THE FRIENDS OF BUSHY AND HOME PARKS

Registered charity 1137203 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote public enjoyment and understanding of the Parks the Friends organise lectures and walks and man an information point in Bushy Park. We produce a Newsletter and other relevant publications. We raise funds for practical improvement projects in the Parks and work to protect and conserve the Parks' environment.

Objects

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BY THE PRESERVATION, PROMOTION, SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF BUSHY PARK AND HOME PARK

Area of benefit: BUSHY PARK AND HOME PARK

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

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided document is a Chair's Annual Report for the year ending 2025-12-31 and does not contain financial statements, income, expenditure, or reserves figures. Consequently, no assessment of financial health, reserves policy, or audit status can be derived from the text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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 policy and procedures
• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• COLIN MUIDchair
• Adrian Heywood
• CLAIRE IVISON
• DAVID IVISON
• Elizabeth Malone
• Fred Squire
• IRIS HAWKES
• Jeannie Edwards
• PIETER ANTHONY BRIDGE MORPURGO
• Rebecca Harvey
• Sue Robertson
• Susan Hugill

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

Operates in: Kingston Upon Thames · Richmond Upon Thames

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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