The Parks Foundation
Registered charity 1159939 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOURNEMOUTH PARKS FOUNDATION
The Parks Foundation provides and enhances the facilities and equipping of parks and green spaces within Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for the benefit of the community. The Parks Foundation also aims to advance public education in subjects related to parks and green spaces, and to provide leisure and recreation facilities supporting social welfare.
Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £4,749 for the year, resulting in total net assets of £345,281. Per the trustees' report, free reserves (unrestricted funds less tangible fixed assets) stood at £273,566, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet future liabilities and continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Trading subsidiary: The Parks Foundation Trading Limited
“The subsidiary company is The Parks Foundation Trading Limited whose company number is 13837060.” — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
THE PARKS FOUNDATION TRADING LTD — per its own Companies House accounts
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Parks Foundation (matched by registered charity number).
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.
- CLARKE, Thomas William Wheatley — director, appointed 28/04/2026on trustee list
- WATKINS, Julian — director, appointed 31/10/2023on trustee list
- FOLLEY, Stuart John — director, appointed 28/11/2022on trustee list
- COHEN, Debra Joanne — director, appointed 22/04/2021on trustee list
- HOLLOWAY, Mark Andrew — director, appointed 20/10/2014on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~7.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).
- 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
Common questions
Is The Parks Foundation financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £4,749 for the year, resulting in total net assets of £345,281. Per the trustees' report, free reserves (unrestricted funds less tangible fixed assets) stood at £273,566, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet future liabilities and continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds The Parks Foundation?
Funders whose own accounts filings name The Parks Foundation as a grant recipient include THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST, TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST, THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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