FRIENDS OF ABERDARE PARK

Registered charity 1169132 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOAP

FRIENDS OF THE PARK ARE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING WITH RCTCBC TO IMPROVE THE FACILITIES AND ORGANISE OR HELP TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES IN ABERDARE PARK.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE VILLAGE OF TRECYNON, ABERDARE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA (“THE AREA OF BENEFIT”) 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 IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PRESERVATION, PROMOTION, SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE ABERDARE PARK.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held closing unrestricted reserves of £34,532.98 as of 31 December 2024, an increase from the opening balance of £27,087.29. Total income for the period was £74.30, while total expenditure on splashpad running costs was £30,861.50. The document does not disclose a reserves policy or specific fundraising cost ratios.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• PHILIP REESchair
• ANN CRIMMINGS
• Jayne Jones
• SHARON LYNNE REES

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

Operates in: Rhondda Cynon Taff

Income and spending

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