ULVERSTON, FORD PARK COMMUNITY GROUP

Registered charity 1088106 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COACH HOUSE STUDIO, FORD PARK, FORD PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE

Support the disadvantaged and disabled through activities, training and volunteering opportunities. Manage the gardens and grounds as a public park for the enjoyment of the whole community. Organise a programme of cultural and social events. Operate and manage community facilities, food growing and education programmes in order to meet the needs of local people and visitors to Ulverston.

Objects

1) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFITS OF THE INHABITANTS OF ULVERSTON AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY PROVIDING FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS;2) TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF ULVERSTON AND OF THE NATION, THE HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE THAT MAY EXIST WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF FORD PARK, ULVERSTON, IN BUILDINGS (INCLUDING ANY STRUCTURE OR ERECTION, AND ANY PART OF A BUILDING AS SO DEFINED) OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST;3) TO ESTABLISH AND SECURE ACCESS TO FORD PARK FIELDS AND GARDENS AS A COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC AMENITY AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME, WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS;4) THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE NON PARTY IN POLITICS AND NON SECTARIAN.

Area of benefit: ULVERSTON AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £29,223 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £240,027. However, the trustees note that there are no free reserves at the year end as all unrestricted funds are tied up within fixed assets, a position they intend to improve in the 2025/26 year.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ford Park Community Group (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Ulverston CGP Trust Fund — “Every year, we pay a big chunk of money into the CGP Trust Fund, which is run by Ulverston Town Council. The Council make this money availab…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Neil John Flemingchair
• Bob Brown
• Michelle Muldoon
• Rosemarie Campbell
• Shaun Atkinson
• Shirley-Anne Wilson · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).