribed by the Compamles Aet 21)Q6
]n otsr Opinio￿ based on the work UDd¢rtaken iti the course of the audiL
the infornwtion given iti th¢ Tn￿e¢s, R¢wJrt (which includes the strategic re￿rt emd tbe directors. report
prepar&J for the p￿￿oseS of wmpally law) for the fin￿la1 year for which the financial ststements ate
prepared is consistent with th¢ finaocol sratements. and
the strategic repon and the directt)rs' rEIM)rt included within the Trus*u' R4￿ bave been prepared in
OTdance with appjicable legal rffjuirem¢nts.

Independent auditor's report to the Members and Trustees of
The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanlc Gardens, Kew (CODt.)
M*tten on Fhleh we #re r¢qulr¢d to report by exeeptton
In the light of the knowledge aT￿ of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course
of th¢ audiL we have not id¢ntified n￿terial tnisstatements ID the Tn￿e£s. Rqx)rt (wbith incoTPOrnte4 th¢ strategic
We have nothm8 to re￿￿ in resm of the followinB matth in relAtion ￿ which the Companits A¢t 2006 requirts
to report to you if, ill our opinio
ad¢quate accountu18 records hkv¢ not been kept by the ¢b¥Tithle compally. or
the charitable compaDy r￿cIal sta*ments are not itb agree4llent with th¢ wM￿ling re￿rdS and rekn" or
certain di8elosur&4 of truste¢S' Temuneration 8pe¢ifi¢d by law are not m*,. or
we have not received all the inforniation and explanatit￿ we requir¢ for our audiL' or
the truste¢s were noi entitled to pr¢par¢ the fulancial stst¢m¢nts in accord￿ with th¢ 8ma]I cotllpalli&q'
Re￿0D81bfjILtIH of trust¢u for the 15n￿ellI *tAttme4ts
As explained more fully in the trusiees. rwtt%ibilities statement set out on p48e 8, the In￿ (who are also the
dir￿tOr￿ of the eharit4bl¢ ￿MpanY for the purN)w of company law) are re&￿)￿81b1C for the preparntion of the
fuwicial sthtrmertts for bang saiisfied thttt they give a true and fair vi¢w. and for such internd ¢ontrol as the
In￿tte8 determine is to enable the prepaTrtion of fjnallcial stot¢uMts that are free from ￿￿￿Tial
misstatemeni wl)¢dw due to fraud or errnr.
In Prepari￿ the financial stsiements, the trustees aTe respott*Tr•le for •sseg8ing the clwitable ¢ompany's ability to
continue a going ¢oncern, disclo8th8, &8 #pplithle. nw*rs ￿late£l to going concern and Using the goin8 concern
basis of aecountin8 unless the tn￿ either in*nd to liquidatr the clwithble company or w eeas¢ op¢rauons, or have
no realistic altenjative but to th so.
Audltor'l rew0n￿bIlItie• for the •udlt ofthe fln*nel*l •¢*¢¢ments
Our obj¢¢tives are to obtaiti TeasoDable asswalltt al￿1 Wheth￿ the finalleial sthtertJ¢nts as a whole are free from
a¢¢Tial miutstemeni. whether thie ￿ fraud or error, WMI to issue an auditor's r¢port that includes our opitii¢)n.
Reasonable assurance 18 a high l¢v¢l of assur￿ but is a guarantee that an audii ¢ondu¢ted in aceord8n¢¢ with
ISAS (UK) will dways deieet a malerial missthtemeni when il exisls. Mlsstatements arise from fraud or error and
ar¢ ¢on8idered material if. individually or in the a8gregat¢, tIKy could reasonably be ¢xpect¢d to intluence the
¢eonomic decisions of users taken OD the basis of these statements.
trregularities, including are inslances of non-ciJMplian￿ with laws and re8ulwtions. We desi8n pr(x¢dures in
lin¢ with out resFxinsibiliti¢S, Outlined above. ￿ detect ma*¥ial misstatements iti re4JKt of irregularities, including
fraud. The extent to wbieh our pro¢edwu are capable of d¢lxtiDg i￿arl￿es, itieluding fraud is detailed b¢low:
Based on our llttd¢n￿ of the company aDd th¢ f￿VironmI itt which it oper8l¢s, we identified that the principal
risks of non.compli8n¢e with laws and Tegulations related to regulatory requir¢meDts for the charitsble wmpany. and
we considered the extent to whi¢h nOn￿lianCe migbt have a matrrial effect on the fuwicial statemcDts. We a180
¢onsidered those laws and regulations that have a dirtt impact oo the preparntion olthe fllwicial ststetnents 8u¢h
th¢ Companies Act 2006 and the ChaTities Act 2011. and WLsits other factors such ￿ the t&Yation environm¢ut.
