HYNDBURN GREEN SPACES FORUM

Registered charity 1145700 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Community groups work together to secure external funding for community projects and to provide help and assistance to each other on community consultation and community events. We work with Hyndburn Borough Council to secure 'Green Flag' status for our parks and as a forum for raising concerns and sharing best practice for the way our green spaces are managed.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE BOROUGH OF HYNDBURN, LANCASHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR 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 ALL GREEN SPACES WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF HYNDBURN

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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Registered contact address: Hyndburn, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves increased to £834 by year-end 2025, while total funds rose to £54,257. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the accounts or accounting records.

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 5 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Catherine Lorraine Holmeschair
• ANN WARRINGTON
• Alison Edmundson
• Fiona Bradley
• Gavin James Crossley

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAUGHTON GREEN COMMUNITY FORUM.

• HAUGHTON GREEN COMMUNITY FORUM income £28k
• LONDON PARKS AND GREEN SPACES FORUM income £197k
• MIDLANDS PARKS FORUM income £47k
• LYDE GREEN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £127k
• GREEN ALLOTMENTS income £189k
• FRIENDS OF ROUNDHAY PARK income £21k

Side by side with its peers

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