FRIENDS OF SPENCER PARK

Registered charity 1176323 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF SPENCER PARK & RECREATION GROUND, FRIENDS OF SPENCER PARK COVENTRY

To improve the environment and leisure facilities in Spencer Park and to promote their use while preserving the nature of the park.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS 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 THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS OF COVENTRY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PRESERVATION, PROMOTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF SPENCER PARK COVENTRY.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Disability · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a significant increase in net assets, rising from £49,545 to £352,544, driven largely by restricted grants for pavilion refurbishment. The trustees note that going concern status depends on continued support from key funders and stakeholders. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £57,714 against a policy that currently allows funds to be held for pavilion restoration.

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 5 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kenneth Taylorchair
• CAROL BAYLISS
• Danny Bailey
• Helen Spence
• KAREN BERRY
• TIM BROOKE
• ZILPHA REED

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

Operates in: Coventry City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STEVENS PARK AND RECREATION GROUND.

• STEVENS PARK AND RECREATION GROUND income £247k
• LITTLE BELHUS COUNTRY PARK TRUST income £137k
• THE MARY STEVENS PARK income £413k
• FRIENDS OF CLAPHAM COMMON income £218k
• MASTER PARK PAVILION CHARITY income £2.1m
• PARKSIDE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £170k

Side by side with its peers

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