We evaluated Manageme￿t'S incentives and qj1￿￿￿1ties frauthdent manipulation of the financial thtemerlts
(including the risk of ovcrride of ¢ontroLs). and det¢[m￿￿ that the wincipal risks were related to p)sttng
by the engagement team inc￿ded..
Diswssions with Mat￿eMent I￿l￿dI￿8 c4)nsideration of known or SU￿￿tea itistsDces of non.compli8nee
th laws and regulation #Dd frau￿.
Evaluatillg management'5 c(mtrols designed to and det￿1 JrKe8u]aThti¢s"
Identifying and testiti8 journals. in particular eJtries wxth wiuwal a¢wunt combitiations,
)stings by unusual user5 or with unusual descriptsths. and

Independent auditor's report to the Members and Trustees of
The Foundatlon and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (cont.)
A fiJrth¢r description of our T¢sponsiTr•ilities for the auth'i of the fiDaDcial statalla￿ is located on the Finatt¢ial
Re￿rtIng G)uncil's website at:
of our report
Thi8 Teport is made sokly to the clwitsble companYs members, body. in with CThapt¢r 3 of Part 16 of
the Companies Act 2006. (htr audit WOTk h&8 been undeth 80 that we M￿ht stste ￿ the cljaritablc compan￿8
members those n]atters we are required to ststr to them in an Auditorfs report and for no other purpose. To the fvllest
extent pennitted by law, we ¢k> not ￿ept or r*p)ns￿lI11ty to 4nyone other tlwi the clwitabl¢ wn)pany and
th¢ ¢FLarithble compan￿8 members •s a i￿. forLNty audit worK for this repoT4 or for th¢ opinions w¢ have fornied.
Riclwd Weaver IS¢Dior Sta￿tOry Auditor)
For and on behalf of HaYsm￿lQtyrt LI￿.
10 Qwn Street Place
Statytory Auditor
Date- 08 July 2021
EC4R IAG
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The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary income and expenditure ae¢ount
Year ended 31 March 2021
2021
2020
ltteome
DonatioLs and legaci
Interest and investment iocon
Gain￿(lo￿les) on itiv¢s¢tneDts
1.803
93
705
5252
210
(393)
GrM8 Ineome ID th¢ reporthig perlod
2.601
S,069
Tot•] expendltsre In the reporthg perlfjd
(3J3T)
(7.934)
Net eIpendlture for the reporthig per
(736)
(2,865)
As required the Con)pariM Aci 2(M)6, this slAt¢m¢nt pregents the movemeots on income attd expenditr excluding
endowinent fill￿s.
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The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanie Gardens, Kew
Balance Sheet
as at 31 Mareh 2021
2021
2020
Not
Flxed a8*ts
Ittves¢menls
21.651
20.092
Tot￿ Axed
21,651
20.092
Current amets
Debtors
CAAh at bank and in halld
1265
2.896
1574
4,845
Total ¢urrent auets
4,161
419
Crtdlton: amouttts falling within one year
{1,948)
(2.812)
Net ¢llTrent amets
2313
3.607
T•tsl aMet¥ leu curreDt M8bSlld
23,699
NET ASSETS
23064
23,699
Tbe fundi of the eh•rity:
R¢5tri¢ted income funds
Permanent endowment fimknls
Exp¢ndable endowment
Unrestricted fiuth- desi8natsa
Unrestricted funds- 8enernl
10
10
io
io
io
4.962
2,630
2,147
10,601
3.524
6,821
2,263
1,735
8.333
4,547
TOTAL FUNDS
23,864
23,699
Note5 1 to 15 forni pttrt of these accoun
These financial ytstements of The Foutithion and Friends of the Royal Botsni¢ Gardens, Kew (re8iStered number
2499000)
¥4pproved authoris¢d for is5u¢ by the BoaTd of TnL4t¢¢5 and signoj on their beI￿lf by..
7 July 2021
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The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanlc Gardens, Kew
Statement of Cash flows
Year ended 31 March 2021
No¢e
2020ni
2019no
Net eaih IloJv• from •)per•th8 Ktfvlt
14
12,lOS)
674
C•ih l]owi from iDveth8 *¢tlvld¢x:
Dividends and interest from investm¢nts
Proceed8 from thc skle of inv¢stsnents
Pureha8¢ of inveslm¢D¢y
206
172
(222)
316
3.985
{3.956)
Net t*ih flows from lffjweth *¢¢M¢k¥
156
1,019
Ch•n8e In ¢*th In the reportlng wlod
(1,949)
1,019
C*ib It the be￿8 of the repordn8 perlod
4.845
3.826
C*ib at the eRd of the reporthi8 perlod
2096
4￿43
NO￿ 1- 15 form part of thex accoullts.
