THE PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1140834 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE PARK CENTRE

EDUCATIONAL COURSES, ACTIVITIES FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY

Objects

1.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE:(A) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE INHABITANTS OF THE LOCAL AREA WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE AIMS OF PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS TO ACHIEVE SELF-RELIANCE AND IMPROVE THEIR GENERAL CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) TO MAINTAIN, MANAGE AND PROMOTE THE EXISTING COMMUNITY CENTRE KNOWN AS THE PARK (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) FOR ACTIVITIES PROVIDED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS; AND(C) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £4,645 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a reduction in reserves. Free reserves stood at £165,151, which the trustees acknowledge is below the stated minimum policy target of £170,000. Despite this, the trustees and auditors confirm the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, supported by forecasts and a restructured loan repayment plan.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Randall & Payne LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• 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
• 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

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.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Park Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Emma Hinton — Director (source)
• Emma Greenham — Centre Director (source)
• Louise Hunt — Education Director (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Spielman Charitable Trust — “The Spielman Charitable Trust” (source page)
• The Basil Brown Charitable Trust — “The Basil Brown Charitable Trust” (source page)
• City of Bristol College — “City of Bristol College” (source page)
• Bernard Sunley Foundation — “Bernard Sunley Foundation” (source page)
• Garfield Weston Foundation — “Garfield Weston Foundation” (source page)
• Pople Charitable Trust — “Pople Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Medlock Charitable Trust — “Medlock Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Pople Charitable Foundation — “Pople Charitable Foundation” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID MAXWELL FREEDchair
• Avril Baker · trustee of 1 other charity
• Helen Holland · trustee of 4 other charities
• IAIN MICHAEL NEARY
• Jane Britton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lucio Mesquita · trustee of 1 other charity
• Neil Way · trustee of 1 other charity
• Philip Neil Briggs · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GREAT PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION.

• GREAT PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION income £274k
• NEW PARKS CLUB FOR YOUNG PEOPLE income £35k
• PARKS OPTIONS LIMITED income £881k
• PAC –POSITIVE ACTION IN THE COMMUNITY income £2.1m
• BRIGHT PARK income £92k
• FULL FACT income £3.1m

Side by side with its peers

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