FRIENDS OF ROPNER PARK

Registered charity 1125093 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FORP

Organise events and band concerts in Ropner Park. Provide healthy home baked food and snacks in the cafe. Encourage recreational use of the park by individuals, families and groups. Encourage art, photographic groups and schools to use the park, portray their favourite scenes, and to display their work in the cafe if they wish. Liase with Stockton Council on future works and events within the park

Objects

THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF STOCKTON-ON-TEES AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PRESERVATION, PROMOTION, SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF ROPNER PARK.

Area of benefit: STOCKTON-ON-TEES

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £68,028 to £89,902, resulting in a net surplus of £21,874 for the year. The charity holds £74,482 in net current assets against £15,975 in creditors, indicating adequate liquidity to meet short-term obligations.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06247357

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• PARR, Susan Anne — director, appointed 18/06/2024not on trustee list
• MOSSOM, Wendy — director, appointed 18/06/2024not on trustee list
• WHITESIDE, Gary — director, appointed 21/06/2023on trustee list
• WHITESIDE, Christina — director, appointed 20/06/2018on trustee list
• TAYLORSON, Stan — director, appointed 11/06/2014on trustee list
• NICHOLSON, Victoria Maud — director, appointed 10/11/2008on trustee list
• PARR, Susan Anne — secretary, appointed 18/06/2024

Official officers record.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• STAN TAYLORSONchair
• Catherine Mulloy
• Christina Whiteside
• Gary Whiteside
• Richard Hasthorpe · trustee of 1 other charity
• VICTORIA NICHOLSON · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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