All cash and equivalents are included in ¢ash at bgnk Imd iti Iw
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The Foundatlon and Friends of the Royal Botanie Gardens, Kew
Notes to the Aceounts
Year ended 31 March 2021
S¢*tsment of aecowithig pM¢k•
Blois of prep*r*tlon
The fuwicial $tstements have been prepared uoder the historical c05t Conventio￿ with the excwion of investments
which ar¢ included at fair value. Tr fjnancial sthtett)enL4 have been prepared iti with the Ststenient of
Recommended Practice (SORP 2019).. A¢￿unting attd by Clwities preparing their accounts in accordthKe
with the FI0￿1¢1a1 Re￿rting Stsndard w]ithle in the UK and Republic of Irela[￿ (FRS 102) i&sued on 16 July
2014 and th¢ Charities Aci 2011. The r]naD¢ial sth*nKnts pre8¢D¢ Inforn￿tiOn for The F¢)undation and Fri¢Dth of the
Royal Botatii¢ Gardens Kew (-K¢w F¢xuNlation" or kn FwDdatiOD'?.
The Found&tion is a private company litnit¢d by guarantre. ille0￿m)￿ted in England and Wales and is a cbtirity
registered in Englaod and Wal&s. li is & Publi¢ Benefii Entity. Th¢ m¢mbers of the Foundwtion are the Tntst¢u. In the
¢vent of the Foundation ixing wound up. the liability in resp￿ of the gua￿Ule¢ is limited ￿ £1 w member of th¢
Foundation.
Golng ¢on¢trn
Having reviewed flow forKasts and t￿dBets foT 2021r22 and brythld, the TTr￿ have 2 re*so1￿le expectstion
thai the Foundation adequate resources to continue in operational exist¢nce for the foreseeable ￿ture, not le&$
than 12 months from the date of Signing. AccoTditi8ly. they ¢ODtiDue to adw the goiDg cojwxrn basi8 in prep￿ the
Trustees. Report and Finan¢ial Stat¢ments.
Rderv
The FoUn￿tiOn has a Reserves Poli¢y thit Je¢ks to maititsin uzw¢stricted re8er￿A (ex¢luding the desi8tiat¢d property
reserve) at around one year of futtwe opeTalin8 expenditstye (£0.3M). Unrestrictyj rtts¢rv¢s are currently £3.2M in
excess of £0.3M. Tbis balance will be r¢viewed duno8 2021122 w detsn￿ when funds call be 8f8nted ￿ RBG
Fund leeounthig
Gen¢rnl or unrestrictrd fi￿d3 are available for use 4t the disudion of the Trns*¢s in furtherw of the objective8 of
the Foundation. These are thai bave not been d¢5ignated forotherpurpow.
Designated ¢omprise UDrestrAc*d funts ￿lde by the Trust¢¢s forpthicuiar pll4xw. The aim and use of
each designated fimd are sel (￿t ID the rtotrs to the financial statrjnents.
Restric*d fillmls w¢ fimdy whicb have be¢n rnised by the FthmdatioD for particularpurposes wl are to be used in
Accordance with spe¢ifi¢ restrictions itiy>se41 by donor8. Tr aim atKi use of each n￿terial rtstricted fijnd are 8¢¢ out
in the notes io the fman¢ial siatements.
Endowm¢n¢ fimds are a mix of rtstricted and Unres￿ and may be experthble or pernwiettL Perman¢Dt
endommeni fiumts are held by the Foundation 8$ & corpora* trustee and Iks not form part of the corporate propety of
the clwitable company.
Durin8 2014115 the Sainsbwy Orebid Tnwt Fund {£2.4M) transferred to the Foundation from the Bentham.
Moxon Tru3t. Using this pern￿￿￿1 endowmenL the Foundation will provide grants to RBG Kew connected with the
advallce2nent of thcation and learning by the promotion of study and enhancexnent of the orchid colleetion and
orchid work The Trusi deed confeE5 an QVffl5ight role on two other sels of Trustec5" Robert aod Lisa Sainsbury Art
Tntst Ltd Truste¢s (previously known &s th¢ Art Tn￿). the Gatsby Clwitable Foundation TThstees (previou51y
known &8 tbe Gatsby TnLStees).
Ineome
All income including gr#Dts Jre iDcluded the Statement of Ftnancial Activiti¢8 (SOFA) when the Foundation is
legalty entitloj to the income, receipt is probablc. and the aD)ount can be with sufficient reliability. For
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The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
IYote$ to the accounts
Year ended 31 Mareh 2021
peeuuiary legaciffj this is up)n notification (probate). Residuary legacies are re￿gniSed when probate is granted 4nd
there is sufficient ittformation to valu¢ them {u• r¢ceipi of eststr %counts). Where kgaci&8 iti¢lude the transf¢r
of property, this is iti¢luded at v8h￿tiOn.
