SHEFFIELD BOTANICAL GARDENS - University of Sheffield

A9. FINANCE & RESOURCES
The Sheffield Botanical Gardens budget is held on the One World
budget cost centres used by Sheffield City Council for annual budgeting
& monitoring.
• A Business Appraisal, which will be commissioned during 2006. This
appraisal will direct the business approach for the Botanical
Gardens for the next five years.
• The routine budget to run the Gardens is provided by the annual
Parks and Countryside Service budget allocation and the annual
DEL Premises & Assets allocation and also a £19,00 contribution
from FOBS.
A9.1 INCOME
Income is generated from lettings, donations, hire of facilities and events,
recording of income is monitored by the district parks officers and the
financial section.
• The retail lettings from the Tea Rooms, shop and south lodge.
• The significant annual donation from the SBGT of £19,000 per
year
• The Open air theatre productions
• The use of the classroom / demonstration centre
• The use of the Central Glass Pavilions for weddings and civil
partnerships
• The Events - can have a net cost to the Gardens, and should be
seen as additionally to the users rather than as income generators.
• Other grants and donations to the Gardens
A9.2 SBGT AND FOBS
The anticipated contribution that FOBS could make to the long term running
of the Botanical Gardens was identified and agreed for the Business Plan
for the 1995/96 HLF bid. It was agreed that, once the £1.2 million to
match the capital side of the project was achieved, a sum of £19,000 per
annum would be donated towards the general revenue costs of the
Botanical Gardens. Since that time the SBGT has been formed, their joint
fund-raising with FOBS has been a successful, and the £1.2 million was
raised by December 2005.
As part of the planned Business Appraisal, SBGT & FOBS have been
encouraged to develop their fundraising plan for the next ten years, and
determine, with the Stakeholder Group, how it can best benefit the
Botanical Gardens, in raising the sum of £19,000 per year to fulfill their
charitable aims.
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