DUKES MEADOWS TRUST

Registered charity 1106538 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF DUKE'S MEADOWS

Involving the local community in the park through regular volunteer events and free children's events. Organise a weekly farmers market to raise funds and encourage people to visit the park, manage 10 artists studios and a flat to raise revenue to fund projects. Consult the community and develop plans for capital improvements, rasise funds and implement improvements.Manage a paddling pool.

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE AREA KNOWN AS DUKE'S MEADOWS AND RIVERSIDE LANDS IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT")2. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THOSE LIVING OR WORKING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT; AND3. TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hounslow, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£182k
Latest spending
£161k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net operating income of £21,081.88 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in total net assets of £379,092.71. The trustees confirmed that the financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis, indicating no immediate risks to the charity's continuity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Pavilion Rent Income (71% of income)
“Pavilion Rent Income 128,923.70” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payments to trustee Andy Tucker for repair work
“During the year the Charity made five payments to Andy Tucker - a trustee — totalling £796.99. This was for improvements and repair work carried out to the Pavilion.” — page 14
“During the year the Charity made three payments to Paul Davis - the chair - (totalling £71.79) to reimburse him for travel expenses to attend meetings on behalf of the Charity.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payments to trustee Paul Davis for travel expenses
“During the year the Charity made five payments to Andy Tucker - a trustee — totalling £796.99. This was for improvements and repair work carried out to the Pavilion.” — page 14
“During the year the Charity made three payments to Paul Davis - the chair - (totalling £71.79) to reimburse him for travel expenses to attend meetings on behalf of the Charity.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2025

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

  • Volunteers: 8

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hounslow

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£182k£161k
30/09/2024£170k£188k
30/09/2023£171k£143k
30/09/2022£149k£105k
30/09/2021£156k£149k

Common questions

Is DUKES MEADOWS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net operating income of £21,081.88 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in total net assets of £379,092.71. The trustees confirmed that the financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis, indicating no immediate risks to the charity's continuity. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DUKES MEADOWS TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DUKES MEADOWS TRUST as a grant recipient include SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUSTFY2022£5kIron

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
London Borough of Hounslow11/06/2024£218kGrant to Dukes Meadow Trust
London Borough of Hounslow12/04/2023£500Grant to Dukes Meadows Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund30/01/2014£8kChildren's Paddling Pool - Re-tiling
The National Lottery Community Fund15/04/2009£4kTeaching children to love the wildlife
The National Lottery Community Fund16/09/2008£250kDukes Meadows Play Space
The National Lottery Community Fund07/05/2007£6kCreate a wildflower garden on the site of a derelict old paddling pool

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HURST WATER MEADOW TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DUKES MEADOWS TRUST£182k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HURST WATER MEADOW TRUST FY2026£29k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HARNHAM WATER MEADOWS TRUST FY2025£78k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTH DOWNS NATIONAL PARK TRUST FY2025£2.3m—0unclear—no doubt
THE WOODLANDS FARM TRUST FY2025£234k—0unclear—no doubt
MASTER PARK FY2025£35k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.