No amounts are included tti th¢ financi￿ stathents for servi￿$ donated by voiuDtrer5. Gi118 iti kind ore Iti¢lUd￿ at
fair value. lkna¢ed 6ervic&% w (￿1]itieS are in¢ludeJJ ID inwm¢ at a valu￿10￿ which is an ¢stimate of the financial
cost t*)rne by a third paty.
tncom¢ tsx re£overable in relatiOD to &)natiOn8 rtteived yndu Gift Aid or deeds of c4)v•wt 18 reco8tti￿ at the time
of the dona¢ioD. Income T￿0Verable iti ￿latiOn ￿ inv¢8lment income is T￿8015&1 at the fin￿ the itiv¢8ttnent
income Rs r¢¢eivable.
Expendlture
Expendiwr¢ is accounted for on an r￿u818 b￿1$. Wbeffe eosts cannot be dir¢¢Uy attributed ty particular a¢tivitie5.
they hav¢ been allO￿ted on a b18is coasisthnt the we of refj0u￿.
Unrestri¢¢¢d grants ￿ RBG Kew are rttognw41 when 4wroved and fornthlly conununicAted with the reeipienL
Restriet¢d grants to RBG Kew are reco8nis¢d and awarded ￿ Kew on approval of a valid Claim. Gifts tti kind to RBG
Kew ere Tewgniged whett the Fowjdation donates staff lime or other a&*ets.
FuttdTaisiog costs are incuTh￿ in se¢king volutttsry ¢i*l￿UtiOnS and th D)t include the cost8 of dissell￿tIng
infonnation in support of the ¢1￿1￿ble Ktivitios.
Support CO8ts are those COSLS iti¢urr)I irt svpM orex￿dItUre on th¢ objects of th¢ Foundation.
Governatt¢e costs are incurred in connection with the adm[￿tratiOn and eompliance of the Foundation. Gov¢mance
And Sup1￿ costs are allocat¢d across the various activiiies of the FoundatiOD on an tstimate of the time spent
by staff.
Grant mAklng
The Foujthtion rui5¢s monles for RBG Kew. A rcqu¢st for payment for various projxls propiwj by RBG Kew 18
made to the Fouttdation TNste¢8. When application5 are received, the FouDd8tion gives *dent due
eonsid¢ration 10 8ranting such funds, considerin8 the Strategy aod wishes of the donor and. if approved by the
Trustees, payment is mad¢. Proptt evide￿¢ of exF*ndi¢ure 18 always requi￿(L ￿ the 41isfaction of the Trustee8.
IDveitments
tnvegtments are stated at market value at the b41ance sheet da*. The SOFA In¢h￿c$ the net ￿try$ and losses arisiD8
on revaluation8 and disp05als throughoui the y¢8r. Inv&sthieDt movements L4 di￿l0$Cd in the Staiement of C
Flows reflect additions to and Thithdrawals from the iDvesttwi wthlio.
Taiatlott *¢¢ounthig
Th¢ Foundation is a registued chariry and b35 no liability ￿ co4x)ratioD tax orl its charithble activitics under the
Corp(wation T&x Act 2010 (cbapters 2 and 3 of part ￿ se¢tion 466 onw¥rds) or Stttion 256 of the Taxation for
Char8eable Gains Act 1992, to the extent sU￿1￿se8 are applied to its clwitable purposts. No tax chatBe aTisen in
the year ended 31 March 2020 or 31 Mar¢b 2021.
FItt*n¢1￿ IDStruments
IDV¢Stments are awMWted forat fair value though profit a￿1 lo&* iti ￿￿[dance with the requirnD¢uls of FRS 102
sections I l and 12. Trade and other d¢btOTS are ryi8ed ai the settlement amount due. Prepa>ryn¢nts are ?￿lUed at
the amount prepaid n¢t of any trade diwunts th￿. Cash at bank iticludes and short.lerm hwbly liquid
illvcstments with 8 Short matirity of three montrLS or I￿ from the date of awisition or opening of tb¢ deposit or
siJni18r accounL CredAtor8 and provislotts are Twnised wh¢r¢ the cljarity bas a present obligation resulting from a
p&st event that will probably result in tbe tral￿fer of fimds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation
call be me8surryJ or estimated Teliabty. CreditOf5 and provisions aTe nornMUy recogniwl at their sett]emeDt atDount
after allowing for aDy trade discounts due.
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The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Notes to the accounts
Year ended 31 March 2021
Critle41 aeeowithig Judgement8 *lld kry of estlmAth)n un¢*rthinty
In the applicatioD of the Foundation's aceountillg policie4 whith are desmThed iti this wte, the Tnts¢ee5 are r￿uIred
to make judgements. 45tiffja￿ and Lwtions aiKSUt the caryiDg amounts of &%s¢ts and liabdities that are aot
readily apparent from other SCI￿¢s. The estima*s and L*Sfxiat¢d ￿l￿DpU0nS baseAJ on bJ'storica] experience and
rewgnised in thc period io which the tstitDa¢e is revised if the revision affects onty that perio4 or iti the period of the
r¢vision and futUTC periods if the revision uffects both current and pmods.
