The Parks Foundation

Registered charity 1159939 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOURNEMOUTH PARKS FOUNDATION

Latest income

£535k

Latest spending

£539k

Registered

2015

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income

£535k

Total spending

£539k

Cost of raising funds

£83

Reserves (reported)

£345k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~7.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Debra Cohen
Julian Watkins
MARK ANDREW HOLLOWAY
Michael Rowland
Stuart Folley
Thomas Clarke

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Poole

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£535k	£539k
31/03/2024	£611k	£506k
31/03/2023	£343k	£609k
31/03/2022	£643k	£888k
31/03/2021	£890k	£496k

Common questions

Who funds The Parks Foundation?

Funders whose own accounts filings name The Parks Foundation as a grant recipient include THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£200k
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£10k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£5k
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	18/01/2023	£250k	"Green Heart Parks"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/03/2019	£964k	"FPA: A sustainable parks service for the 21st Century - Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole"