THE ROYAL PARKS [LIMITED]

Registered charity 1172042 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We look after eight of London's largest open spaces; Hyde, The Green, Richmond, Greenwich, St James's, Bushy and The Regent's Parks, and Kensington Gardens. We also manage other important open spaces in the capital including Grosvenor Square Garden, Brompton Cemetery, Victoria Tower Gardens, Canning Green and Poet's Corner.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity delivered a budgeted unrestricted deficit for the first time since its creation in 2017, with total revenue falling to £109.9m due to lower-than-expected income from major events. Despite this, the charity maintains £23m in general fund reserves, which aligns with its stated policy target, and holds a total net asset value of £159.5m. The trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient cash resources to continue operating for at least twelve months from the date of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by National Audit Office. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £170,001 - £180,000 (FY2024) to £180,001 - £190,000 (FY2025).
• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 10016100
• Trading subsidiary: TRP TRADING COMPANY LIMITED Companies House 10555909

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Royal Parks (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 National Lottery Heritage Fund — “The Greenwich Park Revealed project was made possible thanks to funding from the Parks for People Programme, a joint initiative between The …” (source page)
• The National Lottery Community Fund — “The Greenwich Park Revealed project was made possible thanks to funding from the Parks for People Programme, a joint initiative between The …” (source page)
• Postcode Lottery — “Thank you to Postcode Lottery players who have raised over £8 million through Postcode Green Trust for The Royal Parks charity , we have bee…” (source page)
• The Mohn Westlake Foundation — “The Green Futures learning programme is generously funded by The Mohn Westlake Foundation.” (source page)
• The London Marathon Foundation — “Play in the Park is a free play programme supported by The London Marathon Foundation .” (source page)
• MoMark CIO — “This role is funded by MoMark CIO . Thanks to their support we are able to deliver more volunteering hours in Richmond Park.” (source page)
• The Royal Parks Foundation, USA — “The Royal Parks Foundation, USA is an independent charity incorporated in the United States to enable its citizens to support the conservati…” (source page)
• London Marathon Foundation — “London Marathon Foundation (formerly London Marathon Charitable Trust) has helped us improve and develop sports and play facilities in the p…” (source page)

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.

• SIMONS, Justine Mary — director, appointed 15/03/2026on trustee list
• PARKER, Lorna Mary Southcombe — director, appointed 01/03/2026on trustee list
• YUEH, Linda Yi-Chuang, Dr — director, appointed 01/03/2026not on trustee list
• ELDRIDGE, Michael Roland — director, appointed 01/03/2026on trustee list
• WILLMOTT, Ruth Helen — director, appointed 01/03/2026on trustee list
• LAUNDERS, Edwyn Nicholas — director, appointed 01/08/2025on trustee list
• OKEREKE, Anthony, Councillor — director, appointed 01/12/2022on trustee list
• BOKHARI, Harris — director, appointed 02/07/2022on trustee list
• ROBERTS, Gareth David, Councillor — director, appointed 01/04/2022on trustee list
• MCDONNELL, Aurora Dale, Countess Of Antrim — director, appointed 14/08/2021on trustee list
• HURST, Jane Ellen — director, appointed 14/08/2021on trustee list
• FRENCH, Vanessa Joy — secretary, appointed 27/08/2025

Official officers record.

Trustpilot: The Royal Parks scores 2.8/5 from 3 reviews (source) — reviews usually concern the charity’s shops or services, not its charitable performance.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (86,083 likes) · instagram (97K followers)

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (46% 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: 5.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/02/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/05/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr LINDA YUEH CBEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Councillor Anthony Okereke
• Countess of Antrim Aurora Dale McDonnell
• Edwyn Nicholas Launders
• Gareth Roberts
• Harris Bokhari
• Jane Ellen Hurst
• Justine Mary Simons
• LORNA PARKER
• Michael Roland Eldridge
• Ruth Helen Willmott

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

Operates in: Camden · City Of Westminster · Greenwich · Hillingdon · Hounslow · Kensington And Chelsea · Richmond Upon Thames

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LONDON HISTORIC PARKS AND GARDENS TRUST.

• LONDON HISTORIC PARKS AND GARDENS TRUST income £269k
• HIGHGATE WOOD AND QUEENS PARK KILBURN income £2.9m
• REGENT'S PARK MUSIC FESTIVAL CHARITABLE FUND income £138k
• WEST HAM PARK income £1.7m
• MILTON KEYNES PARKS TRUST LIMITED income £17.9m
• WEST WICKHAM COMMON AND SPRING PARK WOOD income £2.0m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.