The TTUSttts do not consider there gre any other ulti￿1 jud8¢m¢nts or wur¢xs of e8tinJation uncethty T¢quirin8
disclosure.
llleome and endov4mtnts from don*¢10￿$ grants leyd
2O2(Inl
UnreJtrl¢ted Rertrfeted Endovnnent
£•ooo
Totsl
105
1.698
L4a¢ie8
1,443
255
359
1.803
2019120
Umrestrleted Re•trleted Endowment
Tot
£*ooo
1,440
3.812
Grants and donatioDS
Le8acie8
1,438
336
3.476
3,478
.774
5,252
As at 31 Mwrh 2021, the Fourtdation had beeD notified of 49 {2020: 4J) le8aci¢& estimated to be worth £2.37M
(2020.. £1.17M), £0.06M (2020.. £0.26M) of which has been reeognised &s fftteipt is probable and th¢ amount con be
measwed with suffi¢i¢Dt reliability. Of these. the Foundation bLs been Dottfied of 3912020.. 28) residu8ry legacie5
estimated to be worth £2.33M (2020: £1.13M) and of which £0.06M (2020.. £0.24M) has been rtto8tiis¢d.
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The Foundation and Frlends of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Keiv
Notes to the aeeounts
Year ended 31 March 2021
Ineome from IDVatments
202Olll
Resttleted EndowmeDt
£*ooD
Unr¢strl¢ted
Total
Bank interest
Dividends & other distril￿tiOnS
76
16
113
205
77
16
206
2019no
Unre8trl¢ted Re4tr1¢trd Endowment
£*ooo
Totsi
£'ooo
Bank int¢resi
Dividends & other di8tributioDS
140
63
316
147
63
113
323
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The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Notes to the accounts
Year ended 31 March 2021
Eipendlture
2020121
Grant Support aDd
of governaDee
*ctivldes
cmts
£'OOOi
d other
Total
Raising fiJnds- donations and leBaci&8
Raising fi￿ds- itivestment iocome
161
27
74
235
27
Cljatitable activiti¢8
Scien¢¢
1.856
583
652
1.856
583
652
Other support to RBG Kew
Totsl Clwitable a¢tsviti¢8
3,091
3,091
Support ¢08ts
74
(74)
Totsl
262
3.091
3.353
2(119120
Grant Support Ind
fundlttg of governaDce
*edvltl
£,0￿1
Marke
aDd other
dlrect tosts
£?0
150
18
Total
£'ooo
241
18
£'ooo
91
Raisin8 fun(Ls- donaiions and legacie8
Raising fi￿18- inveslment iwome
ClJarit•bl¢ acuvities
Science
Horticulttue and Learning
5.682
.033
976
5.682
1.033
976
Totsl Cljaritable #ctivities
7,691
7,691
Support costs
91
(91)
Tothl
259
7.691
7,950
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The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Keiv
Notes to the accounts
Year ended 31 March 2021
Support governao¢e co
2020121
Totsl
£'o
CM¢J Incurred
18
56
OffwL adrninistration and Oth￿
74
2Q19120
Tot
Costs In¢urred
Gov¢mance
Offi¢¢ athniniqtration other slipp
17
74
91
Net {txpelldlture)ATreome
Total
21120ni
Tota]
2019120
£10
Auditor's remuneration:
Fees payable to the company'$ auditor for the Audit of the Foundalioti's aunuol aeLQUnts
Non.audit fees=
- T&x filiti8
18
17
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The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Iyotes to the accounts
Year ended 31 March 2021
Flxed knv¢¥tmeDts
Endowment
IDvethnenti Invtstment8
£'ooo
TotAI
£'ooo
£'ooo
At l April 2020
3.998
{171)
124
16.094
(i)
20,092
{172)
124
98
Incom¢ re-inves*d
Reali8ed gains
76
798
705
1,503
At31 M4rth2021
4.777
16.874
21,651
EttdowmeDt
Other
vulments Investmtn¢g
Tot•1
£'ooo
At l Aprtl 2019
Sales proe¢¢d8
4,399
(7W)
648
23
33
(405)
16.487
{3,285)
3.101
20,886
{3,985)
3,749
207
33
(7981
Income re-invest¢d
R¢4]ised gainsAo
UnT¢alised losses
(393)
Al 31 March 2020
3.998
16.094
20.092
2021
2020
£'ooo
IDveslmeni at fair value cw1￿.
