THE FRIENDS OF STREATHAM COMMON

Registered charity 1166961 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOSC

We exist to:1. promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the environment, including Streatham Common, the Rookery and the Streatham Memorial Garden;2. advance the education of the public in the areas of the charity?s operation;3. promote the provision of safe facilities, including children?s play areas, nature reserves and gardening spaces, in the interests of social welfare.

Objects

(1) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING THE PUBLIC OPEN SPACES OF STREATHAM COMMON, THE ROOKERY (GRADE II* LISTED GARDEN), STREATHAM MEMORIAL GARDEN AND ASSOCIATED PUBLIC OPEN SPACES;(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE AREAS OF THE CHARITY?S OPERATION;(3) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF STREATHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF SAFE FACILITIES, INCLUDING CHILDREN?S PLAY AREAS, NATURE RESERVES, WILDLIFE AND GARDENING ACTIVITIES, FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS

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

Registered contact address: Lambeth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a healthy financial position, with total funds held at year-end amounting to £67,210.94. Unrestricted reserves are held principally to support improvements on the Common and cover basic running expenses. The independent examiner describes the charity as financially robust and resilient.

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 4 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Friends of Streatham Common (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Heritage Lottery Fund — “The Heritage Lottery Fund for a grant of approximately £50,000 to the project” (source page)
• Joan and John Corfield Charitable Trust — “Joan and John Corfield Charitable Trust – www.aliveandgiving.com/CharityDetails.aspx?id=107562” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Caroline Anne Hewitt
• David Jonathan Malley
• Nicholas Cattermole
• Peter Newmark
• TRACEY JEAN WILLIAMSON

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

Operates in: Lambeth

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF CLAPHAM COMMON.

• FRIENDS OF CLAPHAM COMMON income £218k
• FOUNDATION FOR COMMON LAND income £314k
• FRIENDS OF ROWNTREE PARK income £45k
• FRIENDS OF STREATHAM AND CLAPHAM HIGH SCHOOL income £64k
• WINDMILL COMMUNITY GARDENS income £50k
• FRIENDS OF ROUNDHAY PARK income £21k

Side by side with its peers

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