THE FRIENDS OF GREYFRIARS

Registered charity 1040112 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF GREYFRIARS

The charity was formed in 1994 to receive donations and legacies in order to give financial assistance with the operation of Ringwood and District Community Association (Charity No 301929) as and when required.

Objects

TO ASSIST THE RINGWOOD AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION IN THE MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTRE AT GREYFRIARS CHRISTCHURCH ROAD, RINGWOOD, HAMPSHIRE, AND IN THE CARRYING OUT OF ITS OBJECTS IN ALL THEIR ASPECTS

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE RINGWOOD HAMPSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: New Forest, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total receipts amounted to £169,758, resulting in a net increase in funds of £131,817 for the period. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £160,812, which the trustees note are always available for the furtherance of objects and do not require significant holding. The charity assisted the associated community centre with £34,129 in donations during the period.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 26/02/2024, 26 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MICHAEL JOHN SMYTH OSBORNEchair
• MICHAEL JOHN SMYTH OSBORNEchair
• JANET SYLVIA DOLBY
• MR ROWAN BENFORD BROCKHURST · trustee of 2 other charities
• MRS ANN PEDERSEN · trustee of 1 other charity
• MRS MADELEINE JOY PARRY
• Philip James West · trustee of 2 other charities

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Dorset · Hampshire

Income and spending

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