Commodities
Equity
Bonds
Property fimds
Hedge fi￿d$
Liquidity funds (includi08 C&8h and ¢¥sh equiValet￿}
Cljarity Multi A88et Funds
333
3,855
2.759
390
930
10.754
2,630
343
2,805
2.491
638
676
10.876
2,263
At31
21,651
20,092
All fixed asset investments are held in the UL
Investments at historical cost
16,602
16.774

The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Notes to the accounts
Year ended 31 March 2021
Debtors: due T41th1• otte yur
21121
£?000
2020
£*ooD
A¢¢n￿l income
1265
1,574
1265
1.574
Credltor•: thOllDti fal]InR due wlthth ome year
2021
21120
PayY4ble ￿ ffla*d undertok
AC(n￿lS
1.929
19
2.794
18
1.948
2,812
23

The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Notes to the accounts
Year ended 31 March 2021
10. St•tsment ol fwid¥
BAi•nce
l Aprll
2020
Ba1￿Ce
31 M•rch
2021
Reeo%MI￿X
¢ome Expttsdlture gain￿￿0•$Cl) Tranlfe
Restrkted llleome Fundi
6,821
375
(2J56)
122
4.962
EDd•wment lund•
SaiL8bury Orcbid Fund
2263
92
{6)
367
(86)
2,630
E￿eDd*ble eDdov4ments
StDythi¢8 Fund
Lennox Boyd Fund
Shawdon FurMI
Bewsey Fund
157
567
50
197
13
240
63
1.176
21
(io)
(36)
Tfjt￿ endowmettt fwidi
3,998
(16)
804
(122)
4,777
Total rutrleted #nd
endowmellt fvDdi
10,819
488
(2J72)
804
9.739
Unre•trl¢ted ddl8n*ted fundi
iJ(
(51X))
800
2,433
1.376
2.617
3.375
Family Kitchen & Shop
Dirxtor of Science Ruearcb
EtthancRng Visitor Experience
{561)
(83)
(83)
{8)
1.459
2,7
803
2.580
.333
(735)
3.003
10.601
uttre￿￿ted fund8
Genejxl Fund
4.547
1.521
(246)
705
(3,003)
3,524
Total wmtrlcted fllDdi
12,880
1,521
{981)
705
14,125
Totsl fundi
23.699
(3.353)
1.509
23,864
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Tbe Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanie Gardens, Keiv
Notes to the accounts
Year ended 31 March 2021
B•]*Dce
l Aprll
2019
£'o
Bal4nct
31 M*rch
2020
Illfome Exptnditure 811n￿o095¢S) Tr4nrfer8
£'ooo
£'or
£'o
Restrl¢ted Income Fund
11.702
1.837
(6.844)
126
6.821
Endowmellt f￿ndS
Saitisbwy Orchid Fund
2.485
74
{6)
(196)
(94)
2.263
Expettdable endowments
Smythies Fund
LO￿0X Boyd Fund
Shawdon Fund
Bewsey Fund
173
622
55
(16)
(55)
(5)
{100)
157
567
50
961
39
{10)
(32)
Total endowmtllt fund•
4J99
(16)
(372)
{1261
3,998
Tot•1 re￿rItted Ind
endowment fuDd•
16,101
1,950
(6,8rf11
1372)
10,819
Unrtttrl¢¢ed dMl8ll•ted fuDdi
Prowty Fund
Family Kitchen & Shop
Director of Science Rese4rcb
1.3
iJoo
2.994
1.459
2,580
(6)
(41)
1.500
2.580
i J(N)
(47)
7,080
8,333
UDrutrlcted fuDdi
Geoeral Fund
9.438
3,625
(1,043)
(393)
(7.080)
4,547
Tot*l UDreJtrieted fuDd•
10.738
3.625
(1.090)
(3931
12,880
Total funds
26.839
5,575
(7,950)
(765)
23,699
See Note 15 for details of 8¢n¢t￿ support to RBG Kew.
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The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Notes to the accounts
Year ended 31 March 2021
io. St*temellt of funds (coDthiryed)
Fwidi InfonD•don
RestrActions on the endo￿lleDt fi￿a3 ue &$ follows:
The S*lnsbury Orehld Fund is ￿led to provid¢ Ws to RBG Kew wnnKted with the advancernent of
ethication and learning by tbe promotion of S￿aY and enba￿ent of the Orchid eollfAion attd orchid work.
The Trust d¢AI confers an ovetsight role on two other sets of TTUStets'. Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Art Trnst Ltd
T￿$trtS (pr¢viously known as the Art TTr￿) and the Gatsby Charithble Foundation Trustees Ipreviously
known the Gatsby Truste¢s). The transfer fn)m this fund represents re￿1¥￿￿ iDC4)m¢ which is trInsfe￿ea to the
r¢]ated restrict￿] fund on a quar￿lY bgsi&
Th¢ Smythiu is ao utir¢stricted exp¢odable en&)wmeoL Part of the fund should be US￿ ￿ supp)rt
botsnical illustration. The iottr¢st is used foT budget relief.
