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

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Latest income
£359k
Latest spending
£337k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

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.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£359k£337k
31/03/2024£302k£307k
31/03/2023£265k£265k
31/03/2022£253k£254k
31/03/2021£157k£146k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF ROPNER PARK financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund03/05/2018£9kThe Eid Fusion Festival

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
BLUESPARK FOUNDATION1
THE NISBET TRUST1£400k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST1£40k
THE POPLE CHARITABLE TRUST1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Q YORK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FRIENDS OF ROPNER PARK£359k0unclearno doubt
Q YORK FY2025£108k0aboveno doubt
STEVENS PARK FY2025£106k0belowno doubt
FOAKES FOR RECREATION GROUND FY2025£190k0belownoted
WORTH PARK PLAYGROUP FY2025£143k0unclearno doubt
BARHAM PARK FY2025£150k0unclearno doubt

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