The Lennox Boyd Fund is used by K¢w ￿ provid¢ ¢4hution for overs￿$ students through the I*nnox Boyd
Programmc. tn particulmr, emphasis is p]aced on prou￿tiD8 excban8es of pcople betwe¢n British Insti￿tiOnS
Th¢ Shawdon Fund is used to support K¢w's aDnual wintrr 8eTies with an emphasis. but not exclusively
on any &SPttLq of the uges of p]aDts for m¢dicine.
The Bew#y Fwid w43 T¢ceived by the Foundation in 2015116. It is an expendable endowment Ntricted to
ollservation 4Dd reseawh. The trats4f¢r fTom fund represents a 3% artnual drnwdown to futtd S¢ience rela*d
PTojects.
Designations of Unrestri¢￿ funds •$ follows:
The Property fimd repre8¢nI￿ fiuth deyigDatyJ in 2016117 for RBG Kew's c￿lIa1 proj¢cts. which at the time
included renovalion of th¢ Temperntr House. The residual balance is beld for K¢w's use on other improvement
work around the estate. 10 2020121, £0.5m Iwas desi8tt#ted ¢0 support Pa]m House reDov&tion and Science
Qu¥rter projects.
Family Kitchen & Shop- £3m wls transferred to design￿ed fimds in 2019120 10 supwjrt RBG Kew's
constrnction of a new ￿terin8 and retail facility which will geDernte iti¢re4wJ revenue to Kew's charitable
activitiu.
Director of Scient¢ research. £l.Sm w&8 trjnsferred ￿ designatrd fiuth in 2019120 to support the Kew Director
of S¢ience's resc￿ch programme ID furt1￿¢% of Kew's obj￿ti¥￿.
En1￿ciD8 Visitor Experi¢nrx- £2.7m was trlo8fe￿￿I to support this infrthuclure project which is d¢siglled to
further Kew'8 objeciives by growing reY¢Due alld enhancing tbe cngagejneni of Kew's visilors, members and
other supportU3.
Other designated funds of £3.4m represent allwations to other. SDMller ￿tivItieS and projLXts, and unrestri¢ted
legacy iticome recogni5￿ wbictrL th¢ TnLstres wish to d&sigDatc for futttre use in litie with the donors, non.
bindin8 wlyhes. This will be subject ￿ proposais for use to be Submitted by RBG Kew.
26

The Foundation and Friends of the Royal BotAnic Gardens, Kew
Notes to the accounts
Year eDded 31 March 2021
Ineome Expend-
Tr*n¥ferB
Balance
b¢tweeD 31 Marcb
fwidi
2021
£'ooo
iAp
2020
Retheted Fun
Sclenee
Sttd cotts¢ry8tion- sUMX)rting the collectio
Storage end vigbi]ity of see&%, p4rti￿]arIY at
RBG Kew's Millennium Seed Bank
Tropical Important Plant Arn (IIPAs)-
siipporting identificAtion and conserrfAtion of
TIPAS
Plant and Fun881 Tree of Life [P￿OL)
State of the World's P]4nts
Orehid Fellow
Othu scientifK r¢8earch and ￿ll￿d activity
279
(285)
1.158
504
{193)
390
855
563
206
1216
(469)
(360)
(85)
(347)
386
203
207
882
86
Hortlculture Ind bo¢*Dlc ¥vden•
Evolution Garden
Children'$ Garden
Broadwalk Borders
Wakehurst Pl4¢e
Other horticulturnl #¢tivity
27
194
(i)
(79)
(54)
(307)
(102)
26
115
742
564
435
488
25
EducAtlon 4lld outreAth
Grow Wild
Otber ¢d￿ation and outrea¢h activity
55
102
55
63
1391
Other
96
acquisition and access to RBG K¢w's Liknry
ollecknons
Chher activity ID SUFVOrt of RBG K¢w
(34)
62
479
10
(i)
492
Gr*nd Tolal
821
375
(2J50)
122
4,962
All of the above fiuth are avail4bl¢ to be grattied kn RBG Kew uw)n rxeipt by tbe Foundation of the oecessory
do¢uJnentation detsiling expenditUT¢.
WithÈn reslricted there are vaTiOUS kveL8 of restriction. TTJtwf¢r5 between are made as approprnte attd
reflect allocati¢)n to specific as ￿ed with the tknor.
27

The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Notes to the accounts
Year ended 31 March 2021
B#]￿¢¢ Int•me
i Aprll
2019
Eipend-
Tr*n¥fers
BalAnee
Rture behveen 31 Mareh
fundj
2020
£'ooo
Rutrlcted Fwidl
Selellce
5220
69
storage and viability of seeds. particu]arly at
RBG Kew's Millennium Seed Bank
Tropical Important Plant Areas ITIPA8)-
pportiti8 id¢ntific4ti0n And cOr￿¢￿tiOn of
TIPAS
Plant and Fungal Tree of Life ￿AFfOL}
Stste of the World's Plants
0￿hId Fellow
Other s¢i¢ntific re8¢•r¢h and ￿lated ￿tIvIty
(4.125)
1.164
545
102
(293)
150
504
1.062
324
166
1,012
(613)
(110)
{55)
(579)
855
563
206
1.216
349
149
634
HOrt1t￿ture aDd S￿de￿I
Evolution Garden
Children's Gorden
Broadwa]k Bortss
Wakehurst Place
Other horticultural aetivity
(360)
{207)
(72)
{98)
(157)
27
194
401
126
836
717
742
564
Edut•t(on and •￿tr￿ch
Grow Wild
Other education and outreach ¥¢ivity
55
223
55
102
(122)
139
cquisition and access ¢0 RBG Kew'$ Li
collectio
Other activity ID SUPPOrt of RBG Kew
(52)
96
891
349
{760)
479
Gr•ttd Total
11,702
1.837
{6,844)
126
6,821
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The Foundation and Frlellds of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Notes to the aceounts
Year ended 31 March 2021
ii.
Anaiyth of net betwttn fundi
Fund baiAnee4 #t 31 Mar¢h #re repre￿ted by:
21121
Totxi
£?or
21.651
2.896
1265
(1.948)
lnng.temi investments
Cash at bank
Debtors
Creditors
12.488
1.856
43
(262)
4,386
4,777
{1.686)
14.125
4.962
4,777
23.864
2020
Unrertrlcted Rtstrlcted ElldoMDent
Tot*1
Lon8.ieTm investhients
CLsh at bank
Debtors
Creditors
10,745
3.168
238
(1271)
5J49
1,677
1.336
(1.541)
3.998
20,092
4,845
1.574
{2.812)
12.880
6.821
3,998
23,699
12. S￿•ry *nd ltxff ¢0
No stsff ¥re employed by the Fouttd4tion. The totsl remuneMi04 (iDcludiog pension Cootributions) ofthe kty
Ma￿8Cme￿I personnel for the Ye￿ w•$ £nil (2020.. £DiI).
During the year Trustees received no remwieration or benefits in kitid (2020.. £nil). No TnL8tees were rexmbursed
expense8 for travel, SLthsigtrne¢ OT donor m¢¢liDgs (2020.. £nil).
13. Related party tr*nM¢tlons
No doDations were r¢¢eived fsoffj the Tn￿ in the ye4r (2020: £ni]). Thett were ￿ other rela￿1 party ts¥Dsaction8
with trus¢e¢s in eAth¢r year.
The Foundation has related party tsansactions with RBG Kew and also with PBG Kew Enterpriw Ltd.
Expendittwe includes an amount of £3,117k (2020 £4.922k) and credRtors inehth aD am(M￿l of £1,929k (2020..
£2.794k) relating to RBG Kew and RBG K¢w E￿terpriSeS Ltd.
Incimie iti¢ludes an amount of £niI (2020.. £nil) ¥nd deb&)rs I￿hNle an amount of £tiil (2020.. £nil) relatin8 to RBG
Kew and RBG Kew Enterprises Ltd.
tn 2020121 Kew Foundation reeeived grants of £DiI (2020.. £nil) from The Kew Asia Foundation Limit
No other related party tr8tL9ac￿ notrd.
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The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Notes to the aceounts
Year ended 31 March 2021
14. Re¢onclM#tion of net Ineome to net cuh from operating •¢tlvltles
2020lll
21119120
£iooo
Net itieome fcr th¢ T¢portsng period (as ptr the statemeni of financial actiYitie9)
Adjurtments for:
(Gaios) / losses on investments
165
(3,140)
(1.509)
(206)
765
1316)
Op¢r•thig c¥h Ilow befor¢ movement ltt worklm8 uplt•i
Decre4ge in debtorn
Increa8e l (de¢reo8e) in cffedikKS
{1 J50)
(2,691)
309
(864)
3202
163
N¢¢ ¢a•h provlded by oper•¢l#8 *etMtk•
(2,105)
674
15. Grints awarded to RBG Ke
Unre•¢rleted
R#trleted
£?000
2021
RBG Kew 2020QI Support
Specific puryhjse 8rnnts
735
2.356
3,091
Grints #warded
735
2J56
3,091
Unrejtrkted
ReBtrlcted
£'ooo
2020
£*ooo
RBG Kew 2019120 Sup&
SpecifL¢ piupjse 8tpots
847
847
6.844
Grillti Awarded
847
6.844
7,691
2021
2020
£'ooo
Reeoocluadon ol unrestrleted tTaDts pxy*ble
Cowmitments as at l# April
Commitments in the yeor
Grants paid during the yeaT
735
(1,555)
847
(i}
Commitm¢Dts as at 311¢ MaTch
26
30